Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. A perennial favorite. I grew up in the 1980s and the Gene Wilder movie version (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate
Tag: children’s books
books with girls that don’t alienate boys
Part of my motivation behind creating this blog was to find, and help other find, quality books for kids to read. While reading some of
Stella Batts – a sweet series, although not exactly our style
We found this book on the new juvenile fiction shelf at our local library and decided to give it a try. This was actually the
Choosing your own adventure
When I was a kid, I LOVED the “Choose Your Own Adventure” series. I have no concept of when I read them, but recall thinking
Ramona Fever
I was a child of the 1970s, so I grew up on a steady diet of Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume. I don’t remember a
princesses with panache
There seems to be no way to escape princesses when you have two little girls these days. While many of the princesses out there fit