Melissa Guion’s first picture book, Baby Penguins Everywhere!, was selected for The Original Art 2012, an exhibition of the year’s best illustrated children’s books.
Month: January 2014
Some of the most powerful YA books being written today are what I call “resilience literature:” stories about tough issues that teens deal with every day.
If you’re someone who likes the holiday feeling to linger, who doesn’t take down their tree until the last pine needle has dropped, here’s a whimsical, wonderful picture book to add to the spirit, Brownie Groundhog and the Wintry Surprise, by Susan Blackaby.
Adventure-Pom! features the poof tail adventure of Captain Henry Gingersnaps! Using a creative combination of photography and comic styling speech bubbles, the book follows Henry on his search for Pals so he can face the ever ominous “Cranky Kitties”.
The Children’s Book Review | January 10, 2013
Parents and caregivers struggling with ways to tactfully disable distasteful words can arm themselves with The Tacky Box set.
From picture-book biographies to the I Have a Dream speech, this is a solid representation of the many Martin Luther King books available for young readers.
Two fathers came together to discuss a common problem, neither of them were happy with the selection of children’s books they were reading to their young children.
Book Spotlight: “Schism” & “The Hanging Tree”The Children’s Book Review
Rachel Lee didn’t think anything could be worse than her parents splitting up. She was wrong. Working for her mom’s new house-cleaning business puts Rachel in the dirty bathrooms of the most popular kids in the eighth grade. Which does not help her already loser-ish reputation. But her new job has surprising perks: enough dirt on the in-crowd to fill up her (until recently) boring diary. She never intended to reveal her secrets, but when the hottest guy in school pays