Everyone adores children's books and picture books. Most people believe the popular ones carry a powerful message that will stay with your child for the future, 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 future success. Picture books are riviting for youthful readers who are just starting their journey. Following are a few tips to help you pick children's books and picture books that are inspirational as well as enjoyable.
1. Think about the kinds of books or subjects your child has liked 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. Brainstorm books you read as a child and consider whether they are right 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 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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Picture Book Dragons -- An Opinion Essay In myths and folklore, dragons have been monsters to be conquered and destroyed with no mercy New
http://www.fairrosa.info/dragon/essay.html
Amazon.com: The People Could Fly: The Picture Book (New York Times - Those kids who still like picture books but may want something a little
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375824057?v=glance
Bank Street College Library--FEAST: Folklore Education and - 1997 Sydney Taylor Award for Best Older Childrens' Picture Book (sponsored by the Association of FEAST:
http://streetcat.bankstreet.edu/html/ninajaffe.html
ALA | Bilingual Books for Children (4-8) Picture book. Meshing elements of traditional Chinese folklore, Childrens Book Press, 1991. ISBN 0-8239-071-9. 32 pages. (5-8)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/booklists/bilingualbooks.htm
A-Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books - REF PN 1009 Subject access to children's picture books. Look up topics (ie behavior, from 400
http://www.uscupstate.edu/library/librarypathfinders/childrenslit.htm
Barnes & Noble.com - Little Lit: Folklore and Fairy Tale Funnies - Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Marjane Satrapi ABOUT THE BOOK. Little
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?isbn=0060286245&itm=5
Welcome to TeachingBooks Fairy Tales/Folklore, Picture Books, PK-5, Trumpet Club Picture Books, Poetry, Science/Environment/Nature, PK-5, Children's Book Press -
http://www.teachingbooks.net/guides2.cgi
Children's Book Publishers and Information on Getting Published - Topics include adoption, games, myths, and folklore. DK Publishing Publisher of children's picture books, young
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/publishers/
Early Childhood Research & Practice. Fall 2001. Multicultural - Title: Multicultural Diversity of Children's Picture Books: Robert Discusses 16 picture books of original folklore
http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v3n2/search.html
Home page for the Children's Library Division Definitions of fairy tale, folklore, myth, and legend are also included. CBC This Morning's Children's Books
http://www.vpl.ca/branches/librarysquare/chi/booklinks.html
Amazon.com: Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies: Books Amazon.com: Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies: Books by Art Spiegelman. The makers of
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060286245?v=glance
Lairs.com - Children's Books . People Could Fly : The Picture Book People Could Fly : The Picture Book by Hamilton, Virginia; Dillon, Leo (ILT);
http://www.lairs.com/tomehoard/0375924051.htm
Index of AppLit Pages by Genre Fiction for Children and Young Adults (see also Folklore, Folktale Texts, Assignments and Study Guide on Contemporary American
http://www.ferrum.edu/applit/about/applitindex.htm
Using Electronic Resources to Learn about Children's Literature - Fantasy literature Realism in literature Picture books for children Alexander Library maintains a collection of
http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/guides/kidlit.htm
Mexico : A Bibliography of Children's Books [Units of Study] [Folklore] [General Nonfiction] [Poetry] [Picture Books] Bilingual picture book. A woman recalls her childhood
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mulmexico.htm
US Children's Book Awards *Aesop Prize Winners and Aesop Accolade Lists: The Children's Folklore First presented in April 1998 to the "Best Children's Science
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/usawards.html
Reviews of Children's Books Including Picture Books - Board Books - - on the mythology, folklore, and history found in Rowling's books. Each poem
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/productreviews/
Children's Book Awards and Other Literary Prizes Given annually to the author of the best picture book text published in the: United book(s) incorporating
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/awards.htm
Powell's Books - The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale by Jan Brett Qty, Store, Section. 2, Burnside, Children's Picture Books- B. 1, Hawthorne, Children's Picture Books-
http://www.janbrett.com/bookstores/mitten_hardcover_powells_books.htm
Bank Street College Library View examples of artist styles in picture book illustration, Title: Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children
http://streetcat.bankstreet.edu/sites/childlit.html
