I’m pleased that since our last update of books my 5th grade son read through the end of November, he’s (well… we’ve) managed to read another dozen. The key is that: He has to read at school. His teacher has a read-aloud book. He’s assigned 30 minutes of reading homework 5 days a week. We…
Category: Best Books for Kids
Best picture books, chapter books, young adult books, graphic novels and non fiction for kids.
Top 10 Best Historical Fiction Books for Kids
Please welcome author Deborah Hopkinton who is guest posting with her favorite historical fiction books for kids. She also has a new book out, A Bandit’s Tale, and we’re doing a giveaway below! p.s. Related posts: Historical Fiction Book Lists Top 10 Historical Fiction Chapter Books Top 10: Best Historical Fiction for Kids Historical Fiction…
20 Diverse Mystery Books for Kids
It was a lot harder than you’d think to find mystery books for kids with characters of color. I want to thank my Instagram followers for their help in putting this list together: Leah_Bear Yukari_Reads justdebm whatdowedoallday green.momma76 20 Diverse Mystery Books for Kids West Meadows Detectives: The Case of the Snack Snatcher series by Liam…
Top 10: Best Picture Books for Spring
You wouldn’t guess that it’s spring here in Boston given the snow we’ve been getting in April! Still, I am dreaming of spring and getting my little garden going. These are my favorite picture books for garden inspiration. These books demonstrate that gardens can transform an environment, bring neighbors closer, and even become a political…
Fun & Easy Ways to Expose Kids to Poetry
National Poetry Month is a celebration of poetry introduced in 1996 and organized by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. I’m not great about exposing my kids to poetry so this is my easy way for April’s National Poetry Month. I’m just going to have…
20 Hamsters & Guinea Pigs in Early Chapter Books
I’m not sure what children’s publishing rule of thumb seems to dictate that hamsters sell Early Chapter Books but when I judged the first round of Cybils, there was a surprising amount of hamster-themed books in this category. This, of course, lets me search out more Early/Easy Chapter Books with hamsters as characters as well…
My Chinese Silk Road Heritage
I covered my Japanese Daimyo family history and my husband’s Chosun Dynasty family history on his father’s side, so I thought I’d cover my Chinese family history today. My father immigrated from China before the Communist Revolution to attend UCLA for a PhD in mathematics. He was asked to return to China right as the war began, but…