Parenting

Articles Index

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose is an award-winning nonfiction book about the life of a special bird.

Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss

Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss is not only a popular picture book that children love for its imaginative illustrations and story, it is also a popular graduation gift, appreciated for its positive message.

Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers

Thirteen Latino poets celebrate mothers and grandmothers in Pat Mora's Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers, illustrated by Paula S. Barragan M. If you are looking for a very special book for your child, or your mother or grandchild, I recommend this children's poetry book.

Hands Around the Library

Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured Books may be a picture book but it is best suited for tweens and teens interested in current events.

Cat Talk

Cat Talk is a beautifully illustrated picture book that is also an excellent poetry book for children. Written by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest, the book is illustrated with appealing watercolors by Barry Moser.

How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous is gruesome, funny nonfiction that middle school students love. It is well-researched by Georgia Bragg, with funny illustrations by Kevin O'Malley.

The Dogs of Winter by Bobbie Pyron

Johnny Tremain

Johnny Tremain is a classic children book, a work of historical fiction by Esther Forbes, who won a John Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature for the book, which begins in 1773 and focuses on the Revolutionary War from the viewpoint and experiences of 14-year-old Johnny Tremain.

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss is a picture book about the importance of saving the environment. Read the book review for a plot summary and age recommendations.

Doug Unplugged by Dan Yaccarino

Doug Unplugged by Dan Yaccarino is a funny picture book but as the picture book review points out it also has an important message about the value of enjoying, and learning from, the real world as opposed to always depending on the virtual world.

The House in the Night

The House in the Night, a good bedtime picture book, was written by Susan Marie Swanson and illustrated by Beth Krommes, who was honored for her illustrations for the book with the Randolph Caldecott Medal.

This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort

This Place I Know, Poems of Comfort is a collection of poems that were originally gathered to read to York City schoolchildren after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and which have been illustrated by 18 well-known children's illustrators. I recommend this children's poetry book for all in need of comfort.

Pieces: A Year in Poems & Quilts

The children's poetry book Pieces: A Year in Poems & Quilts, written and illustrated by Anna Grossnickle Hines, uses patchwork and appliqued miniature quilts as a backdrop for poems about the seasons.

Flotsam by David Wiesner

Flotsam by David Wiesner, who won the Randolph Caldecott Medal for his illustrations, is an imaginative wordless picture book.

Goblin Secrets by William Alexander

The Goblin Secrets review provides information about the story and the author, William Alexander, the 2012 National Book Award winner for Young People's Literature.

Faraway Home

Faraway Home is a poignant children's picture book that tells about an American child's fears when her father has to return for a while to his beloved homeland, Ethiopia. Those fears are assuaged through the stories he tells her of life in Ethiopia when he was a child. The little girl comes to understand how much her father misses his native country.

A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah Lean

A Dog Called Homeless

The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander

The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander is the first book in the fantasy series The Chronicle of Prydain.

The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry

The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry is an excellent collection of poems and is a children's book that will appeal to kids and adults alike.

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Harold and the Purple Crayon is a classic children's picture book,

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Shiloh is a classic middle grade novel about a boy and a dog, written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor who received the John Newbery Medal for the book. Read this book review to find out about recommended age ranges and what has made this story a classic.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

If you are looking for a picture book for your child that children love to look at and hear again and again, try The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, one of his many popular children's picture books. Your child will enjoy hearing the story again and again.