The Children's Bookshelf

This is the Children’s Bookshelf and I’m Sue Ann Martin.Ambitious Girl written by Meena Harris and illustrated by Marissa Valdez is a lively picture book…

A Long Road on a Short Day written by Gary D. Schmidt and Elizabeth Stickney and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin is a story that is both gentle and at the…

This is the Children’s Bookshelf and I’m Sue Ann Martin.GLASS TOWN: The Imaginary World of the Brontës by graphic novelist Isabel Greenberg is a…

RUBY BRIDGES: This Is Your Time written by Ruby Bridges is a courageous and beautifully insightful story about her experience when she was six years old…

LETTERS FROM FATHER CHRISTMAS: Centenary Edition, written by J.R.R. Tolkien and edited by Baillie Tolkien is still as charming and full of North Pole fun…

The Witches written by Roald Dahl in 1984 is now an exciting graphic novel by award winning graphic artist Penelope Bagieu. Older middle grade readers…

COUNTING KINDNESS: Ten Ways to Welcome Refugee Children written by Hollis Kurman and illustrated by Barroux is a touching and beautifully designed…

ELEANOR MAKES HER MARK: How Eleanor Roosevelt Reached Out, Spoke Up, and Changed the World written by Barbara Kerley and illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham…

The Little Mermaid written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney is an enchanting story inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen favorite. In this story Melody…

ERIC written and illustrated by the talented Shaun Tan, first included in his Tales from Outer Suburbia, is available in a new stand-alone edition. The…