Hooked on Books for Kids

LOOKS ON BOOKS: "On the Night You Were Born" by Nancy Tillman. Feiwel & Friends.

A book to read while baby's still in the womb. Per Amazon: "On the Night You Were Born" has touched the lives of more than 8 million people, from newborns and toddlers to parents and grandparents. A New York Times bestseller, it's sure to be a beloved addition to family libraries.

LOOKS ON BOOKS: “Angel Down” by Daniel Kraus. Atria paperback.

From board member Doug Rieder: Ever consider reading a book that consists entirely of one sentence? In Kraus’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of World War I, he pulls it off cleverly by using paragraph-sized spaces between commas. The New York Times Book Review calls it “a thunderous gallop of a war novel.”

LOOKS ON BOOKS: “A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck” by Sophie Elmhirst. Riverhead Books paperback.

From HBKids Board member Doug Rieder: "Maurice and Maralyn risk it all. They quit their jobs, sell their house, buy a boat, and sail the ocean blue. All goes according to plan until a whale sinks their boat, and they’re left with a dinghy, a raft, and no radio deep in the Pacific Ocean. Dramatically recounted by Elmhirst."

LOOKS ON BOOKS: “The Girl Who Drank the Moon” by Kelly Barnhill. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Ages 8 and up.

Every year the people of the Protectorate — as an offering to the evil witch and a hope that she doesn’t terrorize their town — leave a baby in the forest. What they don’t know is that the witch is a good witch who finds deserving families for the babies on the other side of the forest. But one day … well, this is a good, long story that you’ll just have to read on your own. A 2017 Newbery Medal winner.