You Know, for Kids

OK, I know not every kid likes snakes. A lot of adults don't like snakes, not even a little bit. But our older son does, and so when—...

Since my sons are still just seven and three years old, my coverage of history books for kids doesn't usually get out of the picture-bo...

Most holiday-themed children's books, let's face it, aren't very good. Most are conceived and created mainly to be promoted at ...

Graphic novels have gained a great deal of respectability since I was a kid. With the possible exception of Herge's Tintin books—and tho...

In my spotty posting of late amid vacations and hurricanes, I've been focusing on children's nonfiction, slowly chipping away at my ...

It figures that as soon as I write about how difficult it can be to find standout children's nonfiction, a slew of books come along to p...

I've become, in my time-pressed adult life, a big nonfiction reader, for many reasons. But I've always found children's nonficti...

Sometimes a new children's book makes me say to myself, Man, I wish this had been out when I was a kid. And since I’ve always been a hi...

Most parents are familiar with today’s earnestly conscientious children’s nonfiction that tries to teach young readers about environmentalis...

This is a new book that’s also nostalgic for me: My parents bought me a copy of David Macaulay’s Cathedral   when I was eleven or so, and i...

There are a lot of science and nature books for kids out there—nearly every publishing house, large and small, seems to have its own line. ...