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A Story For Bear
Book Review: A Story for Bear is not only a charming children's picture book, but A Story for Bear also highlights for adults why reading books to babies and very small children is so important.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
I recommend the picture book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs if you are looking for a story to spark your children’s imaginations and tickle their funny bones. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs is a bestseller and one of several children’s picture books written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett.
Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry by Jack Prelutsky
If your tween (8- to 12-year-old) wants to know how to write a poem, Pizza Pigs and Poetry, a poetry writing book by Jack Prelutsky may help. The subtitle Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry by Jack Prelutsky is How to Write a Poem. Prelutsky is a prolific writer of humorous poetry for kids.
The Art of Reading
The Art of Reading: Forty Illustrators Celebrate RIF’s 40th Anniversary was created to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Reading Is Fundamental (RIF). The Art of Reading is about children’s book art, the illustrators of children’s books, and the impact of favorite children’s books.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Middle school students love Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney because of its humorous look at middle school and home life. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney has been such a popular book for older children and young teens that it is now a middle school series.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Book Review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is a very funny book for tweens and young teens. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, which was both written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney, is the second book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, which features the humorous story of middle school student Greg Heffley.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney is book three in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. The first was Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The second was Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules. If you are looking for middle school humor for tweens and young teens, I recommend Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney and the other books in the series.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Do-It-Yourself Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book is a do-it-yourself diary for tweens and young teens, featuring middle school humor, writing prompts and cartoons. With Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, kids can create their own journals modeled on Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Your Favorite Seuss
Your Favorite Seuss is a collection of Seuss stories, originally published individually as picture books or beginning reader books, all of which were written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
Book Fiesta! - A Children's Day / Book Day Celebration
Children's Books: Review of Book Fiesta! - Book Fiesta! is a bilingual children's picture book about Children's Day / Book Day, also known as El dia de los ninos / El dia de los libres or Dia. This bilingual English / Spanish picture book was written by Pat Mora and illustrated by Rafael Lopez.
Grandparents!
If you are looking for a good Grandparents Day gift for grandparents or an entertaining and informative children's picture book about grandparents for young children, I recommend Grandparents!.
Our White House: Looking In Looking Out
Our White House: Looking In Looking Out, a project of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance, was created by 108 well-known authors and illustrators. Our White House is a fascinating collection of historical fiction and nonfiction, artwork, personal essays, and excerpts from reports, speeches, and other documents. If you are looking for children's books about the White House and American history, I recommend Our White House.
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
The children's novel Coraline by Neil Gaiman is enormously popular with 8-12 year olds, resulting in a movie version of Coraline being released in February 2009. Children's books by Neil Gaiman are enormously popular.
Change Has Come
Book Review - Change Has Come: An Artist Celebrates Our American Spirit is a collection of quotations by Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, illustrated with drawings by award-winning artist Kadir Nelson. The book review includes information as to why Change Has Come is a book for all ages, not just for children.
A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead
A Gift for Abuelita: Celebrating the Day of the Dead / Un regalo para Abuelita: En celebración del Dia de los Muertos is a bilingual picture book. It provides a good introduction to the impact of the Day of the Dead in this story of a little Mexican girl who is mourning the death of her beloved grandmother and hoping to find some comfort through Day of the Dead activities.
Mommy?
Mommy?, the first children's pop-up book illustrated by the extraordinary Maurice Sendak is a riot. Mommy?, an almost wordless book, tells the story of a toddler searching for his mother among monsters and mummies. Maurice Sendak is the author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are, a Caldecott Medal winner.
FIrst Grade Stinks!
First Grade Stinks!, a children's picture book, is an excellent book for the child who hates change. Help ease the transition between kindergarten and first grade for your child by reading and discussing the children's picture book First Grade Stinks!
Lady Liberty: A Biography
Laby Liberty: A Biography by Doreen Rappaport, with illustration by Matt Tavares, is the fascinating story of the building of the Statue of Liberty, from the idea to the fund raising to the design to the building to the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty, Lady Liberty.
Squiggles: A Really Giant Drawing and Painting Book
The subtitle of Squiggles by Taro Gomi is A Really Giant Drawing and Painting Book. Squiggles is not a coloring book. It is a creativity book, with illustrations and a very small amount of text designed to pique the imaginations of children from three to young teens, as well as adults of all ages.
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Spiderwick Chronicles series is full of adventure and suspense. The Spiderwick Chronicles series of children's fantasy chapter books is enormously popular with children seven and older.
The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett
The children’s picture book The Three Snow Bears, by Jan Brett, is a retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett is an entertaining retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bear set in an Inuit village in the Artic.
Charmed Knits
Knitting Book - Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter is full of knitting patterns and instructions based on the Harry Potter series. The knitting book Charmed Knits: Projects for Fans of Harry Potter has knitting patterns and instructions that older children, teens, and adults with a broad range of knitting ability, from beginning knitters to advanced knitters, will enjoy knitting.
Tomás and the Library Lady
Tomás and the Library Lady by Pat Mora, with illustrations by Raul Colon is a children's picture book about the impact that a kind librarian and a library full of books had on the life of a children. Tomás and the Library Lady is a fictionalized account of the childhood experiences of Tomás Rivera, a migrant worker whose desire to learn led him to a career as a writer and educator. I recommend this children's picture book for 6-10 year olds.
The Librarian of Basra
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story of Iraq, a children's picture book, is the true story of how the librarian of Basra saved the majority of the Iraq library's books after the invasion of Iraq reached Basra in 2003. The author and illustrator of The Librarian of Basra, A True Story of Iraq, Jeanette Winter, has written and/or illustrated a number of children's picture books.
The Wall by Eve Bunting
The Wall, a children's picture book by Eve Bunting, is the poignant story of a visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by a young boy and his father in memory of the boy's grandfather. The text by Eve Bunting and the artwork by Ronald Himler focus on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial - The Wall - and work together to create a children's picture book full of meaning.
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