Month: September 2025

Older Picture Books

2025 Wilde Awards for New and Older Picture Book Readers

This category embraces older children (ages 6-10) from who are beginning to read to those...
Rumpelstiltskin

RUMPELSTILTSKIN written and read by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Carson Ellis

Mac Barnett takes us back into the world of fairy tales with his wonderful rendition...
Wilde Awards for Littles

2025 Wilde Awards for the Littles

Simple stories related to everyday events interject humor and build to the more complex and...
The Great Big Buzz-Off

THE GREAT BIG BUZZ-OFF by John I. Connors

I have seen some amazing works come from my crit class writers, many times more powerful...
WA for Littlest

2025 Wilde Awards for the Littlest

Concepts, interaction, rhythm and rhyme will please babies to toddlers in the following books. All...
The Scammer

THE SCAMMER written by Tiffany D. Jackson and read by January LaVoy

Tiffany D. Jackson’s latest YA thriller, THE SCAMMER finds Jordyn Monroe, still grieving her brother’s...
Blurmp

A BLURMP IN TIME written and illustrated by Jim Benson

Him Benton, author of the favorite series Catwad, has a new character, his sidekick, BLURMP,...
Cabin Head and Tree Head

CABIN HEAD AND TREE HEAD written and illustrated by Scott Campbell

Kids with developing reading and humor skills will be tickled by this early graphic novel,...
Two Artists

TWO ARTISTS, GRANDAD AND ME written and illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

Charnelle Pinkney Barlow’s personal remembrances are enhanced by her gift for writing and illustrating in...
The Nine Moons

THE NINE MOONS OF HAN YU AND LULI written by Karina Yan Glaser

Karina Yan Glaser gives us two convincing and connected parallels in THE NINE MOONS OF...