Best Children's Composition & Creative Writing Books
"Yes" and "No" questions; fill-in-the-blanks; images to complete, and simple writing activities, My Book About Me, By ME, Myself is an ideal gift for elementary school children and one that will become a cherished keepsake for parents. It's a simple idea, but with a surprising amount of educational value--getting children to name their home country, to recognize and draw in the color of their own eyes, learn their telephone number and address, to name favorite clothes, foods, and colors, and more. Eastman of Are You My Mother and the mainstream Seuss of Cat in the Hat and Thidwick: The Big-Hearted Moose .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"We've collected every single Seuss children's book, but there are three books in particular that we've now ordered four copies of, because they can be personalized by the grandkids to make them truly "their own"! This is somewhat along the lines of a baby book you'd receive as a baby shower gift, with pages where your child can trace his hand and foot, etc, but there's oh so much more in the way of fun facts for him/her to fill in to help them remember "where their head was at" at that age, with a little help from Dr. Seuss and many bright, colorful illustrations!"
"I purchased 3 of these this year to give to my oldest grand-children for Christmas."
"I bought this book years ago for my son and now my daughter wants one."
"Bought one for each of my kiddos for the holidays, I had the same book 30 years ago."
"I can't wait to compare what he writes to what I wrote!"
"My hubby had one of these as a child."
"Item is printed upside down in relation to cover and back."
"The whole thing is printed upside down."
For the mother and son who crave a rule-free, creative way to connect with each other. Katie Clemons is a storycatcher and award-winning journal crafter.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I am a homeschooling parent who tries to work journaling into our studies at least once per week. Last school year, we did the traditional composition books with space for a picture at the top."
"I am so grateful I have beautiful amazing friends to grow wise with, as we wing this Mom gig together. I realized my son's love language is what I needed to KNOW and LIVE OUT if I wanted to reach him. Katie Clemons, a brilliant author and mom herself, created this journal so Mom and Child can record memories together, swap stories, compare perspectives and explore common and unique interests. Letters back and forth and interactive lists invite you both to reflect, write, and doodle about topics timely to your life as your son builds self-confidence. I love that Katie writes, "...boys can also feel uncomfortable or embarrassed to share intimate things aloud --like "hey Mom, I have armpit hair now!" I laughed and imagined that type of randomness out of my son making its way into our journal...which of course, I would be totally open to! Besides the writing itself, my son's other favorite part of this is that we get to pick a special spot (read: no little brother meddling) where we place the journal in order to pass it back and forth when we're done with our entries. We decided that when he finishes writing his page he places it in between the stack of books on my night stand. When I finish reading what he wrote and replying, I place it in between the stack of books next to his bed, too! Yes, since my last stress crisis, I had definitely slowed down from the frantic scheduling and accomplishment-driven mode in hyper academics, volunteering commitments, and everything else in between, BUT I had NOT taken that very same energy and determination to focus on the heart matters. I get to write the best funniest, fun, loving, and treasured memories about her to my son who was so little when she went to Heaven. My opinions here are truly because we love this and the additional emotional connection and bonding it has provided my son and me. Now here is the page of our journal I am able to share with you because it was funny and I only teared up a little bit as I smiled writing it to him."
"This is such a wonderful bonding tool!"
"Bought for 14 yr old son and mom to do."
"Bought as a gift."
"great stuff!"
"Fun and special way to communicate with your kiddo!"
"Very NIce and fun."
This kids' version of the bestselling Letters to My Future Self brings young writers a fun new way to capture their childhood. Lea Redmond is a creative consultant and the brains behind the Letters to My series, The World's Smallest Post Service, Connexio, My Museum journal, Lucky You!, the Tandem Activity Book and Conversation Dice.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My 7 year old niece may not be ready to fill all of it out but one page, for instance, has the child draw a picture of their room."
"The questions were open enough to start the imagination and thoughts flowing."
"I hope he will follow through with it as it will be a wonderful gift once again in years to come."
"I bought three copies of this as Christmas gifts."
"Bought as a gift for a creative 10 year old child."
"These arrived after Christmas but am very pleased!"
"Love the idea of this!"
"Great product for kids to be able to get a glimpse at what they may have been thinking when they were young!"
Best Children's Reading & Writing Education Books
Your little one will soon learn some essential first words and pictures with this bright board book. Roger lives in London and has three children, who have been the inspiration behind many of his best publishing ideas.
