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Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

January has been designated National Folktale Month. For those interested in some fascinating essays about the role of folklore in the lives of children, head over to the Children’s Literature Network this month. Ever since Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith published The True Story of Three Little Pigs, over two decades ago, fractured fairy tales, [...]

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Featured on January 31, 2013

The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems

Today is National Hot Dog Day, and July is National Hot Dog Month. So it seems a good time to focus on hot dogs, one of America’s favorite and “most patriotic” foods according to promoters. Although the book of the day seems like a natural for publication, Mo Willems’s first book about the pigeon, Don’t [...]

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Featured on July 31, 2011

Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems

For nearly ten years February has been designated Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month. When I think of a rabbit that needs rescuing in children’s books, the first one that comes to mind appeared in 2004—not a living rabbit but a stuffed toy named Knuffle Bunny. In Mo Willems’s Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, we first [...]

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Featured on February 28, 2011

Daily children’s book recommendations and events from Anita Silvey.

Discover the stories behind the children’s book classics . . .

The new books on their way to becoming classics . . .

And events from the world of children’s books—and the world at large.