Blog Posts by Subject: Children's Literature

These titles can help you talk to kids about the importance of hygiene and how to achieve it as well as learn about previous pandemics and other illnesses and diseases to help put COVID-19 and its challenges into historic perspective.

Listen to these stories with your family and continue the storytime tradition.

These picture books will introduce kids to the importance of voting and help kids feel a part of the election buzz.

Have a seat and listen to these stories that will take you on an adventure.

For educators and parents, these titles range from bilingual picture books to contemporary retellings of classic stories.

Considering these stories started as oral tradition, it seems fitting to enjoy them as audiobooks.

Understanding that they, as young people, are historical actors and that their lives are worthy of scholarly analysis can be a profoundly empowering experience.

This recommended reading list includes classic and recent pictures books, and comics created mostly by Asian Pacific American authors and illustrators - great for young readers ranging from babies and toddlers to elementary school students.

Whether you're a parent, guardian, educator, or librarian, you might be at a loss when a middle grader asks for a manga recommendation. Fear not, we're here to help!

Want to start reading manga? You've come to the right place. We've defined five major categories of this Japanese-based comic book art, and offer reading recommendations available in the NYPL catalog. Check it out!

In the spirit of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, A Little Princess, and National Princess Day, check our list of recommended picture books for all young princesses-in-training!

Celebrate your own princesses-in-training on November 18, with our selection of books about kind, confident, brave, true young princesses!

The famed cartoonist may have loved our recommendations of spooky books for your littlest goblins.

Looking for something mysterious and spooky for kids? You've come to the right place...

He left his career as a teacher in the 1970s, and went on to write more than 50 books for children, teens, and adults. We remember the wonderful bibliography of Richard Peck.

Inspirational biographies never go out of style. As part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, kids can learn more about eight notable people who defied racism and made their mark in the arts, film, sports, and more.

Love English literature, but don't know the difference between a barouche and a carriage? Wonder no longer!

Every year, NYPL librarians come together to create the Best Books for Kids list. This post gathers every title available at Heiskell from that list and provides links to the titles in our digital book (DB) collection or on Bookshare.

Nothing can ever replace Frosty or the Grinch, or that mouse that isn't stirring. But plenty of talented authors and illustrators have been hard at work creating new characters and stories, so we've picked out a few new Christmas picture books published in the last few years for your holiday consideration.