Elizabeth's Children's Books Blog

Good children’s picture books weave artwork and text to create stories that children want to hear again and again. Such is the case with the children’s bedtime story in the ... Read More

Today, Queen Elizabeth will commemorate her 80th birthday with a party for 2,000 children and 1,000 adults in a special celebration of British children's literature According to the UK's Telegraph, ... Read More

For several generations, Beverly Cleary has delighted young readers, particularly 8-12 year olds, with her humorous, yet realistic, stories about the ordinary lives of children. She has won ... Read More

Today, publisher HarperCollins announced the "Narnia . . . Beyond the Wardrobe" Educator Sweepstakes. If you are an educator who loves The Chronicles of Narnia books by C.S. Lewis and ... Read More

If you kids are getting impatient for the the thirteenth and final book in the wildly popular A Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket, tell them it will ... Read More

Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with publisher Simon & Schuster Inc., announced a voluntary recall of the Curious Buddies cloth books titled Hello, Curious ... Read More

We've only had a few days of hot weather in Kansas thus far, but if the summer heat is already getting to you and your kids, maybe it's time to ... Read More

According to BBC News, J.K. Rowling was recently voted the greatest living British writer in a poll for The Book Magzine. J.K. Rowling has gained worldwide fame for her enormously ... Read More

If you are a parent, teacher, librarian, or other adult interested in learning about children's books, be sure and take a look at my annotated booklist of Guides to Children’s ... Read More