Kids love children's books and picture books. Experts believe the moving ones carry an inspirational message that will stay with your child for a long time, like Brighton: One Star's Journey to Shine. It is proven that reading children's books aloud could help pave the way to your child's ultimate success. Picture books are amazing for beginning readers who are just starting their journey. Here are a few hints to help you pick children's books and picture books that are learning-oriented as well as enjoyable.
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 valuable. 2. Ask friends, relatives and people you trust what books their kids read. 3. Remember books you read as a child and consider whether they are compelling for your child. 4. Ask your librarian to suggest books. 5. Look at books awarded Caldecott, Newberry, and Coretta Scott King medals. 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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Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: Books Follow the embryos development by candling and weighing the egg and using picture books to show day-by-day progress. -
http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/teacher/eggs/
Good Reads - Picture Books Toddler Max and bossy sister Ruby go on an Easter egg hunt, with a lovely Did you miss the
http://www.saginawlibrary.org/child/reads/picture.html
Preschool Picture Books Listed By Themes Picture books that enhance language and literacy, listed according to 21 early Dora's Eggs by Julie Sykes and
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/book-themes.htm
Powell's Books - This Little Egg Went to Market (Picture Puffin - Just in time for Easter--this book traces the journey that eggs take from
http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=0142500127
Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | Picture books: Jun 11 Feisty girls are commonplace in picture books but Pirate Girl Molly is a -
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/roundupstory/0,6121,1503771,00.html
Providence Public Library Teachers: Book Cafe Bibliography - A shy, singing frog is left in charge of an egg that changes his life. Book
http://www.provlib.org/teachers/bookcafe/picbooks.htm
Cynthia DeFelice Mule Eggs by Cynthia DeFelice Pictures by Mike Shenon (picture book, ages 4-8). The Story A funny retelling of a classic folktale tells
http://www.cynthiadefelice.com/pbooks/muleeggs.htm
CPL: Just For Kids: Good Books for Kids: Patchwork of Picture Books For other picture book ideas, see our list of Toddlers' Books to Grow
http://www.champaign.org/kids/patchwork.html
Amazon.co.uk: Books: Mummy Laid an Egg (Red Fox Picture Books) Mummy Laid an Egg (Red Fox Picture Books), Babette Cole, Red Fox.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/asin/0099299119
