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Former Best Friends Forge a Popularity Pact in “Camp Clique”

Bea can’t wait to get back to Camp Amelia. Every summer, she steps off the bus, joins her friends in the Sunflower Cabin, and forgets all about the troubles of the school year. This year, she’s got a lot of troubles — her best friend since preschool, Maisy, has suddenly…

Cameron KimballJune 3, 2020

Children's Books

Frog and Toad: Celebrating 50 Years of a Beautiful Friendship

Arnold Lobel’s beloved characters have delighted and amused generations of readers since the publication of Frog and Toad Are Friends in 1970. Little did he know at the time that Frog and Toad would endure and go on to receive some of the most prestigious awards in children’s literature, including…

BookTribJuly 30, 2020

Children's Books

“A Thousand No’s:” How is a Great Idea Created?

We’ve all been there: we cook up a great idea but all of the feedback we get is negative. We feel hurt, discouraged, anxious that our idea isn’t good enough. This kind of experience can be especially tough on kids, as they may be feeling these emotions for the first…

Jane HandaAugust 5, 2020

Children's Books

“When the World Stays Inside” Proves Our Moments at Home Needn’t Be Meaningless or Idle

This past March, the world retreated indoors, inspiring first-time children’s book author Mikey Woz to create something to help kids everywhere find the silver lining. The result, When the World Stays Inside (Two Fools Publishing), is a refreshingly positive, whimsical book that reminds us all of the importance of finding beauty…

BookTribAugust 7, 2020

Children's Books

“The Fabled Life of Aesop:” Stories Educating the World for Nearly 2500 Years

You’ve no doubt heard Aesop’s famous fables a few times: The story of the tortoise and the hare, which teaches us that “slow and steady wins the race,” or the tale of the boy who cried wolf, which advises against lying for fear that no one will believe you even…

Chelsea CicconeMarch 13, 2020

Children's Books

Legendary Children’s Author dePaola Dies at Age 85

Tomie dePaola, the author and/or illustrator of more than 270 children’s books who taught his young readers about loss, mindfulness, fear and imagination, died this week at the age of 85. He was best known for his children’s story Strega Nona, which won the Caldecott Honor Award in 1976 and…

Chelsea CicconeMarch 31, 2020

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Meryl Streep Voices “Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth”

The week surrounding the 50th anniversary of Earth Day marked the release of an original Apple TV+ animated short based on the Oliver Jeffers children’s book, Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth. The New York Times bestseller and TIME Best Book of the Year, written and illustrated…

BookTribApril 23, 2020

Children's Books

“Potion Masters” Brews Up a Fun, Exciting Tale for Middle Grade Readers

Twelve-year-old Gordy Stitser has a special talent most children his age do not: an ability to brew magical potions. In Frank L. Cole’s first installment of the Potion Masters trilogy, The Eternity Elixir (Shadow Mountain) draws us into a world where magic and potions have been behind every major development…

Emma GriffithsFebruary 28, 2020

Children's Books

“Mother Jones” Encourages Children to Stand Up for Justice

So begins Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children (Random House Children's Books), a picture book for children aged 4 to 8 written by Jonah Winter. It’s the story of the Children’s Crusade told from the perspective of the formidable Mother Jones, an activist who in her time was…

Cynthia ConradMarch 9, 2020

Children's Books

Building Bridges with Coffee in “The Big Buna Bash”

The Big Buna Bash (Brandylane Publishers) is a delightful new children’s book that reminds readers that our differences are what make us special. In The Big Buna Bash, young Almaz is finally getting used to her new school and is making friends. She worries about fitting in. She wishes to…

Emma GriffithsFebruary 7, 2020

Children's Books

“The Wish and the Peacock:” An Allegory of Letting Go and Growth

From the best-selling author of A Monster Like Me comes Wendy S. Swore’s new novel, The Wish and the Peacock (Shadow Mountain Press), a fun and ultimately rich story of a young girl’s struggle with loss, grief and change. Twelve-year-old Paige’s world experiences a seismic shift with the sudden death of…

Susan BaileyFebruary 21, 2020

Children's Books

All Aboard the “Overground Railroad” to a Better Life

So begins the journey of Ruth Ellen and her parents by train from North Carolina to New York City, just three of the millions of African Americans who made their way north to escape segregation, discrimination and poverty in the first half of the 20th century. Like many, Ruth Ellen's…

BookTribFebruary 19, 2020

Children's Books

“Mañanaland:” Boy’s Big Plans for Tackling Mysteries on Journey to Independence

At almost twelve years old, Maximiliano Córdoba knows he’s not a little kid anymore. He has big plans of making the village fútbol team and it feels like the pieces are falling into place when another boy from is village offers to get Max free tuition at a fútbol clinic…

Paige VigliaroloMarch 2, 2020

Children's Books

2020 Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Award Winners Announced

Every year, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) throws a luncheon at its annual convention to announce the winners of two prestigious children’s book awards: the Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children and the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children. This year’s luncheon took…

BookTribNovember 10, 2019

Children's Books

10 Children’s Books We LOVED in 2019

There were a ton of great children's books this year to choose from — more than what we could fit here. But here are 10 of our favorites (or those of our kids), in no particular order, ranging from preschool picture books to chapter books for middle-schoolers. Mosi Musa: A…

Cynthia ConradDecember 30, 2019

Children's Books

Delightful “Mr. Business” Series Encourages Kids to be True to Themselves

Having to wear an outfit like that to school would make most children cringe. But Little BK, the star of BK Fulton’s charming Mr. Business: The Adventures of Little BK, learns a valuable lesson decked out in exactly those clothes. It’s one of the many life nuggets the author shares…

Jim AlkonJanuary 17, 2020

Children’s Books

Former Best Friends Forge a Popularity Pact in “Camp Clique”

Frog and Toad: Celebrating 50 Years of a Beautiful Friendship

“A Thousand No’s:” How is a Great Idea Created?

“When the World Stays Inside” Proves Our Moments at Home Needn’t Be Meaningless or Idle

“The Fabled Life of Aesop:” Stories Educating the World for Nearly 2500 Years

Legendary Children’s Author dePaola Dies at Age 85

Meryl Streep Voices “Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth”

“Potion Masters” Brews Up a Fun, Exciting Tale for Middle Grade Readers

“Mother Jones” Encourages Children to Stand Up for Justice

Building Bridges with Coffee in “The Big Buna Bash”

“The Wish and the Peacock:” An Allegory of Letting Go and Growth

All Aboard the “Overground Railroad” to a Better Life

“Mañanaland:” Boy’s Big Plans for Tackling Mysteries on Journey to Independence

2020 Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Award Winners Announced

10 Children’s Books We LOVED in 2019

Delightful “Mr. Business” Series Encourages Kids to be True to Themselves

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