Please welcome award-winning guest author, Elizabeth Suneby, and author-illustrator, Laurel Molk, with their newest book, No Room for a Pup! published by Kids Can Press. This fun read-aloud, cleverly illustrated book is a hilarious twist on a revered Yiddish folktale about gratitude popularized in It Could Always Be Worse, published in 1977. In No Room for a…
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9 Funny Asian Fractured Fairy Tales
Funny fractured fairy tales are my jam, especially if you add in an Asian twist. What books have I left out? Thanks for your suggestions! 9 Funny Asian Fractured Fairy Tales Ninja Red Riding Hood by Corey Rosen Swartz, illustrated by Dan Santat The three little pigs started a ninja school and now the wolf…
Native American Folklore & Creation Stories by Native Americans
You might have missed the drama caused when Nancy Bo Flood was invited to join the “Indigenous Experience in Children’s Literature” panel. Native American children’s book blogger, Debbie Reese objected: “As regular readers of AICL know, I’ve been studying the ways Native peoples are depicted in children’s literature for decades. In that time, I’ve come…
Josh Funk’s Top 10 Fractured Fairy Tales
Please welcome my guest author today, Josh Funk! We are giving away his newest picture book, It’s Not Jack and the Beanstalk, and … surprise! This is his FIRST non-rhyming picture book. I mention that because Josh is gifted in the art of rhyming. I learned that when I attended his seminar at The Writer’s…
The Rock Maiden Chinese Folk Tale GIVEAWAY
I’m part of The Rock Maiden‘s blog tour, Natasha Yim’s Chinese folk tale about love and loyalty. She was inspired by an interesting natural rock formation found in Hong Kong, and the ancient Chinese legend that explained how that came to be. I’m also giving away a copy of The Rock Maiden AND a Skype…
12 Mythology & Folk Tale Children’s Book Lists
I love mythology and folk tales. Here are 12 of my books lists on mythology and folk tales. All my book lists are here: List of Lists, 300+ Book Lists for Kids. 12 Mythology & Folk Tale Children’s Book Lists 24 Wonderful Chinese Folk Tales for Kids Vietnamese Folk Tales for Kids 21 Wonderful Japanese…
Books for 3rd Grade & 4th Grade
These are the book recommended by my library. It skews a little young so you can use this for Going into 3rd grade if your child loves to read. This list is from my public library (Newton Free Library) and the books are newly published this year. There is a nice mix of easy chapter books, chapter books, non-fiction, mysteries, folk tales, poetry, magazines and audio books. The range of topics also should appeal to even hard to please reluctant readers.