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Find Best Price at Amazon""First 100 Words" by Roger Priddy was bought as a gift for my sons’s first birthday and it is the perfect book for a one year old. It is quite a basic book and the sort of board book most children will have at some stage in their life. This version of the book is pretty small (it's 5 x 6 inches; an over-sized ABC/colors version can be found here), and it can withstand rough little hands as it is a board book."
"This book is perfect for the diaper bag!"
"My toddler loves this book!"
"This is necessary for every child."
"I love this book, it’s colorful and captures attention of my baby."
"Extremely well made little fat word book for my handsome new step-grand-baby."
"Gift for my great grandson's first Christmas."
"My 2 year old loves this book."
Best Children's Handwriting Books
Workbooks in the popular Brighter Child series are packed with plenty of fun activities that teach a variety of essential school skills. With Brighter Child Handwriting: Printing, you can help your child master basic writing skills for school success.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"1st section is the letters of the alphabet, 2nd section has words starting from each letter of the alphabet and 3rd section has sentences."
"One of the things she struggles with is getting her letters in uniform sizes with correct spacing ."
"Great workbook but make sure to make COPIES before using it because theres only one sheet for each letter."
"Each page in the first section has the upper and lower case letter on the first row and then 5-6 more rows that are blank for practice. The second section has 4 words per letter per page to practice."
"The font size in this book is just right and really helps to master the letters and clean up what otherwise are squiggly lines and blotches of ink."
"Good old fashioned writing line book for practising letter formation."
"I'm hung up on M. That's the dumbest way to teach a kid how to write big M!!!"
"Looks like a great book but came cut on the bottom!"
Best Children's Journal Writing
With design-savvy, yet completely kid-friendly illustrations, they’re asked to draw or write about a bunch of interesting things — like what their hair looks like, what their band name would be, what they’d bring to outer space, and how they feel about lightning, lizards and pickles. WEE SOCIETY is an award-winning creative studio that believes you’re never too young to develop an eye for design.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My granddaughter loved this book."
"My 7 year old absolutely loved this book."
"My son loves his book of all about him."
"Kids enjoy using this."
"Can't wait until my daughter is old enough to use this!"
"My 7 year old went through it pretty quickly."
"It’s a cute book."
"My 6-year-old grandson loved it!"
Best Children's Vocabulary & Spelling Books
Packed with amazing facts and photographs of trains around the world, The Big Book of Trains covers the history of trains and train travel. The gigantic format is totally appropriate for this book about the huge, powerful, rushing trains that transport people and freight by steam, diesel, and electricity on rails around the world. In each case, there are captions and small chunks of information about size, weight, stations, tracks, speed, mileage, maintenance, etc., with special focus on the roles of human drivers and computers. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO® books.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is an oversized book but looked great and the school kids I donated the books to loved it."
"The little man LOVES this book!"
"Awesome book for my little trainiac."
"Wonderful big pictures of trains."
"Pros: - Oversized, high-gloss pages with big, detailed pictures. - Appropriately detailed captions/descriptions; probably at a 6th grade reading level but easily paraphrased for younger kids. - Nice coverage of types of trains: vintage vs. modern, specialty vs. general purpose."
"Was a gift and was liked."
"But I would only recommend it to another "train loving tot" as its really for older kids, young adults or even adults."
"Beautiful pictures."
Best Children's Grammar Books
Over the last 50 years, Price Stern Sloan has published hundreds and hundreds of Mad Libs stories. Before co-founding Price Stern Sloan with Roger Price (Sloan came later), Stern was a successful television writer. Recently, Stern published A Martian Wouldn't Say That , which compiled weird and wacky memos written by people in the entertainment industry.Currently, Stern serves as a senior vice president of Price Stern Sloan, where he still writes those hilarious Mad Libs .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"What I wish I would have known when I ordered this-- this is not a small stocking-stuffer size."
"Large and diverse!"
"Purchased as a filler gift for my son for Christmas..he has been having fun with it with his friends...If you like mad libs, you'll get more than your fill with this book."
"Bought this for my god son who just turned 7."
"Gave this book of Mad Libs to my twin nephews for their 8th birthday."
"Bought this for my 9 year old granddaughter who loves mad libs."
"He loved this and played it when we were on a long car ride."
"This is a HUGE book!"