My kids and I absolutely love books about witches, and we’re always looking for good new titles to add to our collection. Here are some of our favorite witch-themed picture books, graphic novels, middle-grade novels, and non-fiction and activity books. Picture Books Meg and Mog (series), Helen Nicoll and Jan Pieńkowski [Amazon | Bookshop] An … More Some of the Best Books About Witches for Kids
I’ve been let down by many lists of funny picture books for kids. Often they’re filled with books that are zany or wacky but not especially funny. Although those books might be enjoyable for lots of other reasons, they haven’t made me or my children laugh very much. So I wanted to make a list of … More Some of the Best Funny Books for Kids: A Big Round-Up
Here are my favorite books published in 2021: picture book fiction and non-fiction, chapter books, middle grade books, and graphic novels. Some of them are beautiful, some of them sidesplittingly funny, and some fascinating — but all of them are books I would happily reread. Picture Books My First Pop-Up Mythological Creatures, Owen Davey [Amazon … More Some of the Best Children’s Books of 2021
Even if no other type of book will do, kids always seem ready to read a graphic novel. They’re a brilliant way to get kids excited about reading or to reengage a kid who has stalled out with books. I myself love graphic novels and read loads of them, and the ones here were very … More Some of the Best Graphic Novels for Kids, Part 1
I love pop-up books and collect them whenever I can. Which is lucky for my children, because they love them, too. Many of the best ones are astoundingly creative, and they’re also a brilliant way to encourage kids to spend time with books. Here are my favorites, from sturdier pop-up books for the very young, … More Some of the Best Pop-Up Books for Kids
This list of poetry for children is filled, I hope, with genuinely funny and sweet books. Some of them are hysterically funny even for adults: Michael Rosen is a brilliant poet with a knack for wordplay and sound, for instance, and Bob Raczka’s poems are so fiendishly clever that you and your kids might cackle … More Some of the Best Poetry Books for Kids
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