Generally best enjoyed by children between five and eight years old; but every child is unique, so only you know best.
Published: 2001 Theme: Math Riddle Best for: 5 to 8 "Aziza learned all there was to know. But her favorite subject was numbers. And her favorite game was riddles." This is a simple and enjoyable way to present numbers and riddles to young children who are already showing signs up interest in numbers.
Published: 2014 Theme: Dragons Best for: 6 - 9 "Drake looked over at his friend Bo. he could tell Bo was thinking the same thing he was: How did the king know one of the dragons was sick?" Our school librarian gets a high demand for books about dragons, especially from the lower grade students. So she and I were delighted to find this one.
Published: 2010 Theme: Be Yourself Best for: 6 to 9 "Blue Jay Girl had a good family who loved her, and a little dog of her own. He was called Kiyu. Until now, her life had always pleased her. But today she was the very saddest girl in the village." This small children's book is a great addition to Native American folk literature. It reads like an oral story that has been converted to a children's book.
Published: 1967 Theme: Faery Best for: 7 - 10 "There was a village once, not very long ago for those with long memories, not very far away for those with long legs. Wootton Major it was called because it was larger than Wootton Minor..." A truly magical yet profound tale of the skeptic world and those who 'do believe in fairies'...
Published: 2008 Theme: Tolkien Fantasy Best for: 7 and up "Faerie is a perilous land, and in it are pitfalls for the unwary and dungeons for the overbold..." This collection of shorter stories by Tolkien has something for all ages, including adults who love Tolkien's fantasy worlds.
Published: 1998 Theme: Fantasy Best for 8 and up "Not every old man with ragged trousers is a bad old man: ... a few, a very few, are wizards prowling round on a holiday looking for something to do. This one was a wizard, the one that now walked into the story." Early on, Tolkien crafted several short novellas out of stories that he made up for his own children, and Roverandom is one of them.
Published: 2015 Theme: Monsters Best for: 7 to 8 "Yes, he had to admit, Ruffleclaw had been quite a pest. Always hungry. Always tired. And he spat absolutely everywhere. And still... Tommy missed him." Let's start by admitting that this children's book is aimed at being gross, and aimed at young boys who like to be gross...
Published: 2008 Theme: First Chapter Book Best for: 6 to 8 "They sat down for lunch at a cafe. "Bonjour," said the waiter. "That means 'Hello'", Dodsworth told the duck. "Oh well then, 'banjo' to you, too," said the duck." As a first chapter children's book, this little book is more than meets the eye, with lovely illustrations, and authentic information about Paris.
Published: 2014 Theme: Being yourself Best for: Third graders "It was all new and fascinating to Annika. She had never know that baking had so much math in it--so much tasty math!" Here's a lovely addition to those hard to find interesting first chapter books, which, uncommonly, focuses on the early grade student's relationship to math.
Published: 2010 Theme: Math Biography Best for: 6 to 9 "You can call me Blockhead. Everyone else does. One day when I was just a boy, Maestro wrote out a math problem and gave us ten minutes to solve it. I solved it in two seconds." If you have any young children who love numbers, this is definitely a children's book they should read - a superb biography about Fibonacci.
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