08/10/2021
The world's top books for children 📚
Books are a great way to entertain your child in a useful way.
Or rather, the top picture books for children that you could look at for hours. We've highlighted five of them. Without further ado, here we go.
1. Where the wild things are, by Maurice Sendak 🐻
The adventure has inspired generations of children to let out their inner monsters, showing how imagination allows for an escape from life’s doldrums. It’s also a moving testament to family love: when young Max returns from his reverie, his mother has saved him a hot dinner.
2. The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats ❄️
‘The journey of Peter through a snowbound New York City made for a milestone: as a successful children’s story focused on a black protagonist, it broke down barriers many white editors may have never noticed. But Keats’ book is memorable too for the sheer beauty of its collage illustrations.
3. Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrations by Clement Hurd 🌙
Somewhere a child is being put to sleep right now to Brown's soothing, repetitive cadences. While the lines may be etched in every parent's memory, Hurd’s illustrations, with their quirky hidden jokes, provide amusement on the thousandth reading.
4. Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McCloskey 🫐
The block-printed illustrations show just how similar families of different species can be, as child Sal and a baby bear covet Maine blueberries on a berry hunt with their respective mothers. It’s an instructive read for any kid who's ever felt a bit like a wild animal, or parents who've ever felt like they're raising one.
5. Little Bear (series), by Else Holmelund Minarek, illustrations by Maurice Sendak 🧸
Minarik wrote these stories, which convey a young cubs yearning for his absent father, but it’s Sendak’s illustrations that catch the eye and allow for endless imaginings of life among woodland critters.
And the best way to look at the pictures lying on the balance board. It's comfortable and fun!