Generally best enjoyed by children between five and eight years old; but every child is unique, so only you know best.
Published: 2013 Theme: Baseball Best for: 5 to 8 "Marty got her love of baseball from her Great Grandma Martha (Gigi), who loved baseball more than anything. Gigi followed the game faithfully and even kept her own scorebook. She taught Marty everything she knew." This children's book is all heart, even as it goes about its mission of explaining the rules of baseball to young boys and girls...
Published: 1992 Theme: Folk Tale Best for: 5 to 8 "Rich you will surely be," answered the fortune-teller, staring into the crystal ball on the table. "On one condition: that you earn large sums of money." In this beautifully illustrated children's book, we laugh aloud as a naive man becomes a fortune teller. The illustrations of Africa are superb.
Published: 1942 Theme: Imagination Best for: 5 to 8 "Why not use what you already have: your own i-ma-gi-na-tion? It can do any kind of magic - anywhere-at any time. All you have to do is use it." From the very opening, where the author kindly addresses the reader, I knew I was in the hands of a master writer...
Published: 1997 Theme: Imagination Best for: 5 to 8 "Wolfgang Amadeus Mouse was the youngest of thirteen children. He was also the smallest. His mother had given the other twelve mouse pups quite ordinary names, like Bill or Jane." A talented singing mouse is the hero of this small children's book, written by the author of Babe. It's a nice read-aloud book for young children..
Published: 2014 Theme: Bravery Best for: 6 to 10 "Before they took off, Emma quickly wrote a note to her parents: "Don't worry. I'm off with a pretty big genie to find his nose ring. And I have Tristan with me..." The "pretty big" was of course an exaggeration..." In this small children's book, Emma helps a genie regain his power. Great for young readers who are ready for easy chapter books, or as a read-aloud.
Published: 1959 Theme: Magic of Goodness Best for: ages 9 and up "Just 'cause magic never happened to you, it doesn't meant it isn't lurking around still, waiting to turn up when you least expect it!" With an unusual turn from Eager's other magic books, like Half Magic, this children's book puts magic squarely in the realm of human activity...
Published: 2004 Theme: Fantasy Best for: 8 and up "The Rim of Heaven." Slatebeard closed his eyelids. "Its mountains are so tall that they touch the sky. Moonstone caves lie hidden among its slopes, and the floor of the valley is covered with blue flowers." Imagine in one children's book: brownies, dwarfs, dragons, sea serpents, a giant Roc, and even a homunculi. Add the magic of the Himalayas and a Tibetan monastery, and adventure soars to another level.
Published: 1982 Theme: Beauty in Simplicity Best for: ages 5 to 8 "There is still one more thing I have to do," she said, "I have to do something to make the world more beautiful. But what?" How wonderful to find an illustrated children's book where the story itself is as important as the pictures...
Published: 1999 Theme: Inner Worth Best for: girls 8 and up "Once upon a time, in the village of Snettering-on-Snoakes in the Kingdom of Biddle, a blacksmith's wife named Gussie gave birth to a baby girl. Gussie and her husband, Sam, named the baby Lorelei, and they loved her dearly." If your young (girl) reader is a fan of 'fractured fairy tales,' this children's book offers a wonderful comical version of the classic Princess and the Pea.
Published: 2011 Theme: Value Yourself Best for: 5 and up "The horse already had a question prepared. He shuffled his feet on the ground and said, 'What is the reason I was made a horse and not some other animal?" The light said, 'Because we needed another horse." In this exquisitely painted and carefully crafted children's book, the essential question of life is asked and answered.
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