With more than 5,000 books for children published every year, how is it possible to find the good ones? One of the best resources is your local library. Another is ... Read More

Summer is rapidly approaching, and you'll want to do everything you can to encourage your child to read over the summer. One of the best things you can do ... Read More

Today, the winners of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award were announced by the Jane Addams Peace Association. According to the news release, Since 1953, the Jane Addams Children's Book ... Read More

Roald Dahl's books have entertained generations of children. His most popular books include "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "James and the Giant Peach." Dahl's books might be ... Read More

Time Magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world is making news around the world, and JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, is on ... Read More

Joanna H. Kraus, a professor emeritus of the State University of New York, who is also an award-winning playwright and a children's book author, has an interesting article on award ... Read More

One of my favorite websites about picture books is Denise I. Matulka's Picturing Books site. Denise just notified me that she has a new URL, and I have updated my Picture ... Read More

According to its website, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) "is the only international organization to offer a variety of services to people who write, illustrate, or ... Read More

If you read to your child on a regular basis, it will benefit your child in several ways. According to "Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching ... Read More

If you are looking for a Mother's Day gift, I have a children's books to recommend. It's "Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers." The bright magenta cover with ... Read More

While I was surfing the WWW tonight, I came across a wonderful resource that was new to me. It's the Children's Literature Lesson Plans section of The Educator's Reference Desk ... Read More

The Skokie Public Library in Skokie, Illinois has a terrific CoolKids Collection on the Youth Services section of its web site. There you can search for children’s books by ... Read More

Did you know that J.K. Rowling, whose Harry Potter series has sold millions of copies, is still not number one in sales? According to news reports, Theodor Geisel, better ... Read More

With Earth Day coming up, I have been checking out science and nature resources. One of the new books I really like is in the form a of a ... Read More

Nature poetry, quiet poetry, loud poetry, concrete poetry, funny poetry, classic poetry - all kinds of poetry is available for children. Some enjoyable children's poetry books for young children ... Read More

When I want to know what people are buying right now, one of the sources I go to is the bestsellers section of the website of the American Booksellers Association. Each ... Read More

Check out the website of children's author Jane Kurtz and learn all about her books, her childhood in Ethiopia, and her recent trip to the Middle East, Ethiopia, and the ... Read More

I'm convinced that one of the best gifts you can give your child is a library card and a weekly trip to the library to borrow books. Many public ... Read More

If you are interested in bilingual children's books and books in languages other than English, check out my Bilingual/Foreign Language Subjects directory of links. One of the links will ... Read More

We are just finalizing plans for a trip to Maine this summer, and Maine always makes me think of children's book author and illustrator Robert McCloskey. While his picture ... Read More

It's not often that a children's book author and illustrator receives both Caldecott honors for illustration and Newbery honors for writing, but that's the case with the talented Kevin Henkes. ... Read More

There's an interesting article on fairy tales and movie versions of them on the Christian Science Monitor's website. The article, "Films Grimm Future," is by CSM staff writer Kim Campbell. ... Read More

"The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Mermaid" are just two of the fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish a poet, playwright, travel book author, and novelist. ... Read More

If you are love picture books and want to give your children a chance to experience books from other countries, you will want to know about Kane/Miller, an independent American ... Read More

According to The Children's Book Council, "Young People's Poetry Week is your chance to encourage everyone to celebrate poetry—read it, enjoy it, write it—in their homes, childcare centers, classrooms, libraries, and ... Read More

The International Children's Digital Library (see my article ) is growing. There are now 324 free children's books online, and the site itself continues to improve. According to ... Read More

In a joint news release, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Kingfisher Publications announced the recall of a children's board book, "My Easter Basket Book." About 5,000 books ... Read More

The March 30th online edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has an intriguing article, "Good books to curl up with as April showers fall," by Sarah Bryan Miller. The article contains ... Read More