Kids love children's books and picture books. Shine On believes the successful ones carry a guiding message that will stay with your child for a long time, 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 ';ast for beginning readers who are just starting out. Here are a few recommendations to help you determine the children's books and picture books that are learning-oriented as well as fun.
1. Consider the varieties 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. Recall books you read as a child and consider whether they are interesting 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 awards. 6. Vary your suggestions 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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Surfing for Good Stories These online picture books have been chosen for the high quality of their illustrations, Books Folk tales available on
http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/chbest/library%20page/00%20surfing%20for%20good%20stories/surfing_for_good_stories3.htm
Teacher Tap: Electronic Books and Online Reading These books are designed for children who are past the picture book stage Poems, stories, and folktales.
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic93.htm
Children's Storybooks Online - Award Winning Links Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project The largest collection of Included are well-written mythological stories from
http://www.magickeys.com/books/links.html
Books and Literature Preschool Activities and Crafts (includes fairy tales, folk tales, tall tales & legends) Spot's Windy Day (2+) (online). Children's Literature Resources
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/books.htm
Yahooligans! - School Bell:Language Arts:Stories Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By read folk and fairy tales from around the world that Happy Book,
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/school_bell/language_arts/stories/
Children's Story Collections Children's Story Collections. [***] Parents and Children Together Online: From Includes extremely well-done illustrated versions of poems, folktales, -
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storcoll.html
Fairy Tales Fairy Tales do make us believe just that. It also makes children use their a list of picture books with a variety
http://www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/fairytaleunit.htm
MOTHERLAND NIGERIA: STORIES Many children's books are easily available in Nigeria, Of course, you can try any other online bookstore, and I have a
http://www.motherlandnigeria.com/stories.html
Children's Books - Irish Folktales and Fairy Tales - Children's - Here are recommended childrens books of Irish folktales and fairy tales, This popular
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/fairytales/tp/irishtales.htm
Awesome Library - English For example, Talkster can speak online stories or books to children while an Includes folktales, hero tales, sacred tales, legends,
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/classroom/english/literature/elementary_literature.html
Appalachian Folktales in Children's Literature and Collections Appalachian Folktales and Folk Songs in Picture Books An online picture book adaptation, partially animated, with illustrations
http://www.ferrum.edu/applit/bibs/folkbib.htm
Kids Online Stories Catnap An online children's art history picture book written and illustrated by Children Stories and Folktales from Indonesia Collection
http://www.cannylink.com/kidsonlinestories.htm
Simple Search International Children's Digital Library. Imaginary Creature Characters · Picture Book Picture Book · Chapter Book Chapter Book -
http://www.icdlbooks.org/icdl/simplesearchcategory
Kid's and Teens Online Stories Baby Animals An online picture book for young children. Children Stories and Folktales from Indonesia Collection of
http://www.ability.org.uk/kids_and_teens_online_stories.htm
Authors and Literature, Grades 3-4 Children's Authors. Websites about Literature. Teaching with Books. Online Literature. Booklists. Authors of Books for Students in Upper Elementary Grades
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/34chilit.htm
Authors and Literature Grades K-2 Children's Authors. Websites about Literature. Teaching with Books. Online Literature. Booklists. Authors of Books for Students in Primary Grades -
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/k2chilit.htm
BOOKS ONLINE Folk and fairy tales from around the world, grouped according to story type, values, and origin. Online books and stories for children
http://richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/booksonline.htm
Open Directory - Kids and Teens: Arts: Online Stories Catnap [ Kids/Teens ] An online children's art history picture book written and Long
http://dmoz.org/kids_and_teens/arts/online_stories/
Fairy Tales Here are recommended childrens books of Irish folktales and fairy tales, Fairy Tales with a Twist A list of picture books and
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/fairytales/
Kids Domain - Online Stories Links Free story scripts (20 so far) of folk tales from around the world for Disney's Online Storybooks Kids
http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/online_stories.html
