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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.
The Magician's Elephant
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo is another in the Newbery Medal winning author's novels for children 8-12. The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo is a fascinating and mysterious book for tweens.
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.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
I fyou are looking for a fun alphabet book for your children, from babies to six-year-olds, I recommend Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a children's rhyming alphabet picture book by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault. During his career, Bill Martin Jr wrote more than 200 children's books.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney is book four 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. The third was Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw. If you are looking for middle school humor for tweens and young teens, I recommend Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney and the other books in the series.
Celebrate Halloween
Celebrate Halloween is a children's nonfiction picture book that is part of the Holidays Around the World series of nonfiction children's picture books from National Geographic. Celebrate Halloween, like the other books in the Holidays Around the world series, uses photographs and descriptions to share information about how Halloween is celebrated in different countries.
"The Complete Adventures of Curious George"
The seven children’s picture books about Curious George the monkey that Margret and H.A. Rey created have delighted generations of children and their families. The special collector’s edition of The Complete Adventures of Curious George includes the Rey’s seven stories about the curious little monkey plus several essays that adults will enjoy.
First Day Jitters
First Day Jitters is a picture book about starting school with a surprising twist at the end of the book. Julie Danneberg is the author and Judy Love the illustrator of First Day Jitters. This picture book is both fun for kids and a good gift for a new teacher.
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.
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.
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman is both a beginner book for the beginning reader, it is also a good book to read aloud to children two years old and up. Are You My Mother? is a book children love to read (or listen to) again and again.
The Lincolns by Candace Fleming
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming is a biography of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming is also a reference book about the Lincolns and the times in which they lived. I recommend this history book for a wide range of ages.
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: 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.
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!
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