I’m a little bit addicted to the new book section at the library and bookstore. Since I dread December when I have to choose only 10 books as our favorites of 2012, I have come up with the convenient solution of making multiple lists over the course of the year. You can find all of…
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Picture Books for Kids
This is a collection of all of my book lists for children that feature our favorite picture books. Book lists are arranged by theme. You will find folktales from around the world, holiday books, wordless book, our best books of the year as well as titles on many other topics. Happy reading!
Favorite Picture Book Authors: Catherine Rayner
One of our favorite children’s picture book author-illustrators is the Scotland-based Catherine Rayner. I first discovered her when I read last year’s The Bear Who Shared about a wise Bear who waits for a lovely ripe fruit to fall from the tree. Her newest book, Solomon Crocodile follows a mischievous croc who is in need…
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Best Picture Books of 2012 (So Far), Part 2
So remember back in March when I told you of our Top Books of 2012? Here’s another gathering of great children’s picture books published in 2012. However, we will have to wait until December to see who make the cut for the year’s Top Ten. (You can find our Top Ten of 2011 here.) A…
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9 Imaginative Children’s Books About Picnics
Picnic books are lots of fun to read during the summer months when eating al fresco is on the agenda. During the hot summer months we spend as much time away from the apartment as possible. I simply cannot stand to be inside with two rowdy, fighting boys for any length of time. This necessitates…
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Children’s Books: Summer in the City
Are you gathering books for your summer reading? No matter where you live, these children’s books about summer in the city with get you in the mood. The thought of escaping to the seaside for the long, hot summer months is tantalizing. But not many of us have the luxury of setting aside two months…
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Superhero Picture and Chapter Books
I can’t avoid it: Kiddo and New Kid love superhero books. Since I would like them to explore book about non-licensed characters as much as possible I’ve put together as list of mom-approved Superhero books, both picture books and chapter books. (Note: Book covers and titles are affiliate links) Superhero Picture Books: Kapow! Friends engage…
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Children’s Book Illustrations I Want To Jump Into
There are a few picture book illustrations that depict a certain style of carefully conceived world and I want to take a running jump and see if I might just be able to step through the pages. Literally. Have you ever felt that way about a picture book? These types of books are few and…
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Children’s Picture Books: Quiet Classics
We are all familiar with the powerhouse picture books like Goodnight Moon and Where the Wild Things Are, but there are many other classic picture books which all too frequently get left off “top ten” lists. These are books that I like to call “quiet classics,” picture books which manage to stay in print over…
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Our Top Books of 2012 (And It’s Only March!)
My favorite section of the library is the hold section, where my personal selections are gloriously waiting just for me, but running a close second is the New Books Shelf filled with pristine reads, ready to be discovered. I am unable wait until December’s “Top Books of 2012” post to tell you about these books,…
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Fibonacci Books for Kids
Kiddo’s sense of wonder regarding numbers has been very educational for me. Lately he has been enjoying Fibonacci books for kids. I’m not sure I’d ever heard of the Fibonacci sequence before he read about it, or, if I had, I’d forgotten about it. Since learning about the sequence, and its appearance in the natural…
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