These newly published books encourage kids to be their own true selves. I’m giving away 6 of these picture books. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. What are your favorite Daring To Be Different books? Thanks for sharing! Be Yourself Picture Books! A Girl Like You by Frank Murphy and…
Category: Reading Lists: Picture Books
Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
10 Books that Invite Falling Asleep with Animals
Please welcome author Amy Ludwig VanDerwater with her list of 10 Books that Invite Falling Asleep with Animals. We are also giving away a copy of her newest picture book, Dreaming of You. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. What are your favorite bedtime books? Thanks for sharing! —————– Children and animals have…
10 Picture Books With a Lot of Heart
Please welcome Alison Goldberg today with her list of 10 recent picture books with a lot of heart just in time for Valentine’s Day. We are giving away a copy of her book, I Love You for Miles and Miles and Love Is, a picture book on her list. Please fill out the Rafflecopter at…
8 Discover Your World Picture Books
What does it mean to children to discover the world around them? I’m taking the view that it’s a full-body experience from bathing to world religion to the natural world. The commonality: discovering children from around the world and finding similarities. If your kids want to take this path of discovery, I’m jump-starting this by…
12 Wonderful Diverse Going to Bed Books
Please welcome author Carol Gordon Ekster today! She’s no stranger to bedtime stories, having written a few of her own. She shares her list of favorite diversity bedtime books and we are giving away a copy of her newest book, You Know What? Please use the Rafflecopter at the bottom to enter. You Know What?…
My 2018 Caldecott Predictions
Last year, I speculated on the criteria that I think makes a picture book a Caldecott winner and I did pretty well predicting the winners with four of the five! This is what I wrote last year: Caldecott Picture Books Should Appeal to a Wide Audience The Caldecott is determined by adults, first and foremost, so…
10 Books to Encourage a Love of Science in Babies & Toddlers
Please welcome my guest author today, Ruth Spiro! Ruth’s series, Baby Loves Science, introduces very young children to science concepts. She’s created a list of science-y board books and picture books for babies and toddlers. We are giving away 8 signed books by Ruth Spiro — two each of her books! To enter, please fill…







