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Tween Detectives Chase After Swift and Mystical Creature in “Swampfire”

In Patricia Cecil Hass’s Swampfire: A Shockoe Slip Gang Adventure (Windsong Press), siblings Sally and Andrew — amateur tween detectives known as “The Shockoe Slip Gang,” a name dubbed by the press after their last successful case — are excited to return to Cousin Anne’s peanut farm in Virginia this…

Daniela RamrasSeptember 1, 2020

Children's Books

“I Once Knew a Girl” Is a Playful Celebration of Diversity

In the book, I Once Knew a Girl (Lulu Publishing Services), author David Lucido uses a basic formula to attract and delight children: a wide range of people photographs and a bunch of silly rhymes revolving around the names of girls. Nothing fancy. Just simple, wholesome fun. The book’s subtitle,…

BookTribSeptember 1, 2020

Better Self Nonfiction

“Have You Seen These Children?” Explores the Courage and Resilience of Four Kids Abducted by Their Father

If you’ve ever doubted the resilience of children, it will do the heart good to read Veronica Slaughter’s memoir. A tale of deception and hope, Have You Seen These Children? follows four siblings, kidnapped by their father, through four years on the run. Their mother, devastated and helpless, does what…

Sherri DaleyAugust 18, 2020

Children's Books Miscellany

LeBron James’s Lyrical Children’s Story “I Promise” Encourages Compassion in Young Readers

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/I-Promise.jpg I Promise (HarperCollins), written by basketball legend LeBron James, is an inspirational poem that tells a story of love, understanding, bravery and encouragement. It holds a message that’s so important for readers today, especially with the social movements sweeping our country right now. I Promise comes at just the…

Jessica FitzpatrickAugust 11, 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

“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

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

“Wimpy Kid” Author Kicks Off Socially Distanced Book Tour

Those were the words of Forrest Simpson, a sixth-grader back in 2009, writing in Time magazine about author Jeff Kinney, whose highly celebrated Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has had such an impact on kids that he was named to Time’s list of Most Influential People in the World.…

BookTribJuly 29, 2020

Miscellany

Anti-Racist Reads for Every Age and Books for Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month

BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our editors take a pulse on what’s happening in the book world and hand pick stories, tidbits and reviews you may have missed. This week, in an effort to support racial justice and celebrate Pride, we've chosen stories…

BookTribJune 5, 2020

Children's Books

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

BooksToScreen Children's Books

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

If All Else Fails, There’s a “Wizard for Hire”

Using the canned goods stockpiled by his parents for sustenance of the body and the boxes of books and tapes to enrich the mind, Ozzy raises himself in a small house hidden in the heart of the forest. His only companion is a sentient metal bird named Clark invented by…

Paige VigliaroloApril 8, 2020

Children's Books

Facing the Unknown in “The List of Things That Will Not Change”

The world is full of unknowns. It changes constantly, and for a kid like Bea, unknowns and changes mean bad feelings. She’s got enough to worry about: her parents have been divorced for two years, her school’s year-long colonial breakfast project is nearing completion, she’s yet to be invited to…

Chelsea CicconeApril 7, 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

Children's Books

“Pop Flies, Robo-Pets, and Other Disasters” Brings the Love of Baseball Home to Japan

Update: Congratulations to Suzanne Kamata and Red Chair Press for winning the American Book Fest 2020 American Fiction Award for Children’s Fiction! Honoring excellence in American fiction across several categories and from mainstream, indie and self-publishers, the award is now heading into its fourth year. Read on to learn more…

Joanne ShulmanMarch 16, 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

Tween Detectives Chase After Swift and Mystical Creature in “Swampfire”

“I Once Knew a Girl” Is a Playful Celebration of Diversity

“Have You Seen These Children?” Explores the Courage and Resilience of Four Kids Abducted by Their Father

LeBron James’s Lyrical Children’s Story “I Promise” Encourages Compassion in Young Readers

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

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

Frog and Toad: Celebrating 50 Years of a Beautiful Friendship

“Wimpy Kid” Author Kicks Off Socially Distanced Book Tour

Anti-Racist Reads for Every Age and Books for Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month

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

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

If All Else Fails, There’s a “Wizard for Hire”

Facing the Unknown in “The List of Things That Will Not Change”

Legendary Children’s Author dePaola Dies at Age 85

“Pop Flies, Robo-Pets, and Other Disasters” Brings the Love of Baseball Home to Japan

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

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