What setting? Seriously, what setting? We researched this book thoroughly with a group of fellow bus passengers, and we reached the conclusion that there's no setting to be found. Sure, there were...

Since Hop on Pop is all about phonics and language acquisition, the tone of the poem needs to be one accessible to both children and parents alike. The parents need to enjoy reading the book to the...

This writing style is all about putting words themselves front and center in the reading experience. That might seem like an odd thing to say. Aren’t words front and center when you're, you know,...

Kind of an odd title, isn’t it? It’s not like Pop and the kids are large players in the book. They only appear in a few illustrations, and the whole hopping upon pop scene takes up a mere two p...

SAYSAYWhat’s does this ending say?Good question. There you are reading the poem to your child, getting into that rhyming groove, when the poem suddenly ends with a confused guy asking a youngling...

There are a lot of books for children out there—like a lot a lot. To help parents and teachers out, the National Education Association surveyed a bunch of parents and teachers to see what childre...