Category Archives: ages 0 – 3

Rubia and the Three Osos

At 5 Minutes for Books, we are proud to feature books across many genres for children and adults. This week is all about highlighting children’s books, but if you’re actually interested in novels right now, please review our Fiction archives. Read the anchor post to find all of the Fall Festival of Children’s Books reviews…

Wild About Animals

At 5 Minutes for Books, we are proud to feature books across many genres for children and adults. This week is all about highlighting children’s books, but if your own kids are a little older now, please take some time to look through our Teens review archives. Read the anchor post to find all of…

Unique Concept Books

At 5 Minutes for Books, we are proud to feature books across many genres for children and adults. This week is all about highlighting children’s books, but if you are more interested in reading about film adaptations of books, please check our our Books on Screen archives. Read the anchor post to find all of…

Who Said Coo?

At 5 Minutes for Books, we are proud to feature books across many genres for children and adults. This week is all about highlighting children’s books, but if Memoir is more your style, feel free to head over that way instead. Read the anchor post to find all of the Fall Festival of Children’s Books…

Children’s Classics Award Winners– September

Month three is upon us, and it’s time once again to talk about the award winning children’s books that we have read, perhaps sharing them with our children or revisiting them on our own. In July, I mentioned some Caldecott winning picture books that have been favorites in my family. For August, my older son…

Dot and Dash

My two year old son has two new best friends, and their names are Dot and Dash. Thanks to a surprise package from Scholastic, Dot and Dash Meet Their Friends has made it into the rotation of daily read books, along with Dot and Dash Go to Bed and Dot and Dash Dress Up by…

LMNO Peas

As a former elementary school teacher and a parent, I’ve seen lots of alphabet books. As we all know, alphabet books are a fun way to introduce the alphabet and encourage young children to interact with books. In his new book, LMNO Peas, author Keith Baker presents the alphabet in such a fun way that…

Books on Screen: Despicable Me Tie-ins

A kids’ movie just isn’t produced any more without all sorts of tie-ins. For a movie that we really enjoyed (as we did this one), I think of a tie-in as something to help us remember the movie — a sort of souvenir. As part of my press junket goodie bag, I received a few…