Lefty by Mo Willems, Illustrated by Dan Santat My son and I are both left-handed (like Dan Santat) and love Dan Santat illustrations (...lik...

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson The Herdman siblings—infamously known as the "worst kids in the world"—have h...

Pretty Ugly  by David Sedaris, illustrated by Ian Falconer I'm a huge David Sedaris fan and am usually aware when he has a new book comi...

How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Jennifer Harney My son doesn't read picture books much anymore...

YA books are my sweet spot, but I also wanted to highlight some picture books by Black authors as well. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black ...

  Tiny T. Rex and the Very Dark Dark by Jonathan Stutzman, illustrated by Jay Fleck My son is reading chapter books and graphic novels now, ...

  Mother Ghost: Nursery Rhymes for Little Monsters by Rachel Kolar, illustrated by Roland Garrigue I love creepy rhymes, as demonstrated in ...

  The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky by Jory John and Pete Oswald Who doesn't love the Bad Seed and his friends? In this book, he's g...

Pick a Pumpkin by Patricia Toht, illustrated by Jarvis This fun picture book tells the story of Halloween traditions like visiting a pumpki...

As my son gets older, we're reading different books. Or, mostly, he's  reading different books. He loves reading graphic novels on h...

Thanks to Scholastic and @kidlitexchange for the ARC of this book, which is out now! All opinions are my own. Maggie has wanted a puppy for ...

This book made me miss taking road trips with my friends! But it also made me laugh, thinking of how my friend and I used to worry about bei...

Ethel L. Payne was born in 1911. She went to school with white people, even though she was harassed and beaten for it. The school paper woul...

I love an inspirational, educational picture book, and The Oldest Student by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, illustrated by Oge Mora fits the bill. ...

The Office: A Day at Dunder Mifflin Elementary is by  Robb Pearlman and illustrated by Melanie Demmer. This book is a must-have for any fan...

Mootilda's Bad Mood by Corey Rosen Schwartz and Kirsti Call, illustrated by Claudia Ranucci, is out now from Little Bee Books/Simon and...

Thanks to  @kidlitexchange  and  @simonkids  for providing a review copy of  We Could Be Heroes by  @finneganbegin . Hank hates the ...

The Space Between Lost and Found by Sandy Stark-McGinnis. Thanks to @kidlitexchange and Bloomsbury Publishing for sharing this powerful book...

Hannah is babysitting for the second time in her life. She's taken a safety course for babysitters with her friend, and she'll ...

Happy Book Birthday to A Girl, A Raccoon, and the Midnight Moon  by Karen Romano Young, illustrated by Jessixa Bagley! Special thanks to Chr...