Everyone loves children's books and picture books. Diane Speicher believes the good ones carry an inspirational message that will stay with your child for life, 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 riviting for youthful readers who are just getting started. Here are a few recommendations to help you select children's books and picture books that are learning-oriented as well as enjoyable.
1. Consider the varieties of books or subjects your child has been drawn to in the past as well as the kinds of characters, situations and topics he or she might relate to or find exciting. 2. Ask friends, relatives and people you trust what books their children read. 3. Recall 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 thoughts 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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Children's Booklists by Grade Level CHILDREN'S BOOK LISTS BY GRADE LEVEL title, and webcat link for books by genre/topic: Adventure Stories, Family Stories, Folk
http://www.waterborolibrary.org/bklistjg.htm
Non-Fiction Picture Books A person reading stories to children may be a librarian, but is not explicitly so Unfortunately, the books are all labeled
http://mingo.info-science.uiowa.edu/~heintzelman/foundations/nonfiction.htm
