Please welcome my guest author and illustrator today, Aram Kim!! I met Aram through Multicultural Children’s Book Day in 2017 when she was part of our #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2018 that we do with The Children’s Book Council. She wrote a fantastic post on diverse picture books revolving around food (my favorite subject!). Her…
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Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
7 Playful Picture Books
Please welcome author Maria Gianferrari today with her list of playful picture books. We are also giving away a copy of her new book, Play Like an Animal. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. p.s. I wanted to add one more book to this list! It’s bilingual in Cree! We All…
15 Children’s Books featuring Volleyball!
My kids were introduced to volleyball in San Antonio, Texas when we went to visit a close friend of my husband’s from their college golf days. He also has three children, and his oldest had started playing volleyball in first grade. She patiently taught my two daughters how to bump and set the ball in…
15 Children’s Books About Art Mysteries
The art heist mystery at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum inspired this book list. I have compiled a list of children’s books of mysteries in museums below. What books am I missing? Thanks for adding to this list! Best 15 Mysteries for Kids Set in Museums Art Dog by Thacher Hurd Arthur Dog leads a quiet…
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Mystery
I recently took a tour of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum which I hadn’t visited in quite some time. She was a Boston philanthropist with an excellent eye for art. She built this museum to house her collection with the stipulation that nothing be moved. It is an incredibly beautiful space. But there’s more to…
20 Children’s Books for Earth Day
Perhaps we can do something small to celebrate Earth Day at home. It can be as simple as planting seeds for a garden or changing out light bulbs. The Earth Day message of reduce, reuse, and recycle is both one of conservation but also of thriftiness, mindfulness, and caring for our environment — all messages…
6 Favorite Owl Children’s Books
I’m thrilled to have author Maria Gianferrai guest post for me today on her newest picture book Whoo-ku Haiku: A Great Horned Owl Story and a book list of owl books for kids. We are also giving away a copy of her book. To enter, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. ———– To…







