Elizabeth's Children's Books Blog

I came across an interesting article from the AScribe newswire, "Experts: Holiday Books for Every Family." The article contains recommendations from several Kansas State University faculty members on books ... Read More

Have you visited The International Children's Digital Library yet? As of November 20, the ICDL has been online for one year. There are now 262 books online. ... Read More

What are children in Finland reading? I was interested to learn about the book for which children's author Arja Puikkonen just received the Finlandia Junior Prize for the year's ... Read More

Bad reviews of the movie version of the Dr. Seuss classic "The Cat in the Hat" are being circulated far and wide. The Guardian Unlimited in the UK recently ... Read More

Maurice Sendak has illustrated or written and illustrated over 90 children's books since 1951. The list of awards presented to him is too long to include in full. They include ... Read More

The November 23, online edition of the Portland Press Herald has an interesting interview with Jan Brett in which she discusses her newest book On Noah's Ark. Brett ... Read More

As I plan for next year, it would help me to have the following information from as many site visitors as possible. Would you please post your responses to ... Read More

The annual, annotated Children's Choices booklist is a terrific resource when you are looking for a special book for a child 5-13 years old. Each annual list of about ... Read More

It's always fun to compare my list of the best books of the year with other people's. I won't even finish mine until the end of the year, but ... Read More

What would possess a movie studio to spend months promoting the fact that it was making a movie version of the classic Dr. Seuss book for young children, "The Cat ... Read More

One of the authors listed in my Authors directory is Aaron Shepherd, who is known for retelling folktales and other traditional stories from around the world, and for writing reader's ... Read More

Since it's Children's Book Week and teachers celebrate Book Week every week, Education World online is featuring a lesson planning article with lots of lesson ideas for using children's literature ... Read More

Have you visited the Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) website? It has loads of resources for parents and educators. The parents' resources are divided by age level to help ... Read More

On November 22, the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts will celebrate its first anniversary. There's an interesting article about the Museum's anniversary ... Read More

I have added another book to my Top Picks list of recommended Thanksgiving books for children. The list includes both books about the holiday and books about giving thanks. ... Read More

The American Baby website has an annotated list of helpful books to read to your adopted child. The list, from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, features more than four ... Read More

I was thrilled to learn that children's author Beverly Cleary is one of ten 2003 recipients of The National Medal of Arts. The National Medal of Arts is the ... Read More

Did you know that November 17-23, 2003 is the 84th observance of The Children’s Book Council’s Children’s Book Week? The theme this year is "Free to Read" and children, ... Read More

I did a tip sheet some time ago on how to use TV, videos, and movies to promote reading. I was reminded of it when I came across a ... Read More

The U.S. Commission (CPSC) has announced the recall of about 5,300 Amazing Baby™ Listen and Play activity books. Advantage Publishers Group, of San Diego, California, is voluntarily recalling ... Read More

Today, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the four winners of the 2003 Governor General’s Literary Awards for children’s literature. Two awards, one for text and one for ... Read More

I was pleased to learn about a valuable new resource from Linda R. Silver, librarian at the Jewish Education Center. The New Jewish Valuesfinder, A Guide to Jewish ... Read More

There's a very interesting article about nonfiction for children on the Guardian Unlimited (UK) website. The article bemoans the fact that nonfiction for children has not not gotten the ... Read More

The subject of fairy tales is a fascinating one. Many of the most popular fairy tales of today developed centuries ago and have evolved over time into stories for children. ... Read More

One of my favorite illustrators, who also writes wonderful children's books, is The Extraordinary Tomie dePaola. He has written and/or illustrated more than 200 books for children. DePaola's ... Read More

Irish publishers Poolbeg have announced the Write A Children's Bestseller Competition, which is open to authors of all nationalities (I checked). If you have written a children's book, now's ... Read More

While there are many inaccurate and silly books about Thanksgiving, there are also excellent books: some that stress giving thanks, some that are humorous, some that emphasize the history of ... Read More

One of my favorite books of concrete poetry is A Poke in the I, which was illustrated by Chris Raschka. In case you are not familiar with them, concrete ... Read More

Comingsoon.net reports that the next Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, will be out in June, 2004. The trailer for the movie is supposed to ... Read More

The autumn edition of an intriguing magazine, Japanese Children's Books, is now online. Just follow the links or scroll down the page for articles and cover art related to ... Read More