With so many strong novels on this list, all but one young adult novel, John Green’s Paper Towns, remains the same on our hand-picked list from the Best Selling Young Adult list.
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.
This month, A Boy and a Bear in a Boat, by Dave Shelton, is still The Children’s Book Review’s best selling middle grade book. And we’re very happy to add Brown Girl Dreaming to our selection from the nationwide best selling middle grade books.
Randolph Caldecott Medal Winner
The most distinguished American picture book for children, announced by the American Library Association.
This month our best selling picture book from our affiliate store is the lively board book Peek-a-Zoo!, by Nina Laden.
If you’re hooked on Kid President then this month is your month for new release kids books. This month’s selection of best new kids books includes Kid President’s Guide to Being Awesome and Richelle Mead’s conclusion to the Bloodlines series.
The Children’s Book Review | January 31, 2015 About A Dozen Cousins Anna had a dozen cousinsAll of them were boys. What’s life like for one little girl with TWELVE male cousins? Not easy! “They read her secret diary. They used up all her paint. They put a lizard in her hat to see if she would faint.” Loaded with infectious humor, this rollicking, rhyming picture book features a happy heroine who adores her big, boisterous boy family. About the Author Lori Haskins Houran has published 14 books for young readers, including Too Many Dogs, Too Many Cats, and Ducks in Muck…
The Children’s Book Review | January 27 About The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money In the spirit of Wendy Mogel’s The Blessing of a Skinned Knee and Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s Nurture Shock, New York Times “Your Money” columnist Ron Lieber delivers a taboo-shattering manifesto that explains how talking openly to children about money can help parents raise modest, patient, grounded young adults who are financially wise beyond their years. For Ron Lieber, a personal finance columnist and father, good parenting means talking about money with our kids. Children are hyper-aware of money, and they have scores of questions…
In children’s book author Steven Schoenfeld’s Can You Buy Me the Wind?, children and parents alike are treated to a rhyming picture book that seeks to instill a solid set of values.
Paulette Bogan perfectly describes every child’s egocentric outlook on how a new friend is “only theirs” in Virgil & Owen. Virgil is so happy to find a polar bear named, Owen. He is so excited to have Owen as his new best friend and to have him all to himself.
The Children’s Book Review | January 24, 2015 About If You Were Me and Lived in … Hungary Welcome to Hungary! Join Carole P. Roman and learn about this beautiful country in Central Europe. Packed with colorful illustrations, children will learn about the sights, currency, food, and even a few Hungarian words. This critically acclaimed series has been embraced by children, parents, and educators. Deceptively simple, it is jam packed with a vast array of information to ignite any child’s interest in the world around them. Praise “As usual, Roman does an excellent job of presenting facts and engaging young readers in this…