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“Once Before Time” Series Launches with “Cinderella Rex”

The mom was ahead of me in the checkout line with her daughter, who appeared to be four or five years old. The child frowned, but before she could start with the whole “pleeeease” routine, her mom said, “Tell me why you want them and I’ll help you decide.” “Well,”…

Cynthia ConradDecember 2, 2019

Children's Books

“The Jolt Felt Around the World:” Fun Kids Book Tackles Some Big Issues

Susanna Shetley is dedicated to “making the world a better place one book at a time.” She is advancing that vision in spades with her debut children’s book, The Jolt Felt Around the World (Wisdom House Books), brilliantly illustrated by Krystal Smith. While the pictures in this book are colorful…

Jim AlkonNovember 20, 2019

Children's Books

Mosi Musa: Life Lessons in This Heartwarming Monkey Tale

And we’re talking about a monkey! People have a tendency to care deeply about animals, aware of their innocence, cuteness and playfulness. They seem so good-natured, always curious, and we cringe at any physical discomfort or emotional stress. Georgeanne Irvine’s Mosi Musa: A True Tale About a Baby Monkey Raised…

BookTribNovember 18, 2019

Children's Books

Imagination Meets Lifelong Lessons in “The Dale Family Adventures”

A serious warning or just having some fun? So begins The Dale Family Adventures (CreateSpace) by Ursula Masdal, a delightful and exciting children’s book that follows the exploits of the Dales through their holiday confrontations with talking animals, leprechauns, fairies, witches, wizards, trolls, scarecrows and other creatures. The stories have…

BookTribNovember 11, 2019

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

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New York Times Children’s Books Editors Know “How to Raise a Reader”

Maria Russo says she wasn’t allowed to watch much TV as a child. Perhaps parental decisions like that led to a career like this: children’s books editor of The New York Times Book Review. Now she’s taken her career a step further as co-author, along with fellow NYT Book Review…

Jim AlkonOctober 18, 2019

Children's Books

In “I Can Make This Promise,” a Young Girl Searches for her Native Heritage

Inspired by debut author Christine Day’s personal family history, I Can Make This Promise (HarperCollins Publishers) is a powerful children’s book about a mixed-race Native American girl who grapples with her family’s complicated legacy -- and must figure out how to understand her own. Edie Green, a curious 12-year-old girl,…

BookTribOctober 16, 2019

Children's Books

Parents’ Magazine Announces 30 Best Kids’ Books of 2019

From picture books to board books with finger puppets, children's literature is always sure to entertain. Throw in a lesson learned, whimsical illustrations and relatable characters, and you've got yourself the perfect kids' book. Parents' Magazine tasked librarians across the country to nominate the best children's books published in 2019.…

BookTribOctober 14, 2019

Children's Books

“Trouble on All Sides” – an Old West Story for the Youngsters

It’s a good time to be a fan of westerns. It’s a genre that comes and goes, but between 2018 and 2019 we’ve had cowboy stories across all media, from films such as The Ballad of Buster Scruggs to video games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and even the hit…

Jeff DaughertyOctober 11, 2019

Children's Books

“Survivors of the Holocaust:” Educating Kids in a Graphic Format

Survivors of the Holocaust: True Stories of Six Extraordinary Children (Sourcebooks) tells the true stories of six Jewish children and young people who survived the Holocaust. From suffering the horrors of Auschwitz, to hiding from Nazi soldiers in war-torn Paris, to sheltering from the Blitz in England, each true story…

Jim AlkonSeptember 27, 2019

Children's Books

Clever Wiley Blevins Book Helps Kids’ Insecurities With Reading

And so begins a very cute, clever and funny children’s book about a mischievous third-grader doing all he can to avoid reading in front of a large audience on his school’s Parents Night, driven by the insecurity that he is not a great reader. It’s no coincidence that a major…

Jim AlkonSeptember 3, 2019

Children's Books

Picture Book Teaches Kids How to Cope with Being “Small in the City”

In only 37 pages and a handful of sentences, Small in the City (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House) broke my heart and put it back together again. Yes, I actually teared up from a picture book. And yes, it was in the middle of the office. Sydney Smith, the writer and…

Lee PelletierAugust 30, 2019

Children's Books

“Alien Superstar” Won’t Alienate Young Readers

Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver have been fascinating young audiences – and older ones – for generations. Now the bestselling team has collaborated to produce Alien Superstar (Abrams Children’s Books), the first novel in a new illustrated middle-grade series, releasing October 1. Alien Superstar follows a young alien who escapes…

BookTribAugust 23, 2019

Children's Books

“Fabulous Floyd”: How a Flamingo Overcame Adversity with Friendship

Author Georgeanne Irvine again has taken us on an intimate journey and provided a unique chance for a child to see just how much effort and love goes into caring for an animal and, most importantly, caring for each other. Fabulous Floyd: The True Story of a Flamingo Who Never…

Lee PelletierAugust 14, 2019

Children's Books

Decide the Fate of France in Interactive “Iron Magicians”

In Iron Magicians: The Search for the Magic Crystals (Quirk Books), the reader becomes the protagonist. In a fantastical steampunk Paris, Gustave Eiffel is unveiling his Tower at the World’s Fair. The reader is called upon to collect crystals which will charge the tower to defend Paris against a magical…

Lee PelletierAugust 13, 2019

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Alice, Dorothy and Wendy Collide in “Cheshire Crossing”

In an exhilarating convergence of literature’s best female heroines, Cheshire Crossing (Ten Speed Press) is not your mother’s storybook. Sure, it includes romps through Wonderland, Oz and Neverland, but the characters are older and scrappier than ever. Now teenagers, Alice, Dorothy and Wendy have been carted off to asylum after…

Lee PelletierAugust 1, 2019

“Once Before Time” Series Launches with “Cinderella Rex”

“The Jolt Felt Around the World:” Fun Kids Book Tackles Some Big Issues

Mosi Musa: Life Lessons in This Heartwarming Monkey Tale

Imagination Meets Lifelong Lessons in “The Dale Family Adventures”

2020 Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Award Winners Announced

New York Times Children’s Books Editors Know “How to Raise a Reader”

In “I Can Make This Promise,” a Young Girl Searches for her Native Heritage

Parents’ Magazine Announces 30 Best Kids’ Books of 2019

“Trouble on All Sides” – an Old West Story for the Youngsters

“Survivors of the Holocaust:” Educating Kids in a Graphic Format

Clever Wiley Blevins Book Helps Kids’ Insecurities With Reading

Picture Book Teaches Kids How to Cope with Being “Small in the City”

“Alien Superstar” Won’t Alienate Young Readers

“Fabulous Floyd”: How a Flamingo Overcame Adversity with Friendship

Decide the Fate of France in Interactive “Iron Magicians”

Alice, Dorothy and Wendy Collide in “Cheshire Crossing”

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