Where The Best Books Are!

I Haiku You , by Betsy Snyder, Random House , $9.99, 32 pages, ages 4 and up, 2012.  Joy bubbles off the pages of this poetry book, as ch...

Goblin Secrets , by William Alexander, Margaret K. McElderry Books , $16.99, ages 8 and up, 240 pages. Orphan Rownie escapes a witch...

Fourteen reasons to read the entire series. The Drowned Cities (companion to Ship Breaker ), by Paolo Bacigalupi, Little Brown , ages ...

The Peculiar , by Stefan Bachmann, Greenwillow , $16.99, ages 9 and up, 384 pages. Bartholmew Kettle tries to save his kidnapped sister...

from the Christmas Quiet Book Click a link to go directly to a post! Need a Little Christmas? Gift Idea #1: For a Princess Gi...

Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind , by Gary Ross, illustrated by Matthew Myers, Candlewick , $17.99, ages 6 and up, 96 pages, 2012...

Book meets toy: the novelty book. Here are some of my favorites. Pop-Up London , by Jennie Maizels, paper engineering by Richard Ferg...

Santa from Cincinnati , by Judi Barrett, pictures by Kevin Hawkes, Atheneum , $16.99, ages 4-8, 48 pages, 2012. With that big belly t...

Ever wonder what clever new books are springing up overseas? Here's a picture book I can't wait for. The Paper Dolls , by J...

Here are two picture books that make anything seem possible. Little Elephants , by Graeme Base, Abrams , $16.95, ages 4 and up, 40 page...

Give the gift that gives all year. An enchanting read-aloud, an illustrated moment in history, a story about a teacher who changed a ch...

There's something magical about books from faraway places. Perspectives on life are just a bit different and lend a whimsic...

Books that are small enough to slip into stockings and charming enough to belong there! ( See Note  for Santa at the end of each review .)...

Peter, Paul and Mary's 'The Night Before Christmas' App for iPhone & iPa d . ( First released in 201 1 & updated in ...

A trio of Star Wars books: A pop-up, paper craft book and Yoda-inspired series. ( Save you, they can! ) Star Wars: A Galactic Pop-U...

Click Read more below for patterns and directions. (Shown above marking my page in Twelve Kinds of Ice by Ellen Bryan Obed and illustrat...

A trio of picture books about feisty gals who aren't afraid to get their slippers wet. Princess in Training , by Tammi Sauer, pic...

From Leslie Patricelli's Fa La La . Here's a sample of the fun holiday books hitting bookstores now! Click the links below ...

The Nutcracker: A Magic Theater Book , by Geraldine McCaughrean, illustrated by Kristina Swarner, Chronicle , $19.99, 24 pages, ages 6 an...

Adventures in Cartooning: Christmas Special , by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold and Alexis Frederick-Frost, First Second , $9.99, 6 and up, ...

The Christmas Quiet Book , by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Renata Liwska, Houghton Mifflin , $12.99, ages 4 and up, 32 pages, 2012 ....