Each month our editors select eight of the best books for children--see below for this month's favorites in Picture Books and books for Middle Grade readers.
The best books of June include Tumford the Terrible--a reassuring and beautifully illustrated picture book that uses clever rhymes to tell the story of a cat who learns to say, "I'm sorry,"--and Missing on Superstition Mountain, a fun-filled middle grade novel that appeals to both mystery and adventure readers, about three brothers who find clues to a lost gold mine and a mysterious disappearance.
Amazon.com Review Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011: A legendary gold mine, mysterious deaths, and a foreboding mountain set the stage for a new mystery from bestselling author Elise Broach. The Barker brothers--ages 11, 10, and 6--have moved from Chicago to a small town in Arizona that seems ...
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Review “Henkes knows that Alice, like many girls her age, carries plenty of things in her mind—and her heart—that she seldom speaks of. She mulls them over privately, and in Henkes’s hands, eloquently.” (New York Times)“Very few writers have such a keen understanding of the emotional lives of children; here ...
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Product Description Mike tries so hard to please his father, but the only language his dad seems to speak is calculus. And for a boy with a math learning disability, nothing could be more difficult. When his dad sends him to live with distant relatives in rural Pennsylvania for the summer ...
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Product Description For years, 10-year-old Zelly Fried has tried to convince her parents to let her have a dog. After all, practically everyone in Vermont owns a dog, and it sure could go a long way helping Zelly fit in since moving there from Brooklyn. But when her eccentric...
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