Rub-a-dub-dub, can’t get the kids in the tub? February 9 is Read in the Bathtub day, so it’s a great time to try enticing them with some fun bath time books. Reading to your kiddos doesn’t have to wait until bedtime. When they’re scrubbing off the remains of the day in the bath, they’re a […]

The potential for horror and anarchy lurks behind every great children’s book. I’ve read many a seemingly sweet bedtime story with the sense of something more hidden beneath the surface, a gritty underbelly threatening to break through, causing everything to descend into madness. It’s up to those of us with particularly twisted minds to stare into this […]

Once upon a time, AOL was the internet (and we had plenty of free-trial discs to go around), hardly anyone had a cell phone (which could only be used for phone calls anyway), and there was no such thing as a tablet or an e-reader. This dark age was known as the ’90s. We were […]

There’s one thing every reader lives in fear of: finding out their favorite book is about to be turned into a movie. Will your favorite part get cut out? Is the person playing the main character good enough? Is the director going to do something stupid, like turn a single book into multiple unnecessary movies? Watching your […]

There may be plenty of fish in the sea, but there are just as many swimming around in the vast ocean of children’s literature. Picture books in particular feature some especially colorful finned creatures who make their homes in ponds, oceans, and even fish bowls. We’ve cast our net wide and come up with books […]