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The Mightiest by Keiko Kasza

This is an age when beauty crowns, straight As and peer recognition are all too important to even the youngest of kids. ‘The Mightiest’ by Keiko Kasza tells a refreshing tale of simplicity, humility, deceptive appearances and human nature, packed in a lighthearted, entertaining picture book.

When three animals spot a golden crown on [...]

Eve Bunting’s ‘Little Bear’s, Little Boat’

Children's storybook

Raise your hand if you agree: kids grow up fast and good times don’t last as long as they ought to.

Sooner or later we come around to the fact that time’s going to fly whether we like it or not, and life’s going to change and the years are going to whoosh by [...]

September Reads

Bear Feels Sick (Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman)

Children's Book Teaches About Caring

The very first book M brought home from her school’s library using her very own library card.
Love this book for the way it tells the story of caring for someone. An easy and quick read, and also a sweet and memorable [...]

Don’t Miss Reading These Children’s Books

4 Great Summer Reads For Kids
It’s been a while since we read these books and I decided it’s about time I shared them with you without letting any more time slip by.

On to some of the books my almost 5-year old loved this past summer.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit
By: [...]

Caldecott Medal Winners and An Old Tulika Favorite

M’s Pre-K session came to an end a few weeks ago, but not before we got to work on a final project that I couldn’t wait to get started on – The Caldecott Awards.  I, for one was really thrilled to actually bring home Caldecott award winning books to share with M as part of [...]

Weekly…Monthly?! Reading Wrap Up

Sunday Feb 27

It’s close to midnight and I was just about ready to turn in – fully aware that I had let yet another week go by without an update to my blog. I don’t particularly like the neglect babylovesbooks is undergoing in my hands, but let me spare you, one of my four or [...]

A Million Starts with Me

Children’s Book Celebrates Georgia’s Pre-K Program

Title: A million Starts with Me
Creators: John Archambault, Sarah Hollander (CD- David Plummer, John Archambault); School Specialty, Inc.

Children's Book Celebrates Gerogia's Millionth Pre-K Student

 

 So, a few days ago M brought home a book from school. It’s called A Million Starts with Me. I learned that it was written to commemorate and [...]

‘When I’m Feeling…’ Picture Books

Title: When I’m Feeling; The Five Mile Press
Creator: Trace Moroney
Age Recommendation: 3+

Children's Picture Books – When I'm Feeling…

M’s (and her mom’s!) current reading favorites are a set of books on feelings. That’s right – anger, sadness, joy and fear. And how to deal with them.

M is at an age now when she can communicate her feelings if she [...]

Children’s Book Sneaks in Smart Cookie Advice

A Delicious Reason to Read to Your Child

You probably know that advice usually doesn’t get you very far with kids.

Even babies seem to be wired to sense unsolicited advice and are equipped with the mechanism to ignore or avoid it.  Children have this uncanny way of figuring out when you’re about to dole out advice and activate their built-in auto shut-off [...]

Karadi Tales Audio CDs

Let Karadi The Bear Read to Your Child

I’ve known about Karadi Tales for almost a decade, but, only recently had the chance to pick up the first of our CD/Book collection for my daughter.  I bought a collection of stories about animals narrated by some of India’s most beloved and well-known voices. And here are my thoughts on [...]