| December 1 |
Christmas books |
| November 17 |
"Fablehaven" , by Brandon Mull; "The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon" |
| November 10 |
Unusual picture books that have teaching moments |
| November 3 |
"Knitting Nell" , by Julie Jersild Roth;
"Adventures of a Young Sailor" , by Paul Dowswell |
| October 27 |
Halloween Books |
| October 20 |
Outstanding Authors |
| October 13 |
Top 30 Best (part two) |
| October 5 |
Top 30 Best (part one) |
| September 29 |
Thrillers |
| September 22 |
"The Valley of Secrets" , by Charmain Hussey |
| September 15 |
Best of 2006 |
| September 8 |
"Secret Agent" , by Robyn Freedman Spizman;
"What Do Wheels Do All Day?", by April Jones Prince |
| September 1 |
Back to School Books |
| August 25 |
Baseball Books |
| August 18 |
"Gentle's Holler" , by Kerry Madden;
"Luck: The Story of a Sandbill Crane" , by Jean Craighead George |
| August 11 |
LDS books |
| July 28 |
"Drift House: The First Voyage" , by Dale Peck; "Leonardo the Terrible Monster" byMo Willems |
| July 21 |
The Ocean Picture books |
| July 14 |
Pirates! and a Summer Thunderstorm |
| July 7 |
Summer Vacation Books |
| June 30 |
Independence Day Books |
| June 23 |
Dragons and Magic |
| June 16 |
Father's Day Books |
| June 9 |
Best Summer Reads |
| May 26 |
Sharks! |
| May 19 |
Graduation Books |
| May 12 |
Mother's Day |
| May 5 |
Stories that have rhyming resonance |
| April 28 |
"Good Dog", by Maya Gottfried;
"Worlds Apart: Traveling with Fernie and Me", by Gary Soto;
"Flamingos on the Roof" by
Calef Brown |
| April 21 |
More Poetry: "Busy in the Garden", by George Shannon; Mural on Second Avenue and Other City Poems", by Lilian Moore; "Days Like This: A Collection of Small Poems", collected and illustrated by Simon James; "Handsprings" by Douglas Florian; "Central Heating: Poems about Fire and Warmth", by Marilyn Singer |
| April 14 |
Poetry "A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms" , by Paul B. Janeczko; "Meow Ruff: A Story in Concrete Poetry" , by Joyce Sidman; "A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children" , by Caroline Kennedy; "Zoo's Who" by Douglas Florian |
| April 7 |
"No More Cookies!" , by Paeony Lewis; "Let's Cook!", by Robert Crowther; "Food for Thought: The complete book of concepts for growing minds" , by Saxton Freymann; "The Greatest Potatoes" , by Penelope Stowell;"Gladys Goes out to Lunch" , by Derek Anderson; "The Secret Life of Food", by Clare Crespo; "The Bake Shop Ghost" , by Jacqueline K. Ogburn |
| March 31 |
Books dealing with death |
| March 24 |
"The Complete Adventures of Curious George"; "The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H. A. Rey" |
| March 17 |
"That's What Leprechauns Do" , by Eve Bunting;
, "Nell's Elf" by Jane Cowen-Fletcher; " Walter the Giant Storyteller's Giant Book of Giant Stories" , by Walter M. Mayes |
| March 10 |
Well-written chapter books should parlay readers from less text with pictures on every page to fewer pictures and more text throughout the book. |
| March 3 |
A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray,
The Dog Who Cried Wolf , by Keiko Kasza |
| February 23 |
The Newbery awards were recently announced |
| February 16 |
President's Day books |
| February 9 |
The notable Caldecott awards, designating the best of American picture books, were recently announced |
| February 2 |
February is when we celebrate "Black History Month" and I have some of the best, newly published books for kids on this subject |
| January 26 |
excellent books for newborns and up through the toddler years |
| January 19 |
This is the best time of year to curl up inside your warm home with a good book |
| January 12 |
Here's a list of wonderful cold weather books. |
| January 5 |
Some of the best, and newest, emergent readers and chapter books for those new readers in your household |
