Children's Book Wish List

The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming by Lemony Snicket, Lisa Brown...

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:24:47 PST

To the uninitiated, his name may sound more like dessert than good reading; but Lemony Snicket (known to communicate through emissary Daniel Handler, shown here) is a...

Tuesday

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:08:49 PDT

The nearly wordless Caldecott-winning book follows a squadron of frogs as they fly through the night on lilypads; PW called the visuals "stunning: slightly surrealistic,...

The Three Pigs

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:07:27 PDT

I really enjoyed David Wiesner's work in this book because he is able to weave different classic favorites into one book to give children and overview of stories that...

Yoko

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:06:49 PDT

Yoko the kitten has gone off to her school with her willow-covered cooler filled with sushi, looking forward to a good day. But her classmates tease her mercilessly when...

The Beatrice Letters (A Series of Unfortunate Events)

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:06:06 PDT

awesome 13 books i read all 13 all over again just for pleasure. I came across something that is obvious to read but if you skim you wont find it out... in all books...

It's Still a Dogs New York: A Book of Healing

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:05:23 PDT

In this parable of childhood bereavement, Pepper and Rover, two New York dogs, are miserable after the tragedy of September 11, 2001. Pepper feels overwhelmed with...

It's a Dog's New York

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:04:38 PDT

Boys and girls will love this innovative picture book about a dog who has just moved to New York City. Pepper feels sad in his strange new home until his new neighbor...

The Kissing Hand

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:03:31 PDT

In her foreword to Penn's sugary tale about Chester, a young raccoon who would rather stay at home than go to school, Jean Kennedy Smith notes that the story is ``for any...

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:02:55 PDT

Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl...

Tale of Despereaux

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:02:28 PDT

The Tale of Despereaux Is OUTSTANDING. It has got the greatest life lesson of all: Even those who have been broughten into a bad world, can want something good, too. This...