Book recommendations for your kids from some people who know books...

Thanks to Maggie's mom Joycelyn, Librarian at Mitchell Elementary School and Tristan's mom, Kelly, owner of Martha Merell's Bookstore

Bob Books First!   By Bobby Lynn Maslen

 Enthusiastically endorsed by Kelly as a great way to help start your kids reading.

It's Perfectly Normal  by Robie H. Harris. 

In a starred review, PW said" this intelligent, amiable and carefully researched book...frankly explains the physical, psychological, emotional and social changes that occur during puberty."  Ages 10-14 From Publishers weekly

Happy Birth Day by Robie H. Harris

Shows children how much they were loved, right from the start.

Dinosaurs Divorce:  A Guide for Changing Families  Laurene Krasny Brown and Marc Brown

Victoria's Smile by Rita Gellar

 A story about a little girl who survived brain cancer

Dr. Dog by Babette Cole

 A clever way to teach kids about healthy habits.

Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller

This is a delightful lesson about geography, Laurie Kelly helps children to learn about the States while having fun. One day, Kansas wakes up grumpy. The other 49 states are stretching, yawning, and pouring maple syrup onto each other's pancakes, but irritable Kansas announces to his kindly neighbor Nebraska that life is dull and changes must be made: "All day long we just sit here in the middle of the country. We never GO anywhere. We never DO anything, and we NEVER meet any NEW states!" Nebraska, sick of hearing North Dakota and South Dakota bicker all the time agrees to help organize a party for all the states.

Open Wide by Laurie Keller

Open Wide: Tooth School Inside traces one school day in a classroom of teeth. Fortunately, when Dr. Flossman takes attendance, all 32 teeth are present to take the pledge: "And to the gums on which we stand, strong and healthy, with toothbrushes and toothpaste for all." The day proceeds with an anatomy lesson (illustrating dentin, enamel, pulp, etc.), which is interrupted only momentarily when Carl Canine badmouths a little molar (hurting his feelings even though he has a hard enamel shell on the outside). Sally Incisor then shares her report on primary teeth ("Babies don't even need teeth. You never see them eating corn on the cob or anything"), and the Tooth Fairy makes a guest appearance, offering molar-coaster rides and bemoaning the whole "under-the-pillow" idea, which causes her to fear suffocation.