I had fun pairing up my favorite children’s book classics (picture books, easy readers and chapter books) with a modern day equivalent.
Category: Reading Lists: Picture Books
Best picture books for kids including Caldecott and other award winning books for children.
Are Crabs Crabby? And Other Egregious Misconceptions
These books for kids to read on crabs are spreading egregious misconceptions that crabs are cranky. I intend to stop this bad press!
Birds of North Captiva, Florida, Saved From Extinction!
Birds of North Captiva, Florida as seen through kids picture books and chapter books, photos and nature journals.
A Dark Eric Carle-Like Picture Book
If there was yang to Eric Carle’s yang, then this would be What Comes Darkly Thieves by Ben Rubin. It has a folk tale fable quality to it but with an openness and makes a child ask over and over again, “Why?”
The Smiley Book of Colors. Picture Book GIVEAWAY!
The Smiley Book of Colors by Ruth Kaiser is a clever picture book that finds smiley faces in every day objects. It also teaches colors. What I love about it is that it also teaches kids to see, REALLY see, like an artist. Is there a smiley face lurking about? Probably! You just have to see it.
Children’s Choice Book Awards: Vote!
The best picture books, chapter books, easy chapter books and graphic novels according to kids! Vote now to pick 5th Annual Children’s Choice Book Awards winners.
4 Picture Books to Teach Compassion: Book Club for Boys
We came up with three more little boy book club ideas using advanced picture books and non fiction picture books to teach our boys about micro loans, Ancient Egypt and helping endangered animals.