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Amy Krouse Rosenthal Books and Activities

Explore fun, hands-on activities inspired by Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s books in this Virtual Book Club for Kids—perfect for encouraging creativity, kindness, and early literacy at home.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal Books for Kids

Amy Krouse Rosenthal Author Study

Amy Krouse Rosenthal was a beloved children’s author known for her playful, thoughtful, and deeply creative books. With titles like Spoon, Yes Day!, and I Wish You More, she inspired kids (and grown-ups!) to see the magic in everyday moments. In this post, we’re celebrating Amy’s work with fun facts, favorite books, and ideas to help bring her joyful spirit into your home or classroom.

5 Fun Facts About Amy Krouse Rosenthal

  • She wrote over 30 books for kids! – Amy created favorites like Little Pea, Spoon, and Duck! Rabbit!, which use humor and heart to teach big ideas in simple ways.
  • She loved making things fun and surprising. – In her book Chopsticks, a pair of chopsticks go on their own adventures—how creative is that?
  • She made movies, too! – Amy created short films and even a “social experiment” where she invited strangers to do kind things together in public places.
  • She had a real jellybean jar at home. – Amy once wrote about counting out how many jellybeans might be in a person’s lifetime to remind us how special each day is!
  • She believed in magic moments. – Amy liked to turn everyday things into something meaningful and joyful—like leaving encouraging notes for strangers or making “wish trees.”

Meet Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Have you discovered the author Amy Krouse Rosenthal? My first encounter with reading her books was during our Love Books Exchange this past summer where we received The Spoon from Mommy and Me Book Club along with tons of adorable activities.

Here’s more info about how much fun we had with The Spoon.

After reading her book we felt the need to see if she had others at the library and we fell in love with her books. My daughter and I decided to do a little more exploring to get to know Amy a little bit better and I have to say we were really surprised to see how many things she creates and what an inspirational person she is.

We encourage you to stop by her website Who is Amy.com.

By far it is one of the best author website we’ve discovered as we’ve done many author studies.

Her author website is simple, effective and adorable. With a simple click you discover that she is an author of children’s and grown-up books, Amy also makes short films, which can be viewed on her site. We love the homepage feature of this site, where visitors can select the mood and ambiance.

Now that you’ve discovered her website, here are all the books that she has written so far for children.  I love the diversity of topics that she has written about and how she has teamed up with a variety of illustrators so each one has it’s own special appeal to it, yet they all have a special touch that you know comes from the imagination of Amy. Amy Krouse Rosenthal is the author of 30+ children’s picture books.

We invite you to check out a few of her titles below and see which one is your favorite.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

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For more information about Amy’s life, work, and the Foundation formed in her memory, please see www.amykrouserosenthalfoundation.org.

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Children’s Books by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

She also wrote books about one special Unicorn for Beginning Readers that I’d recommend exploring too! Explore the Uni the Unicorn Series!

Videos of Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Many of our students have access to smart boards and computers at school so I put together a little collection from Amy Krouse Rosenthal You Tube Channel for you to watch with your child. 

Once you take a peek you’ll be inspired to read her books and find activities to do with them!

Here Amy Explains her Cookie Books

Find out how a tale about hope, kindness and sharing can become something grand.

It’s all about perspective on things.

How Do You Want to Be Remembered?

A little twist on bedtime and Mommy

Take a little walk into Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s World in 7 Notes on Life Book Trailers

Now it’s time to tell you that we’ve been working hard all month long to find the perfect activities to go along with all of Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s books. We’ve teamed up with an amazing group of Kid Bloggers who are sharing their favorites with you this month. We’re having fun all week on our site with Owls and Little Hoot. 

Check below to see some more activities and crafts for Amy’s books.

Book Activity Ideas Inspired by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Activities for the Book Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Owl Leaf Craft Project for Kids


Amy Krouse Rosenthal Virtual Book Club for Kids

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  1. I'd love to get involved in the book club for future months as a co-host if there is space for one more – do let me know if this is possible 🙂

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