books for children

Educator Mary Ostrowski knows how important it is to encourage children to express themselves thoughtfully. She has worked in public and private schools in the United States and abroad as both a teacher and an administrator. She worries that the current school system all too frequently forces teachers to “teach to the test,” thereby losing creativity and art in the process. Ostrowski is determined to help make a change. “As an educator,” says Ostrowski, “one […]

Author Max Hawthorne Gives Kids What They Really Want This Holiday Season: a Dinosaur! One of the cutest books to come on the market for children. This book is perfect to snuggle up and share with a child, as the beautiful illustrations really capture a child’s attention.” — -Dr. Melissa Caudle, bestselling author of A Day at the Zoo With the ongoing success of such dinosaur driven franchises as the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World […]

For pooped-out parents who pine for brief bedtime reads, this funny and fast-paced children’s picture book with a zoo full of anxious animals is just what the veterinarian ordered. Author/illustrator Sherry West and co-illustrator Larkin Stephens-Avery share an artistic appreciation for antsy animals and feathered fowl which they put to good use in It’s Raining Cats! It’s Raining Dogs! It’s Raining Bats! And Pollywogs! (Morgan James). Avery is the proud progenitor of the pudgy poultry […]

In Haiti, only 40 per cent of the population is taught how to read, which means that the majority of the population is illiterate. Access to education is a sweeping issue that affects millions of people. Corruption in the government and lack of funding are major systemic barriers which prevent widespread reform.“Oftentimes, people don’t have the money to start school at a young age. I met people who only began attending school at the age […]

Don’t Throw Me in the Cholla Patch, written by Tucson’s Marc Severson and illustrated by Franceso Orazzini, is an original folktale designed for older children. It features the plants and animals of the Sonoran Desert and two desert-dwelling tricksters who face off in a battle of wits over who gets dinner and who is dinner. Don’t Throw Me in the Cholla Patch (Small Tooth Dog) features artwork by Italian illustrator Francesco Orazzini. The story is […]