Today, in honor of summer vacation, I’ve rounded up my favorite beach books for toddlers. Going to the beach is a special tradition of summer. Every year growing up my family would rent a beach house for a week or so. I have many happy beach memories: hiding water balloons under the sand and tricking …
From Back of the Bookshelf to Fan Favorite I remember buying a board book copy of the beloved children’s classic Goodnight Moon for my daughter just after she was born. I was in the midst of new child preparedness and wanted to build the perfect library for my baby. (Here’s what I ended up with!) …
What’s the Difference Between the Caldecott and Newberry Awards? What’s the difference? Good question! They both have shiny medals on the cover, drawing you in and letting you know that whatever you are about to read will be a quality book. The difference is this: Caldecott medals are awarded to the artist of the most …
Books are ideal gifts for baby showers, especially when the parents are already parents and have all the swaddles and onesies they need. But while books are always a good go-to gift, second-time parents probably already have copies of newborn book staples like Goodnight Moon, Guess How Much I Love You, and most likely at …
The Best Gardening books for Young Children It’s finally warming up here in the mountains after a long, cold spring, and I’ve just finished planting the corn and tomatoes in my garden. I still need to let things warm up a bit more before I can plant the sweet potatoes, okra, peanuts, and peppers, plants …
Sometimes it’s hard to find the perfect children’s book. You want to choose the most meaningful, the funniest, the most powerful, engaging, best of the best book! While most books are pretty awesome, it’s great to have a list with some of the best children’s books already compiled. TIME magazine’s 100 Best Children’s Books is …
Dad here! When I get to take the reins of A Little Library blog posts I like to try and find unique and/or quirky books that might not always be found on the beaten path of well-known kids’ books. So today I was very excited to tackle a small-time published book by two dear friends of …
When I sat down to write this list I already had several great books in mind. However, I did do some research to round out the article and wow, are there a lot of celebrity children’s book authors out there! From actors to athletes, musicians and reality show stars, I was very surprised to see …
Birthday Books for Young Children Everyone loves birthdays, and May is a big birthday month in our family. When I met my sweet husband fifty (50!) years ago, we were delighted to discover that we were born two weeks apart in May. Four years later we married on his birthday, and our firstborn arrived on …
The Best Mother Goose Books for Young Children April is poetry month, and what better poems and rhymes to entertain and educate children than nursery rhymes? A copy of Mother Goose belongs in every child’s library, and there are many to choose from, for nursery rhymes have been around for hundreds and hundreds of years. …