http://childrensbooks.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2013-05-17T00:01:09Z Fri, 17 May 2013 00:01:09 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/19/childrens-books-news-51813.htm <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/5youngadultbooks/fr/Wheels-Of-Change-How-Women-Rode-The-Bicycle-To-Freedom.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/childrensbooks/1/0/F/Q/wheels-1.jpg" border=0 hspace=5 alt="Book Cover - Wheels of Change" align="right"></a><b>It's National Bike Month</b> - You'll find <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/5youngadultbooks/fr/Wheels-Of-Change-How-Women-Rode-The-Bicycle-To-Freedom.htm"><i>Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom</i></a> on my <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/whatsnewhot/a/may_calendar.htm">May Calendar of Children's Books</a>, but there are many more children's ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/19/childrens-books-news-51813.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/19/childrens-books-news-51813.htm Sun, 19 May 2013 00:28:57 +0000 2013-05-19T00:28:57Z http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/17/r.htm <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/Moonbird-A-Year-On-The-Wind-With-The-Great-Survivor-B95.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/childrensbooks/1/0/m/U/moonbird-7.jpg" border=0 hspace=5 alt="Book Cover - Moonbird" align="right"></a>Do your kids, grades 5-12, enjoy informational books? For history, drama and intrigue, <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/Bomb-The-Race-To-Build-and-Steal-the-Worlds-Most-Dangerous-Weapon.htm"><i>Bomb: The Race to Build - and Steal - the World's Most Dangerous Weapon</i></a>, Steve ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/17/r.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/17/r.htm Fri, 17 May 2013 00:01:09 +0000 2013-05-17T00:01:09Z http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/16/2013-summer-reading-lists-and-more.htm <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/Dead-End-In-Norvelt-Book-Review.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/childrensbooks/1/0/i/R/deadend-1.jpg" border=0 hspace=5 alt="Cover art for Dead End in Norvelt" align="left"></a>My <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/forparents/tp/summer_reading.htm">2013 Summer Reading Lists For Kids and Teens</a> contains a mix of book recommendations, from a variety of excellent sources. The books on these lists are ones children ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/16/2013-summer-reading-lists-and-more.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/16/2013-summer-reading-lists-and-more.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 00:01:54 +0000 2013-05-16T00:01:54Z http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/14/dr-seuss-and-graduation.htm <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/Oh-The-Places-Youll-Go-By-Dr-Seuss.htm"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/childrensbooks/1/0/t/9/oh_the_places.jpg" border=1 hspace=5 alt="Cover Art - Oh, the Places You'll Go" align="left"></a>Sometimes I think that <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/authorsillustrato/a/drseuss.htm">Dr. Seuss</a> and graduation go together like green eggs and ham. Why? Year after year, when booksellers put up their displays of books that ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/14/dr-seuss-and-graduation.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/14/dr-seuss-and-graduation.htm Tue, 14 May 2013 00:01:30 +0000 2013-05-14T00:01:30Z http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/13/celebrateits-childrens-book-week-2.htm <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/forparents/f/childrensbookwk.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/childrensbooks/1/0/P/U/C-Book-Week-7.jpg" border=0 hspace=5 alt="Children's Book Week artwork" align="right"></a> It's <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/forparents/f/childrensbookwk.htm">Children's Book Week</a> (May 13-19). Here are some ways to celebrate: <ul><li>Take your kids to one or more of the free Children's Book Week programs at your local public library. </li> <li>Learn about all of the ways you can <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/libraries/a/save_money.htm">save money at your public library</a>, and get a library card if you don't have one yet.</li>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/13/celebrateits-childrens-book-week-2.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/13/celebrateits-childrens-book-week-2.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:52 +0000 2013-05-13T00:01:52Z http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/11/childrens-books-news-may-11-2013.htm <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/Inside-Out-And-Back-Again-Book-Review.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/childrensbooks/1/0/I/R/Inside-Out.jpg" border=0 hspace=5 alt="Cover art for Inside Out and Back Again" align="right"></a><b>Books for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month and All Year Long</b> - See Reading Rockets' reading list <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/books/c1232/">Books to Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage</a> for recommended books for ages 3 to ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/11/childrens-books-news-may-11-2013.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/11/childrens-books-news-may-11-2013.htm Sat, 11 May 2013 22:10:02 +0000 2013-05-11T22:10:02Z http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/10/a-favorite-for-55-plus-years.htm <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/Harold-And-The-Purple-Crayon.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/childrensbooks/1/G/d/S/harold_and_the_purple_crayon_400.jpg" border=0 hspace=5 alt="Harold and the Purple Crayon" align="left"></a>The best children's books leave plenty of room for a child's own imagination to be a part of the story. ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/10/a-favorite-for-55-plus-years.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/10/a-favorite-for-55-plus-years.htm Fri, 10 May 2013 06:01:16 +0000 2013-05-10T06:01:16Z http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/10/gruesome-and-fun.htm <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/How-They-Croaked-The-Awful-Ends-Of-The-Awfully-Famous.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/childrensbooks/1/0/e/U/croaked-7.jpg" border=0 hspace=5 alt="How They Croaked cover art" align="left"></a>There are not a lot of informational books that you can characterize as both gruesome and fun but <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/How-They-Croaked-The-Awful-Ends-Of-The-Awfully-Famous.htm"><i>How They Croaked</i></a> is one of them. As the subtitle, <i>The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous</i>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/10/gruesome-and-fun.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/10/gruesome-and-fun.htm Fri, 10 May 2013 00:33:13 +0000 2013-05-10T00:33:13Z http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/07/picture-books-award-winning-illustrations.htm <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/awardsus/a/caldecott05.htm"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/childrensbooks/1/0/R/K/house_in_the_night_170.jpg" border=0 hspace=5 alt="2009 Caldecott Medal Winner - The House in the Night cover art" align="right"></a> I'm continuing to expand coverage of children's books honored with the Randolph Caldecott Medal for picture book illustration. Beth Krommes received the 2009 Randolph Caldecott Medal for her ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/07/picture-books-award-winning-illustrations.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/07/picture-books-award-winning-illustrations.htm Tue, 07 May 2013 00:08:03 +0000 2013-05-07T00:08:03Z http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/06/russia-dogs-drama-a-middle-grade-novel.htm <a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/fr/The-Dogs-Of-Winter-By-Bobbie-Pyron.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/childrensbooks/1/0/c/U/dogs-of-winter-7.jpg" border="0" hspace="5" alt="Cover art of The Dogs of Winter" align="left"></a>Author Bobbie Pyron found inspiration for her novel <i>The Dogs of Winter</i> in a true story. The dramatic story of a young boy abandoned on the streets of 1990s Moscow ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/06/russia-dogs-drama-a-middle-grade-novel.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://childrensbooks.about.com/b/2013/05/06/russia-dogs-drama-a-middle-grade-novel.htm Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:52 +0000 2013-05-06T00:01:52Z