The Best Children's Books Daily Blog

May 17, What books should I review?

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:03:09 GMT

I need suggestions for my blog. I'm looking for 9000 children's book titless! Hello everyone. I am an aspiring children's book writer, but more than

May 17, Bad Picture Book Covers

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:35:51 GMT

Your picture book cover should help sell your book. Here's why having your characters smiling out at the reader is a bad idea. Don't look at the camera.

May 17, Heads up on a Blurb Father's Day special

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:41:40 GMT

Help your kid conjure up a great Father's Day photo book with this coupon from Blurb. Use code JUSTFORDAD to score 20% off.

May 16, Another kid book sale at BookCloseouts.com

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:11:33 GMT

Hurry. There was a Fancy Nancy anthology (with 6 stories for $2.24 total), but it already sold out. When these guys have a sale, they REALLY have a sale.

May 13, Colonial abduction title help please

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:37:38 GMT

Hello, I need some more help. Please. I need an idea for the title of a short novel. I discovered a true story, witnessed and documented, about an alien

May 10, Abby's Art World

Fri, 10 May 2013 21:39:02 GMT

I graduated from Wayne State University with a Bachelors in Fine Arts, with a drawing concentration. I am an illustrator, printmaker, and painter. I

May 7, Raised in Art Museums

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:04:40 GMT

RESUME: I was raised in art museums, was surrounded by Rembrandt and Picasso, as well as ancient Chinese and Egyptian art. (I especially love the styles

May 7, The Lost Little Puppy - a poem by Eli Marina

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:47:10 GMT

This lost puppy poem by Eli Marina is entitled the Lost Little Puppy. Wandering the big scary city

May 3, Florida Illustrators

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:33:50 GMT

These Florida illustrators specialize in children's book art.

May 3, Collage Artists

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:48:51 GMT

These collage artists use cut paper and other media to create their gorgeous children's book illustrations.

May 3, The Value of Wordless Picture Books

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:50:36 GMT

Cool article in a British newspaper on how wordless picture books (they just call them "picture books" there) are a great language developing tool for the little ones.

May 2, Kid magazine subscription sale from Groupon

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:00:31 GMT

This just showed up in our inbox! Zoobooks, Zootles and Zoobies: great kids' animal magazines. I checked their site: normal subscription price is $29.95. Groupon got them down to 10 bucks! And by the way, we've always loved these magazines. Here's the review we've had up for years. But don't follow our links! Those'll cost you $29.95! Do the Groupon deal before it goes away!

May 1, Storybook Art

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:12:12 GMT

Self taught, I am still learning, as are all artists. I strive to create art that depicts narrative, characterization, setting, color harmony - key elements

Apr 29, Picking Great Children's Book Titles

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:26:40 GMT

What makes a good title? Hello! My name is Kristin. I am new to writing books, but it is something that I have been interested in for years. I never gave

Apr 27, Wild discounts for middle grade and YA action/adventure

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:10:53 GMT

Short sale at bookcloseouts.com. Action-Adventure for as low as $1.24.

Apr 26, Oh, the Places They'll Go!

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:28:21 GMT

We didn't know about these! Did you? Fun, inspiring Dr. Seuss wall quotes, perfect for your child's room. Through Amazon! And cheap: this one's a buck!

Apr 11, It Couldn't Be Done - Poem About Determination

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:00:20 GMT

Edgar A. Guest's classic, It Couldn't Be Done, is a poem about determination. Tackling the impossible

Apr 10, Top 10 Picture Book Mistakes Beginning Authors Make

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:15:27 GMT

By Steve Barancik. These are the top 10 picture book mistakes I see beginning authors make, based on my work critiquing manuscripts.

Apr 4, Blowing Bubbles: A Children's Book About Stroke

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:03:23 GMT

Blowing Bubbles, a children's book about stroke, introduces Josh and his Grandpa George, a man who passes onto the young boy his love of speed: go-karts, speedboats

Mar 19, Once I Ate a Pie: Funny Poems about Dogs!

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:01:28 GMT

In Once I Ate a Pie, dogs like 'Mr. Beefy' tell their funny stories in poems. Authors Patricia MacLachlan

Mar 17, The Last Princess: The Story of Princess Ka’iulani of Hawai’i

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:35:59 GMT

In Fay Stanley's The Last Princess, we meet Princess Ka'iulani, the Hawaiian princess who stood up for her people and dared approach a president!

Mar 15, Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel!

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:22:54 GMT

Poet Patricia Storace enhances a classic with Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel. Sentenced by Madame Fate to life locked in a tower

Feb 20, This Book Belongs to Aye-Aye: Inner Beauty Book!

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:25:00 GMT

This Book Belongs to Aye-Aye is about an unattractive creature being teased for his appearance at Animal School!

Feb 10, Extra Yarn: The Color Never Runs Out!

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:56:09 GMT

In Extra Yarn, Annabelle is a girl whose box of endless yarn brings color and joy to a cold, colorless town. Until an evil Archduke

Feb 9, One Cool Friend: Boy Adopts Penguin!

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:05:09 GMT

David Small won a Caldecott Honor for his illustration of Toni Buzzeo's One Cool Friend, the story of a boy who takes home a penguin from the aquarium.

Feb 8, Laura Vaccaro Seeger's Green: Die-Cut Magic!

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 22:08:56 GMT

Laura Vaccaro Seeger's 'Green' wins a 2013 Caldecott Honor for beautiful canvases and die-cut pages exploring different shades of the title color.

