For January’s Children’s Books of the Month, we’ve put together a list of some of the best children’s books of 2015. Your kids age 5-10 can start their year off right with these great reads.
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Connect the Thoughts
Chronicle Books
Ages 8+
“Finally, the guided journal every kid is waiting for! Featuring a graph paper background with nine dots per page, users can connect dots around the space they choose for various topics. Quirky questions grouped in ten categories run throughout the book to inspire contemplation about everything from inside jokes with friends to designing a map. Best of all, the graph paper design encourages writing or drawing equally. Young thinkers will love creating the perfect time capsule of their life at this moment.”
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Circus Mirandus
Cassie Beasley
Ages 9-10
“When he realizes that his grandfather’s stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus–and to use its magic to save his grandfather’s life.”
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Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina
Monica Brown; illust. Sara Palacios
Ages 5-8
“Marisol McDonald loves her fire-red hair and her brown, freckled skin, feels artistic pleasure in pairing polka-dotted shirts with striped pants and enjoys eating PB&J burritos. The bilingual, first-person story works well in both English and Spanish despite, as explained in an editor’s note, the difficulty of finding the most appropriate Spanish term for the title’s English phrase. Marisol’s varied, distinctive lifestyle and multiracial family affirms our increasingly blended society and clearly celebrates independent thinking.” (Kirkus Review)
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What Do You Do With an Idea?
Kobi Yamada
Ages 5-8
“This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child’s confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And then, one day, something amazing happens.”
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The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories Series #1)
Chris Colfer
Ages 8-10
“The Land of Stories tells the tale of twins Alex and Conner. Through the mysterious powers of a cherished book of stories, they leave their world behind and find themselves in a foreign land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.”