With so many blockbuster franchises targeted at YA and tween readers, why should a parent buy this book for their kid? There are three reasons – a gripping story, a cool educational website and supporting Doctors Without Borders.
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.
Unlike other non-fiction children’s books focused on historical events, Cromwell Dixon’s Sky-Cycle features bright and playful illustrations that lend a lighthearted feel to the events that unfold, making the story of a child soaring into the sky on an unreliable and homemade device more playful hat most parents would probably think possible.
Mrs. McGee’s Garden, focuses on the message of self-respect and accepting who we are.
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: December 3, 2010 Talk about eye-popping! Renowned artist J. otto Seibold has revamped Mother Goose classics, and we have one copy of the sparkling Other Goose: Re-Nurseried and Re-Rhymed Children’s Classics to share. Reading Level: All Ages Hardcover: 80 pages
Book Spotlight: Ivy + Bean: What’s the Big Idea?The Children’s Book Review
Ivy and Bean return in book 7 of their series, Ivy + Bean: What’s the Big Idea? All the kids in second grade love science. That is until…
Jeff Kinney added another addition to his increasingly popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series: The Ugly Truth. This chapter of Greg Heffley’s life is chronicled in the same diary/illustration style so many children have come to know and love, but this time around the loveable protagonist is on the cusp of that very rocky period known as puberty.
Andrew’s Wish is a new Christmas book written to touch the hearts of young and old alike, and inspire us to believe in miracles.
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review Published: November 2, 2010 Here’s the scoop on the most popular destinations on The Children’s Book Review site, the most coveted new releases and bestsellers. THE HOT SPOTS: THE TRENDS Fall Books for Kids: 2010 How Picture Books Play a Role in a Child’s Development Kids’ Christmas Books, 2010: For the Naughty & Nice 20 Sites to Improve Your Child’s Literacy Review: Sleepy Kittens (Despicable Me)
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