Kids love children's books and picture books. Shine On believes the moving ones carry an inspirational message that will stay with your child for the future, like Brighton: One Star's Journey to Shine. It is common knowledge that reading children's books aloud will help pave the way to your child's educational success. Picture books are fun for new readers who are just getting started. Following are a few hints to help you select children's books and picture books that are inspirational as well as enjoyable.
1. Understand the classes of books or subjects your child has enjoyed 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 kids read. 3. Recall books you read as a child and consider whether they are appropriate for your child. 4. Ask your librarian to give you a list of books. 5. Look at books awarded Caldecott, Newberry, and Coretta Scott King commendations. 6. Vary your choice 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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ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan - the novel, or the short story. Hall, Susan. 1994. Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices. Westport, CT: Oryx Press. Student
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Cornette Library: Books: New Books Spotlighting new books at the Cornette Library. The third volume of Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices joins
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Using Picture Books to Teach Narrative Writing Traits Using Picture Books to Teach Literary Devices. Phoenix: Oryx Press. Ammon, Betty and Gale Sherman. 1996. Worth
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Find in a Library: Using picture storybooks to teach literary - Using picture storybooks to teach literary devices : recommended books for children and young
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picture books to teach reading skills Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices: Recommended Books for Childdren and Young Adults Volume 3 by Susan Hall
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ESSL Guide to Curriculum Materials - Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices: Recommended Books for Explains how to use picture books to illustrate
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/currgui.htm
Education World Professional Development Center: Cathy Puett - I often use simple picture books to illustrate literary concepts like point of view Using Picture
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/columnists/miller/miller007.shtml
LITERATURE ACTIVITIES AND LESSON PLANS Picture Books to Teach Literary Devices A list of picture books to teach alliteration, Using Picture Books to Teach
http://richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/literatureactivities.htm
