children + family

4 books tagged both “children” and “family”.

Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown · 1947

A small bunny says goodnight to each object in the green room in this 1947 bedtime classic.

2,600-word summary · 12 min read

A Light in the Attic

Shel Silverstein · 1981

Silverstein's attic poems and line drawings turn chores, monsters, and homework into jokes and small rebellions.

2,998-word summary · 13 min read

Matilda

Roald Dahl · 1988

Brilliant Matilda Wormwood teaches herself to read, faces her crooked parents and the fearsome Miss Trunchbull, and finds Miss Honey.

2,296-word summary · 10 min read

Wonder

R.J. Palacio · 2012

Auggie Pullman starts fifth grade at Beecher Prep in Manhattan with a facial difference, and his year of friendship, hurt, and kindness changes Via, Jack, and…

2,540-word summary · 11 min read