Kids love children's books and picture books. Shine On believes the moving ones carry a meaningful message that will stay with your child for a long time, like Brighton: One Star's Journey to Shine. It is clear that reading children's books aloud could help pave the way to your child's life success. Picture books are amazing for beginning readers who are just starting out. Following are a few hints to help you determine the children's books and picture books that are inspirational as well as fun.
1. Understand the types of books or subjects your child has preferred in the past as well as the kinds of characters, situations and topics he or she might relate to or find interesting. 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 compelling for your child. 4. Ask your librarian to recommend books. 5. Look at books awarded Caldecott, Newberry, and Coretta Scott King awards. 6. Vary your selection 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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University of Texas Libraries - PCL Periodicals and Microforms - University of Texas Libraries. SEARCH: choose an area to search Children's Book Review Index
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/pcl/per_micro/subjects/children's_literature.html
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Children's Booklists Children's Books (Recommended Reading Lists and Awards) Texas 2x2 / Lone Star / Texas Bluebonnet and National Book Awards -
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Janice Shefelman Author and Tom Shefelman Illustrator of Childrens - Set in Texas, their books tell stories of German immigrants, a Comanche boy and his
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Texas A&M Children's Center - Our Wish List The Children's Center, as a part of Texas A&M University, Books: The Children's Center is a
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Cinco Puntos Press - Benjamin Alire Saenz & Tim Tingle Publisher of adult and children's literature, and multicultural and bilingual books from Texas, the Mexican-American
http://www.cincopuntos.com/
Childrens Books A book that celebrates Native American traditions as it teaches young children to A charming story that introduces children to one of
http://www.cortezculturalcenter.org/booksc.html
Awards for Children's and YA Literature By State note: this site also hosts Texas Children's Books, Authors, and Illustrators. Toms Rivera Mexican American Children's
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Home Biz Successes: Personalized Childrens Books Personalized Childrens Books. from Bruce Zoldak In February of 1998, I contacted Best Personalized Books, Inc. (located in
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ALA | Current Notable Children's Books List This is the current list of ALSC Notable Books for Children. Poems & Paintings from Texas. Ed.
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Mary Dodson Wade I started Colophon House to print children's books about Texas. Many are biographies. The standards of quality that I had seen for
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Texas Reading Club 2001 Books Bibliography - Texas State Library Texas Reading Club 2001 Bibliography To the Future and Beyond! Books. Aardema, Verna. Read
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/trc/bibs/2001/books.html
Children's Literature in the Yahoo! Directory About.com: Children's Books directory to children's book authors and online Features examples from the Weaver Collection, University
http://dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/literature/genres/children_s/
