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Happy Holidays, Little Ducklings!
If you are searching and searching for the perfect gift to give the little ducklings in your life, then we have you covered! Toys break and candy is quickly eaten, but books? Books are forever. There...
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Sing Your Books!
You sing songs to a child, and you read books to a child, but have you ever sung a book to a child? Singing books to children not only makes reading more fun and engaging, but it also serves an...
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Oregon Children’s Books
Oregon is known for many things. We can claim the Columbia River, Lewis and Clark, the Spruce Goose, Portlandia, and rain. In addition to these wondrous things, we can also claim a long literary...
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All Things Green: Children’s Books About Colors
Happy (almost) St. Patrick’s Day! Tomorrow is the perfect day to practice a little color knowledge with your little ones. Why not start with all things green in honor of everyone’s favorite March...
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Put a Poem in Your Pocket: Poetry for Children
Poetry Month isn’t just for adults. In fact, probably the most important audience of National Poetry Month is kids! Teaching a love for poetry at a young age opens a whole world up to kids. It helps...
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Level Readers for Young Bibliophiles
There’s a stage when children are learning to read when they feel they’ve become too grownup for picture books, but they aren’t ready to read chapter books. But those chapter books look so cool to...
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Classic Picture Books in Translation
Alas, for us adults, the best time to learn a new language is in childhood. Kids’ brains are little sponges, soaking up every new tidbit of information that comes their way. In fact, 90% of brain...
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YA for May!
There is such controversy about Young Adult novels. A real genre war over them. There are those who say YA novels should only be read by actual young adults. Anyone who doesn’t have the word “teen” in...
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Super Books for Young Reading Heroes!
It’s officially summer, and you know what that means: No more pencils, no more books! Wait…no more books?! We don’t like the sound of that. A summer away from books leads to the summer slide. When...
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Novels for Kids (and the Kid at Heart)
Midgrade novels are curious things. We don’t often think of children’s books as Serious Literature. But the books that have had some of the greatest impact on the world of literature (and our lives)...
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