Top Ten Picture Books from 2018
This year was another outstanding one for picture books. Once again, narrowing down this list to just ten was an almost insurmountable […]
Author: Mary Jo Staal
The Top Ten Picture Books of 2017 for the Elementary Classroom (and Beyond)
Picture books are powerful tools for children to start understanding the world around them. Authors and illustrators of picture books covered a […]
The Top Ten Picture Books and Early Readers for the Elementary Classroom (and Beyond)
As a pre-K–5th grade librarian, I get asked all the time, “What is your favorite book?” I always answer, “That is like […]
The Top Nine Middle Grade Books from 2016 (Plus One from 2015)
Maya Angelou once said, “Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his […]