Feb 8, Sleep Like a Tiger: Great Go-to-Sleep Book!

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:57:42 GMT

Sleep Like a Tiger features a little girl who doesn't want to go to sleep, but whose parents know how to bring it about.

Feb 8, Creepy Carrots: Stop Eating Us!

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:08:32 GMT

Creepy Carrots! is a spooky tail of carrots with a taste for revenge. It won a 2013 Caldecott Honor for illustrator Peter Brown.

Feb 7, This Is Not My Hat: The Humor in Deception!

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:03:28 GMT

Jon Klassen's This Is Not My Hat, the 2013 Caldecott winner, is a start-to-finish exercise in irony. A little fish's attempts at deception

Jan 13, The Friend Above by Casey Cox: Believe!

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:02:34 GMT

This story by Casey Cox is entitled The Friend Above. When a boy chooses to believe in a talking cloud

Jan 11, Puddle's Big Step: First Day at School Book

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:32:20 GMT

In Puddle's Big Step, a formerly eager-to-start-school duckling, named Puddle, gets cold (webbed) feet.

Jan 8, Goblin Secrets: Orphan in Search for His Brother

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:48:29 GMT

William Alexander's Goblin Secrets features an orphan who ditches a wicth to join a goblin acting troupe and find his long-lost brother.

Jan 8, The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Mysteries of the Mind

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:43:47 GMT

Controversial YA novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower - by Stephen Chbosky - examines the mysteries of the mind.

Nov 26, Crazy Cyber Monday deal at BookCloseouts

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:57:20 GMT

Our pals at bookcloseouts.com are having a great Cyber blow-out that includes lots of picture books. You'll find some big-name books at ridiculous prices if you scroll!

Nov 19, Daughters of Copper Woman: Tales from the Native Northwest!

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:35:27 GMT

Author Anne Cameron secured the permission of the Nootka women of Vancouver Island in order to tell their myths in Daughters of Copper Woman.

Nov 19, The Rabbi's Cat: In 1930's Algeria, the Cat Talks!

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:23:28 GMT

Joanne Sfar's fanciful graphic novel, The Rabbi's Cat, is set in Algeria's Jewish Quarter in the 1930's. When the cat eats the rabbi's parrot, he gains the power of

Nov 19, Orbiter by Warren Ellis: Space Shuttle, You're Late!

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:15:20 GMT

The space shuttle arrives back home late--10 YEARS late--in Warren Ellis's 'Orbiter.' The scientists tasked with determining what happened

Nov 16, Discounted Christmas Books

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:50:44 GMT

Our buds at bookcloseouts.com are taking an add'l 25% off xmas books. Click to their selection, and keep an eye out for a special book from Marcus Pfister, the Rainbow Fish guy.

Nov 15, Kayak Girl: A Child Mourns her Mother

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:12:50 GMT

In Monica Devine's Kayak Girl, an Alaskan Native child mourning her mother rediscovers her lost spirit thanks to a figurine carved by her grandfather.

Nov 5, The Taking Tree by "Shrill Travesty": A Selfish Parody

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:42:13 GMT

Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree rubs some people the wrong way. Hence this irreverent spoof, The Taking Tree!

Nov 4, The Heart of Cool - Jamie McEwan, Sandra Boynton

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:20:50 GMT

Sandra Boynton breathes life into Jamie McEwan's characters in The Heart of Cool, an easy reader that actually isn't stupid!

Oct 9, Doctors prescribe books!

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:09:41 GMT

I just found out about Reach Out and Read, a program where doctors prescribe (and provide) books to children in an effort to encourage early literacy. Why? Because doctors know - medically - how important reading is to a developing brain.

Oct 3, Amazon sells Halloween costumes!

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:24:24 GMT

This was news to me. You can order a costume. (Candy and decorations too. Save yourself the shopping hassle.)

Oct 2, Allison, by Allen Say: Different from Mom and Dad

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:32:12 GMT

In Allen Say's 'Allison,' a Chinese girl adopted by caucasian parents becomes aware that she doesn't look like her parents. And she isn't happy about it!

Oct 2, Sweet Moon Baby: Adoption Fairy Tale!

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:23:39 GMT

Sweet Moon Baby is nothing less than a fairy tale about a Chinese adoption, depicting a girl's magical journey from birth parents to adoptive parents.

Sep 17, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe: Chronicles of Narnia book

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:50:00 GMT

Four children find a secret doorway to a land ruled over by a White Witch in C.S. Lewis's The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, reviewed here.

Sep 15, Can a child EVER have enough stickers?

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:45:44 GMT

With this limited-time sale from our friends at Book Closeouts dot com, your child might be the first. Stock up!

Sep 12, Christopher Nibble: Delay Gratification, Save the World!

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:24:23 GMT

Charlotte Middleton's Christopher Nibble is a tale that warns against heedless consumption and preaches delayed gratification. When delicious dandelion leaves start disappearing

Sep 10, Fast Eddie by Bob Rinker: A Fast-Talking Kid Story!

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:57:47 GMT

This story by Bob Rinker is entitled Fast Eddie. Things change when a kid who can't slow down his speech meets a deaf girl.

Sep 3, Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself: Moving South in the 1940s

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:59:51 GMT

In Judy Blume's Starring Sally J. Freedman As Herself, Sally and her family move from North to Deep South in the 1940s U.S. Racism, anti-semitism...