Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George is a romping little adventure about the tricks inherent in hanging out in a castle. Actually, it’s not just any castle it is a magic castle. The book is targeted towards grade school-age kids. The main character is as much Princess Cecelia (Celie) as it is the quirky, spunky castle […]
One of the latest board books geared to infants and toddlers to be released is “Baby Animals At The Zoo”, from the editors at Kingfisher. From the same publisher that brought you “Baby Animals in the Sea,” and “Baby Animals At Night” this little board book is the next in the baby animal board book […]
One of this month’s ChildrensBookStore.com staff picks is an American Library Association Youth Media Award winner for this year. “Grandpa Green” illustrated and written by Lane Smith, and published by Roaring Brook Press, is also a Randolf Caldecott Award winning book for being a most distinguished illustrated children’s book. It’s also the recipient of the New York […]
If your child has even the slightest interest in magic, and finding out the secrets behind illusions, magic tricks and mysteries, then this is the book for them. Illusionology, by Albert D. Schafer, shares every magicians most carefully guarded secrets, and it divulges the tricks behind the magic hat, and sleight of hand.
Our first encounter with Nick Bruel’s “Bad Kitty” character was a few years ago at an elementary school. We’d volunteered to read to a classroom full of squirrely first graders, and we’ll admit that despite being around lots of kids, we were a little nervous. But, we showed up, bag of books in tow, ready […]
It can be difficult to get a child to do something they don’t want to do. Too often, reading is looked upon as a form of punishment and not as an opportunity to learn. There are topics written about anything and everything you can think of out there. This means that somewhere, there is a […]
In the tradition of “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid” Lincoln Peirce’s “Big Nate Goes For Broke” is one part comic book and one part chaper book. The popular format for early readers has struck gold for the kid’s book publishing industry, since it makes reading chapter books that much more entertaining. With it’s relateable-for-any-kid […]
At Children’s Book Store, we are always pleasantly surprised when we receive new children’s book releases that are enjoyable to read. Board books can sometimes fall into the, well, how do we say this diplomatically… the creatively challenged category. At least for books that adults want to read to their wee ones. Sandra Boynton is […]
My wife and I don’t really have nicknames for each other, but after I came across this book the other day I asked her to start calling me Captain Underpants. After her initial WTF look, I handed her the book and said, “That’s right, Captain Underpants. Starting now.”. Upon flipping through the book, she said, […]
What kid hasn’t brought home a lost kitten, snake or turtle? The poor creature is held aloft to the kid’s momma in those grubby little hands, and the kid then looks up to her and exclaims in the jubilant hopes of mini pet-lovers everywhere, “Pleeee-aaaaaase Mom, can I keep it?” Author Peter Brown has flipped […]