There were some interesting articles about ebooks this week, including a few new approaches I hadn’t come across before. To begin with, there’s Digital Book World’s “When Growth In Children’s Ebooks Hits the Poverty Line”, which argues that children’s ebooks may be outstripped by ebooks for adults for some time… Read more »
Tag: children’s books
Great Winter Books for Children
We’re almost a week into December and nearing the official start of winter in the northern hemisphere. Whether you’re eagerly awaiting the first snowfall or already up to your knees in it, here are some of my favorite books about winter and snow for children of all ages: Picture books:In… Read more »
Harry Potter Epitaph (a guest post by Amanda Pekar)
[My 16-year-old daughter, an aspiring writer, wrote this piece about the end — or not — of an era.] Ten years ago, I read a book that changed my life. For ten years, I have read and reread, discussed, speculated about, walked, talked, acted, and dressed Potter. I’ve grown up… Read more »
Books for Halloween
It’s Halloween, so it’s time for a Halloween reading list. The problem is, I don’t like scary books, I don’t do horror, and I don’t care for gore. But there are still some wonderful non-scary books well-suited for Halloween reading. Here then are some of my favorites for a… Read more »
Availablity of e-Books for Children and Young Adults
Apropos of my earlier posting about Cushing Academy’s bookless library and the dubious availability of children’s and YA books in e-book format, I decided to do some further checking. I chose to check Amazon’s Kindle store rather than the Sony e-book store, because there are more titles available overall for… Read more »
Great Books for Ages 7-11 and Up
Snow Treasure, by Marie McSwigan During World War II, Norway sought to protect its gold reserves from the threatened Nazi invasion by shipping millions of dollars’ worth of gold bars to Britain and America. After the invasion, the Norwegian freighter Bomma arrived in Baltimore carrying a cargo of Norwegian gold…. Read more »
Great Books for Ages 5 and Up
Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, by A.A. Milne, with original illustrations by E. H. SheperdIf your only exposure to Winnie the Pooh has been the Disney films, run right out to the library and borrow the books. Disney’s early adaptations are reasonably faithful to the stories,… Read more »
Great Books for Ages 3 and Up
Dr. Seuss is great fun, and Are You My Mother is a classic, but here are some books for little ones you may have missed. I’m of the firm opinion that really good children’s literature is enjoyable at any age; certainly my husband and I enjoyed reading all of the… Read more »
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