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Some of the Best Children’s Books of 2022
Here are my favorite children’s books published in 2022. “Best” is always subjective with books, especially when no one can read them all, but these are the books that thrilled, delighted, and touched us this year – the ones that fully engaged us, or made us laugh, or taught us something wonderful and new. I…

Some of the Best Wonderfully Weird and Unusual Books for Kids
Let’s face it: a lot of children’s books tend to blend together, and sometimes you want a jolt of electricity, something very different to wake you up, to surprise and delight you. I love when a children’s book comes out of left field, and I find that these deeply unusual, one-of-a-kind children’s books tend to…

Some of the Best Children’s Books in Translation
If you’d like to read your way around the world with your children, try these marvelous books in translation. Chile Book of Questions, Pablo Neruda and Paloma Valdivia [Amazon | Bookshop] For kids of all ages and adults, too, a truly special book of poetry filled with masterful illustrations Featuring selections in both English and…

Witch School: Magical Fun With Science, Social Studies, Nature, and Art
This set of lessons is a little different. While I usually link to free instructions for my activities, to do Witch School you really do need to get your hands on a couple of books: The Science Spell Book: Magical Experiments for Kids by Cara Florance [Amazon | Bookshop] and The Little Witch’s Book of…
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