Renée Graef has illustrated over seventy books for children, including the Kirsten series in the American Girl collection and many of the My First Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She splits her time between Los Angeles and Milwaukee.
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.
The Children’s Book Review | March 12, 2016 Age Range: 10+ Hardcover: 384 pages About the Book THE SECRETS OF SOLACE Written by Jaleigh Johnson Publisher’s Synopsis: Lina Winterbock lives in the mountain strongholds of Solace. She’s an apprentice to the archivists, the wise men and women whose lives are dedicated to cataloging, studying, and preserving the objects that mysteriously fall from the sky in the scrap towns. Lina should be spending her days with books, but the Iron War has changed everything. The strongholds are now a refuge, so instead, Lina spends her days exploring the hidden tunnels and passages of her home. The…
The Children’s Book Review | March 11, 2016 Age Range: 4-8 Hardcover: 36 pages About the Books Good Morning Yoga: A Pose-by-Pose Wake Up Story Written by Mariam Gates Illustrated by Sarah Jane Hinder Publisher’s Synopsis: This “wake up” story is so much more than a story. It’s a practice for kids and parents to greet the morning with joy and embark on their daily adventures with intention and confidence. Turn the page and reach up to the sky, press your feet into the earth, and get ready for a great day! Calm and awake, “I can do this!” is all I need to say. A…
Mother’s Day will be here before you know it! Celebrate with You Made Me a Mother, written by Laurenne Sala and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser.
With the recent event of Dr Seuss’s birthday, our list “5 Reasons to Love Dr. Seuss” is trending this month on The Children’s Book Review. Other trending articles include hot new books and bestsellers.
This month’s best selling kids series from The Children’s Book Review’s affiliate store Henry & Mudge, by Cynthia Rylant—a wonderful “Ready to Read” series.
Our hand-picked list from the Best Selling Young Adult books listed on The New York Times includes both Glass Sword and Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard.
In case you missed this list last month, our selection of books picked from the nationwide best selling middle grade list on The New York Times, includes Star Wars: The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary. We especially love the books by super-talents Katherine Applegate and R.J. Palacio!
It’s back at the top again! Our best selling picture book from our affiliate store is one of our all-time favorite books: Dear Zoo, by Rod Campbell!
Just as a Halloween tradition is created for the people in Brad’s neighborhood, we suspect that Black Day: The Monster Rock Band will find a place in many young readers’ annual Halloween reading lists.