Everyone loves children's books and picture books. Diane Speicher believes the best loved carry an inspirational 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 can help pave the way to your child's life success. Picture books are fun for new readers who are just starting out. Following are a few hints to help you pick children's books and picture books that are inspirational as well as enjoyable.
1. Think about the types 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 valuable. 2. Ask friends, relatives and people you trust what books their youngsters read. 3. Remember 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 prizes. 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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Baby Models in the News: America's Best Baby Photo Contest Your baby could be America's Pampered Prince or Princess! America's Best Baby Contest, National
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Royal Reads: Prince and Princess Tales -- City of Fullerton, CA Royal Reads: Prince and Princess Tales. Search for: Section: Picture Books. Auch, Mary
http://www.ci.fullerton.ca.us/library/princess_tales.html
Surfing for Good Stories These online picture books have been chosen for the high quality of their as her tries to save Prince Crispin
http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/chbest/library%20page/00%20surfing%20for%20good%20stories/surfing_for_good_stories3.htm
Amazon.com: The Frog Prince or Iron Henry (North-South Picture - Amazon.com: The Frog Prince or Iron Henry (North-South Picture Book): Books Long ago in
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Picture books for reluctant readers Picture books that appeal to older children. As a princess shrieks for help, a prince thuds up on his
http://www.wordpool.co.uk/rr/picturebooks.htm
LFPL - Teen Pages - Booklists - Picture Books for Young Adults Picture Books. for Young Adults. LFPL Logo After the frog turns into
http://www.lfpl.org/teenpages/booklists/yapictures.htm
princess picture books Princess Picture Books. Return to Reading Lists. Alfonsi, Alice. a beautiful princess finally awakens with the kiss of a prince. -
http://www.slcl.org/kids/kid%20reading%20lists/princesspicturebooks.htm
Fairy Tales In this picture book retelling, Red Riding Hood rides a bicycle and the settings are Princess Elizabeth has to rescue her prince
http://www.northern.edu/hastingw/ftales.htm
Recommended Reading - Great Children's Books This is the first book in a series of wordless picture books following the Here is the classic
http://allaboutfrogs.org/info/resources/reading_story.html
Children's Booklist - Princesses: Picture Books Other Princess Stories (can be found in the Picture Book section) An out-of-work princess applies to become the
http://www.logan.lib.ut.us/booklist/children/princess.html
Princesses Picture Books Easy Readers Folklore and Fairy Tales Real Princesses Mayer, The Prince and the Princess: A Bohemian Fairytale J398.2 Mayer -
http://www.wilmette.lib.il.us/princess.html
College of Education - Curriculum Resources Laboratory - Featured - Picture Books. Rafe Martin's THE STORYTELLING PRINCESS, illustrated by A bookish, well-read prince is
http://www.education.uiowa.edu/crl/featured_materials/aug01.html
Amazon.com: The Frog Prince Continued (Picture Puffin S.): Books Amazon.com: The Frog Prince Continued (Picture Puffin S.): Books by Jon Scieszka,Steve Johnson. "The Princess
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AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: Banning Gay Books The children's picture book King & King is a cute little fairy tale where a the young
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Quest Models - America's Pampered Prince and Princess Your baby could be America's Pampered Prince or Princess!! American Baby Photo Picture Contest for America's Beautiful
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Assignments and Study Guide on American Picture Books Class Assignments on Contemporary American Picture Books: (Canadian role reversal satire of prince and princess vs.
http://www.ferrum.edu/thanlon/studyq/picbks.htm
SurLaLune Fairy Tales: Book Gallery For Frog King Picture Books. Frog Prince Continued by Sciezka · Frog Prince by Schroeder The Unhandsome Prince by
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/frogking/books.html
Fractured Fairy Tales Picture Books. The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea by Tony Johnston After the frog turns into a prince, he and the
http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/youth/booklists/fairytales.html
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Books for 1st & 2nd Graders, Summer 2002 A frog, who always daydreamed about being a princess, gets her wish only to This look-and-find
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