A great children’s book combines engaging storytelling with relatable characters, age-appropriate language, vibrant illustrations, and a touch of educational value. 

The book also needs to be emotionally resonant and offer a sense of wonder, often through humor or imaginative scenarios. 

I read that the children’s author Laura Amy Schlitz, in her 2007 Newbery Medal acceptance speech, explained: “I must remind myself that ‘good’ is an approximate term. A second-grader once asked me for ‘a really, really good book,’ and I asked him, as librarians do, what he considered a good book. He eyed me with thinly veiled impatience and replied, ‘Medium-long with poisonous snakes.’ ”

Adult responses to the question of good children’s books tend to fall into two general camps: a content-oriented approach and a results-oriented approach.

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