Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
I’ve been trying to read more children’s books lately to catch up on my pile so I’ve taken to carting around a small pile of books everywhere I go and reading a little here and a little there until the book draws me in such that I am forced to read to the end. Some…
Learn how to explain the history of enslavement to kids with these children’s books about slavery, from the Underground Railroad to Frederick Douglas. “It [Enslavement] is such a major part of American history, but it gets glossed over. I mean, the foundation of our early economy was based on slavery, and that’s missing,” Berry said….
Sixty-three percent of millennials and Generation Z in the US were unaware that 6 million Jewish people were murdered during the Holocaust, according to a survey commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The nonprofit organization called the lack of understanding “shocking.” NBC News Inside: Amazing Holocaust books for kids. Even if…
The Children’s Choice Book Awards 2013! The children have spoken (and voted) and this is what they like! Kindergarten to Second Grade Children’s Choice Book Award Winner Nighttime Ninja by Barbara DaCosta, illustrated by Ed Young Yay! My son and I loved this book and we think an award for illustrator Ed Young is…
Celebrate Children’s Book Week with a week of giveaways hosted by Mother Daughter Book Reviews and Youth Literature Reviews. 90 bloggers will be doing giveaways all this week as part of Kid Lit Giveaway Hop!! I am giving away a box of chapter books and other goodies. Enter using the Rafflecopter below. a Rafflecopter giveaway …
All three of my kids, ages 13, 11, and 8 delighted in this clever picture book with a book-within-a-book-within-a-book format. I figured if this picture book could captivate a teenager, it has a lock on all younger kids. I only wish the pages were a tad more sturdy because this is a book that is…
It could just be me but I find that there is something poetic and Old Hollywood-y about Florida’s past. Perhaps it is just the way old Florida is portrayed in children’s books. The setting also seems like a backdoor shortcut to a Newbery award. From our last trip to Florida in North Captiva Island, we…