Book-A-Day Almanac
Discover the stories behind the children’s book classics and the new books on their way to becoming classics.
Jumanji
Elementary School, Picture BookJune 4 has been designated Drawing Day or Pencil Day. Today we are encouraged to create art and to remember the joy we had when we first picked up a pencil and drew. If I ask myself what is the most amazing book I ever watched being published that was created by a pencil, the […]
Animals, Award Winning, Caldecott, Family, Games, ImaginationFeatured on June 4
The Phantom Tollbooth
Elementary School, Fantasy, Middle School Today marks the birthday of Norton Juster, a man who should be named the patron saint of all who put pen to paper. One of the things that all writers do, on almost a daily basis, is avoid writing. If most of us put as much energy into writing as we put into not writing, […]
Adventure, Cars, Games, Humor, Imagination, TransportationFeatured on June 2
The Westing Game
Elementary School, Mystery/ThrillerOn March 13, 1928, Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At first she pursued a career in fine arts, graduating from the University of Wisconsin. After she moved to New York, she began designing book jackets and created over one thousand of them. Raskin was lured into the field of children’s books to serve […]
Award Winning, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Games, NewberyFeatured on March 13
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.
