Jen is an urban and cultural geographer who did a PhD on public libraries and reading. As a researcher, her interests are focused on libraries, reading, book retailing and the book industry more broadly. As a reader, she reads a lot of crime fiction, non-fiction, and chicklit. And board books. All the board books. You can also find her writing about books for children and babies at babylibrarians.com. Instagram: shittyhousewife / babylibrarians Twitter: @jennnigan
When kids latch onto a favorite board book, rereads can become a chore. Not so with these fun-for-everyone books one parent could reread time and again.
I love reading about food in books (some of the best parts of the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton ...
There's no better time than now to be a BSC fan because we recently learned the Baby-sitters Little Sister series is being adapted into graphic novels!
A reader and parent discusses the benefits of reading aloud to kids, and recommends a selection of readaloud books for toddlers.
Great children's books about Passover--and for adults who married into a Jewish family and still can't remember the different components of the Seder plate.
Makerspaces, also known as ‘hackerspaces,’ refer to spaces used by members of the public for content creation. They are community ...
Children from marginalized communities deserve to see themselves on the page. These inclusive children's books do the work without tokenizing characters.
Why non-readers and readers of genre and popular fiction shouldn't have to defend their choice to read what they want or as little as they want.
An interview with illustrator Christian Robinson, winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, and author/illustrator of his debut ANOTHER.
Here are 5 great picture books about one of the most important days of the year: the birthday. Pick up a picture book about birthdays and celebrate!