In his Sunday New York Times column on July 4th, Nicholas D. Kristof presented his list of the best kids books, including the following. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame Freddy the Pig (series) by Walter R. Brooks Alex Rider (series) by Anthony [...]
According to a new study by Nielsen Online, our kids are going online in droves and spending more and more of their time on the internet. In May 2009, active online users included 16 million U.S. kids aged 2 to 11, which represents 9.5% of the active online population. Over the past five years, the number of kids [...]
There has been a lot of “bucket” talk in our house of late. Most of it is me, yelling: “Leave her bucket alone!” or “Get away from his bucket!” or “Worry about your own bucket!” I am sure author Tom Rath did not write How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids to give me something else [...]
A list of Caldecott Award-winning books is a great resource for finding quality picture books for your children. The Caldecott Awards, named after 19th century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott, are awarded each January by the American Library Association (ALA) to the illustrators of the most distinguished American picture books for children. The Caldecott Medal and Caldecott Honor winners from 2000 to [...]
I am a big fan of Simple Mom, a blog with a tag line that says it all: “Live simply, stay sane. Life hacks for home managers.” Simple Mom compiled a terrific list of childrens book authors in a post entitled Ten Great Authors in Childrens Literature. It is definitely a great list to check out and [...]
