Everyone adores children's books and picture books. Experts believe the popular ones carry an inspirational message that will stay with your child for life, like Brighton: One Star's Journey to Shine. It is demonstrated that reading children's books aloud can help pave the way to your child's reading success. Picture books are amazing for impressionable readers who are just getting started. Here are a few suggestions to help you choose children's books and picture books that are educational as well as enjoyable.
1. Consider the classes of books or subjects your child has liked in the past as well as the kinds of characters, situations and topics he or she might relate to or find meaningful. 2. Ask friends, relatives and people you trust what books their 'last read. 3. Brainstorm books you read as a child and consider whether they are appropriate for your child. 4. Ask your librarian to suggest books. 5. Look at books awarded Caldecott, Newberry, and Coretta Scott King commendations. 6. Vary your recommendations and try different genres to hold your child's interest. 7. Make sure that the stories and illustrations present different issues in positive ways..
Here are the Caldecott Medal best children's books in recent years: 2005: Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollinsPublishers) 2004: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook 2003: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press) 2002: The Three Pigs by David Wiesner (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin) 2001: So You Want to Be President? Illustrated by David Small, written by Judith St. George (Philomel).
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http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/projects/tales/
4th & 5th Grade Student Research Resources- Literature and Writing - 4th and 5th Grade Student Research Resources Andrew Lang's Fairy Stories six books
http://www.geocities.com/enchantedforest/tower/1217/stures.html
Fourth Grade Skills - interactive sites Mathematics | Language Arts | Grade Specific | Return to 4th grade index Stories to read with
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_4th_original.htm
Ongoing Tales From the Past ~ Children's Stories Category: Children's Story Books Book # 02013 Price 10.95, The Tale of Brownie Beaver This story
http://www.ongoing-tales.com/serials/oldtime/stories/
Louis Sachar HolesThe Book While every other story I'd written had begun with the characters, to me this story My daughter, Sherre, who was
http://www.louissachar.com/holesbook.htm
Recommended Graded Reading List: 4th Grade Reading Suggestions for 4th Graders from the Weber County Library Description:, The story of a little Ojibwa girl
http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/booklists/books.php?booklistid=14&sortorder=author
Using Picture Books to Teach Narrative Writing Traits Those of us who work directly with fourth grade writers know that a bibliography of good -
http://www.geocities.com/oberry1790/narrativebibliography.htm
Literature Links 4th Grade Novels 5th Grade Novels 6th Grade Novels. 4th Grade for Dist 111: On-line Stories/Books/Magazines:. Online Lessons- Reading Skills -
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/literatu.htm
Amazon.com: The Tale of Despereaux : Being the Story of a Mouse, a - The first book of four tells Despereaux's sad story, where he
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0763617229?v=glance
Classics for Young People The Many Faces of Alice [New] A website based on a fourth-grade study of 221B Baker Street A
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storclas.html
Catholic Home Schooling - Seton Home Study School - Fourth Grade - Grade 4 Supplemental Reading List. Bible Stories and Catholic Stories Book Four
http://www.setonhome.org/resources/fourth.stm
