Chameleons are fascinating. One old theory is that chameleons changed color to match their surroundings. That turns out not to be true according to the latest research! Their color change is actually a form of communication! Their mastery of camouflage is behavioral using movement! They also have a fascinating tongue that projects up to two body…
Category: Reading Lists: Picture Books
Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
18 Wanting To Go To School Books: When School is a Privilege
Author Patricia Newman and I are collaborating today on a list of books of kids who desperately want to attend school, but it’s not a given where they live. We will start off with some background and a list that Patricia Newman created for the Today Parenting Team. Her article is “All Kids Go To…
10 Picture Books about the Environment
Please welcome author Chitra Soundar today with her list of 10 environmental picture books. We are also giving away 3 copies of her newest book, You’re Snug with Me. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. You’re Snug With Me by Chitra Soundar, illustrated by Poonam Mistry At the start of winter,…
11 Books on Helping Endangered Animals
Please welcome my guest author, Marsha Diane Arnold, with her list of ten books on helping endangered animals. Galápagos Girl by Marsha Diane Arnold, illustrated by Angela Dominguez Based on the true story of Valentina Cruz, who grew up as a Galapagueña, readers can explore the island as she did in this delightful bilingual Spanish/English story….
7 Children’s Books for Halloween
This Halloween book round-up includes picture books, a graphic novel, and a picture book biography. I’m giving away Peppa Pig and the Halloween Costume and a prize pack for The Mortification of Fovea Munson To enter to win either prize, please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom. On Halloween, kids love to have fun. They…
12 Funny Picture Books
Check out these funny picture books to read aloud with your child! These are some of the funniest children’s books sure to delight. I’m so thrilled to have author David Ezra Stein today with his top 10 favorite funny picture books. You might remember Interrupting Chicken from the 2011 Caldecott Honor that it won! I’m…
8 STEM Books on Scientific Minds, Methods, & Discovery
Please welcome my guest author today, Jacqueline Jules, whose book, Pluto is Peeved: An Ex-Planet Searches for Answers inspired this STEM book list. We are giving away a copy of Pluto is Peeved. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. Pluto is Peeved: An Ex-Planet Searches for Answers by Jacqueline Jules, illustrated…







