The Children’s Book Review Readers, beware: this is a dreadful fairy book … that you won’t be able to put down! About the Book A Dreadful Fairy Book Written by Jon Etter Narrator: Quentin Q. Quacksworth Publisher’s Synopsis: Shade the sprite is dreadful at being the perfect fairy. After her treehouse burns to the ground, Shade embarks on a quest, albeit with rather questionable companions, to find a place her outré self can finally fit in—a place of companionship and comfort and, most importantly, positively filled with books. When fantastic ruffians, swindlers, and a pack of ruthless Unseelie hunters threaten to halt…
Author: Bianca Schulze
Bianca Schulze
Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.
From book reviews and lists for all ages to literacy tips and book giveaways, here’s the top ten list of kids books and literacy articles that have been trending on The Children’s Book Review . . .
The Children’s Book Review From the treasured creator of Max and Ruby comes a soothing, quintessential lullaby of a book for the very young. Rosemary Wells has written and/or illustrated over 120 children’s books. Sleep, My Bunny is her latest lovely addition to her ever-growing list of beloved picture books. Age Range: 2-5 Hardcover: 24 pages Sleep, My Bunny Written and Illustrated by Rosemary Wells Publisher’s Synopsis: The owls and the crickets are singing together. Outside the window, night falls in a vivid, expressionistic ode to Van Gogh. But inside the cozy house, in rooms lit with soft pastels, parents guide their little bunny through…
Each month, we have fun checking out which kids book series’ were the best sellers from our affiliate bookstore. This month the most popular kids book series sold was the Indestructibles.
Here you’ll discover five books that we’re highlighting from The New York Times’ best selling hardcover young adult list. Including The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas; and One of Us is Lying, by written by Karen M. McManus.
This month, the book tops off the best selling middle grade book list from our affiliate store is Cornelia Funke’s When Santa Fell to Earth.
With the message that even pirates can clean up their act (as well as eat veggies), Happy Holidays, Pirates will be worth all yeh doubloons for the entertainment it will bring yeh laddies and lassies. Arrr!
Dear Girl, written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Paris Rosenthal and illustrated by Holly Hatam, is this month’s best selling picture book from our affiliate store.
There be plenty of reading treasure found within the pages of The Joneses & the Pirateers: Search for the Phantom Lady.Pirateers and landlubbers alike will do well fillin’ their treasure chest with this bounty.
Get To Know Miles Spagoski—slightly neurotic, bowling enthusiast—from Donna Gephart’s In Your Shoes, the story of two middle school students who discover that it’s not always clear who could use a friend the most.