The best children’s books for summer 2023
Essential holiday reading, from vivid picture books to gripping wartime adventures.
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Amanda Craig is an author and critic. Her latest novel is "The Golden Rule" (Little, Brown).
Essential holiday reading, from vivid picture books to gripping wartime adventures.
By Amanda CraigFeaturing moths, maids and mermen.
By Amanda CraigFeaturing remote islands and even more remote parents.
By Amanda CraigIn a difficult year, let's give children the best and most cheering books.
By Amanda CraigFrom hugless friends to heroic mice, these are the best stories to get your kids through the pandemic.
By Amanda CraigWhat to do with bored, fractious children in lockdown conditions? Read with them.
By Amanda CraigFrom wild beasts to princesses.
By Amanda CraigMelissa Harrison combines an eye for detail and an ear for prose with a skill for constructing a plot.
By Amanda CraigFrom fairy tales to non-fiction.
By Amanda Craig