April Free Books!
This month our free books are for children. You are eligible for the drawing on Monday, April 26, if you post and let us know one of your favorite children’s books.
Our first April Free Book is for children ages 3 – 5. The title is BUSY FRIENDS by Constance Allen. It is a large hardcover “Discovery Book” full of all your favorite Sesame Street characters. Here’s a publisher’s blurb .
“Inside, kids will find two stories featuring action-packed scenes and fun interactive elements like flaps, pull-tabs, and more! Engaging activites on every page include early learning concepts like colors and counting.”
Our second April Free Book is actually two books from the “First Questions and Answers” series. They are paperback books (approx. 8″x12″), 32 pages each. They are appropriate for ages 4 (advanced) to 8. The book titles are WHY DID KNIGHTS FIGHT? and WHY DID PIRATES BURY TREASURE? both by Miles Kelly and illustrated by a variety of artists. Each book is full of questions and very interesting and enlightening answers about the subject – in this case, knights and pirates. Even adults will find the information included very educational. (At least I did.)
All the April Free Books are brand new.
Well, let me know your favorite children’s book or books. My all-time favorite is Laura Ingalls Wilder’s LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS. What’s yours?
My favorite children’s book is Alexander Key’s “The Forgotten Door”. I don’t know how many times I’ve read it. My kids have read it. My Grandson is reading it now. I think it’s out of print but I bought a copy from Amazon.com.
I see that you were given “The Help” for Christmas. I received it as well. I really liked it a lot.
I have read all of your books. I have signed copies of the Ivory Carver series. I wish I could unread Mother Earth Father Sky and read it all over again for the first time.
Anyhow, thanks for listening. You’re Fabulous!
Thank you, Dobie, for those kind words about my books! I have not read “The Forgotten Door”, but I am always looking for great books to share with kids when I do reading weeks at schools and libraries, so… I will be ordering it.
Blessings to you and yours! Sue
My son Gavin loves “Magic Tree House” books by Mary Pope Osborne. We read them every night! My daughter Morgan adores anything “Fancy Nancy” by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser.
Our youngest granddaughter loves “Fancy Nancy”. too!
My all time favorite is “The Boxcar Children”…book #1. For years I read this to my 5th grade students. Once the book ended they could not wait to get to the library and read more of the series. Not only did they listen but were eager to read more!
We have so many favorites, how do we choose? Tops on the list is the entire Little House series. The girls are enjoying The Secret Garden right now. Almost all the American Girl Historical series are favorites too! I try to pick books that are historically factual and/or feed the spirit. “Living books”. 🙂 I agree with Mary above – The Boxcar Children series are also good! See? So many favorites…. 🙂
The Secret Garden was one of the first “chapter” books I read as a child. It was a copy from my mother’s childhood library with lovely illustrations. Yes, so many favorites….
I love Children’s literature so much! I really enjoyed the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series, Harry Potter Series and Goose Girl and Etta Burning. For little ones I love all Dr. Seuss books, Llama Llama Red Pajama, the Pigeon Books, Shel Silverstein poetry, I could go on and on!
You’re right, Meghan, there are so many wonderful books out there! Aren’t the Llama Llama books wonderful! Books like that make me wish I were a children’s book illustrator. If only I could draw….