Listed below is a wide variety of books that start out for early readers, then going to early chapter books and ending with books for all ages.
Silly Milly and the Mysterious Suitcase, by Wendy Cheyette Lewison, and illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott, is a beginning reader series that cleverly includes wordplay. In this case, Silly [...]

Poetry is a wonderful way of displaying words artistically, uniquely and with space. I love poetry books that do all three in bright and inventive ways for kids to enjoy and relish. These kinds of books become invaluable as children become enlightened to the beauty of our language and the many creative ways to express [...]

The day of celebrating love will soon be here and what better way of showing your love for your little ones than through books?  Here are some wonderful, fun and loving examples for Valentine’s Day. All of these books are good for ages 2 through 7, except for the first four books which are good [...]

Reissues are wonderful additions to anyone’s library because these classics, favorites or otherwise wonderful books might be forgotten. Here are some outstanding picture books, as well as fiction reads, that are also terrific read alouds and good for all ages.
Firebird, by Saviour Pirotta, and beautifully painted by Catherine Hyde, is an old Russian folktale that’s been retold in this [...]

Fall is around the corner and that means it’s also back to school time. So how about some great books on the subject?
Let’s begin with six fiction books that are geared for ages nine and older. The Fabled Fifth Graders of Aesop Elementary School, by Candace Fleming, is a hilarious story with moral lessons hailing back [...]

Here is the last review celebrating Poetry Month and I’ve collected some outstanding poetry picture books that showcase rhythm and rhyme in story form – and the languid liquidity of word usage.
The first two books are filled with serious and glorious poems. A Mirror to Nature:  Poems About Reflection, by Jane Yolen, and photographed by [...]

April is Poetry Month and I’ve collected a bounteous basket of poetry books to fill this blooming season full of rhymes, rhythms, didactic pentameters and a myriad of liquid language that will flow off the tip of your tongue.
Sharing the Seasons:  A Book of Poems, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, and illustrated by David Diaz, [...]

February celebrates Black History Month and I’ve collected some outstanding new literature to help us all appreciate this rich heritage as well as understand and learn from our past mistakes. The first three books are especially good for ages 9 and up.
This first book just won the coveted Newbery Honor award a few weeks ago. [...]

I’m following-up on last weeks review on poetry because of April Poetry Month and because there are so many great new poetry books that it takes two weeks of reviews to cover them.  There isn’t another medium that articulates beauty, majesty and power better than poems.  Poems can use clear concise words, and as they [...]

April is the month for celebrating the rhyming, patterning and placement of words.   It’s Poetry Month!   Here are some of the best poetry books geared for all ages of kids.
Jack Prelutsky has to be America’s best loved children’s poet.   His ability to place words in the most amazing and often humorous ways [...]