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Have you ever stopped and really considered the importance that children’s books have on our lives, from childhood to adulthood? Who doesn’t remember the daunting tales of Dr. Seuss, Berenstain Bears, and Magic Tree House? These time honored stories provide an action plot filled with drama, popularity, and conflict while keeping a gentle undergrowth of awareness suited for the minds of these young readers. Whether you are reading to your children or they are reading for themselves, it is a great way to start off their scholastic adventure with a few memorable classics.

Randolph Caldecott Medal The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to the most illustrious children’s picture book in America. These can include 3d “popup” books or regular story books with delicate images, usually filled with lots of colors and scenery. The 2008 winner of the Caldecott Medal is Brian Selznick with the release of his book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, a story about a boy living in a French train station who strives to complete a mysterious invention left to him by his father. This story consists of over 500 pages of both text and images, neither of which can tell this story alone. Black and white pencil sketches show the silent films to which this book pays homage. It is a masterpiece and must be honored with such a fabulous award as the Caldecott Medal.

The 39 Clues book series has proven popular with kids ages 8-12. The 39 Clues book series is full of adventure and mystery. A brother and sister try to figure out 39 clues to solve a mystery about their family.

Hunger Games Trilogy - The Hunger Games trilogy consists of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. The three books in the Hunger Games trilogy appeal to 12-18 year olds, as well as adults. Reluctant readers also enjoy the Hunger Games trilogy.

Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! is both a funny children's picture book and a one-recipe children's cookbook. The picture book story in Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! is about the Little Red Hen's great-grandson who wants to learn to cook and the children's cookbook recipe is for Great-Granny's Magnificent Strawberry Shortcake.

The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery From History by Jane Yolen and Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple is a picture storybook that combine historical fiction and mystery. If you are looking for a short children's book for your 8-12 year olds that will get them thinking, I recommend The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery From History.

By the Light of the Halloween Moon is a children's Halloween book. By the Light of the Halloween Moon is a Halloween picture book. If you are looking for Halloween picture books for ages 6-8, I recommend By the Light of the Halloween Moon.

If you'd like to make Halloween costumes for your kids that are based on children's books, here are a number of easy to make Halloween costumes for kids. Some are even no-sew Halloween costumes. They include a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Halloween costume and a very easy to make Pippi Longstocking Halloween costume.

Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith is a nonfiction book for young people about Charles Darwin and his wife, Emma Darwin. While Darwin is most know for his theory of evolution, the emphasis on this book focuses more on the everyday lives of Charles and Emma Darwin in 1800s England.

Here are fast facts about Blue Apple Books, publishers of children's books. Included is an overview of Blue Apple Books, a list of some of their children's books and submission guidelines for writers and artists interested in getting published.

“Santa’s Stuck” is one of the Best Children's Christmas Picture Books because this children's picture book about Christmas is a laugh out loud delight.