Category: Book Reviews

Conflict can be a tricky element to write in children’s books. You don’t want a conflict to become too scary or intense, but you also need it in order to

A great ghost story needs the perfect mixture of a great setting, great backstory, and clear worldbuilding in order to make it stand out from the countless other ghost stories

Some of the best stories in children’s literature are friendship-based, and it’s always interesting to see how those friendships unfold and how the friends work together to solve a conflict.

There’s a scene in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans in which his main character, Sammy, is caught crashing his toy trains over and over again, fueled by the fear of having

The mystery and crime genre can be a dark and gory world that can both attract and disturb readers. It’s addictive, but not always healthy, to dive into grisly murders,

Romance novels are a literary comfort food. All you need are some familiar ingredients, likable characters, and a satisfying ending. The Cloverton series by Haven Saunders and Marci Wilson explores

Aside from animal books, the most popular type of picture book requests that come my way are nature-based. A lot of authors love to introduce children to peaceful and serene

When I was a kid, my family had this collection of easy reader books that contained stories compiled of 50 or so beginning words. In the back of the book

To me, there is nothing scarier than the idea of being possessed. A killer can brutally murder you. A monster can eat you. A vampire can suck you dry. But

Ask people their top five favorite topics as a kid, and you are likely to find dinosaurs on most lists. There’s something intriguing about these dragon-like animals from long ago

Picky eaters. There’s one in every family, and they are usually a stubborn kid on top of a picky one. I personally never understood the idea of forcing a kid