People adore children's books and picture books. Diane believes the good ones carry a spiritual message that will stay with your child for the future, like Brighton: One Star's Journey to Shine. It is common knowledge that reading children's books aloud may help pave the way to your child's reading success. Picture books are enjoyable for preschool readers who are just beginning. Here are a few recommendations 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 been drawn to 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 children read. 3. Recall books you read as a child and consider whether they are interesting 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 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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PROFESSIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY File Format: /Adobe Acrobat View as HTMLYour browser may not have a reader available. recommends visiting our text version of this document.contains
http://2003.njsummerreading.org/manual/chapter18.pdf
Pitter Patter: Child Development & Crafts The books supplement any reading and music curriculum for pre-school and See our other pictures of Labs and
http://www.homeschoolzone.com/pp/
Children's Literature about Health, Nutrition, and Safety. Beyond - Thematic Bookpacks. Bedtime routines. Bedtime Preschool Discovery Pack. Nonfiction Picture Books. Aliki. 1987. Corn is
http://www.journal.naeyc.org/btj/200403/chbooks.asp
Early Learning Programs - including children's books, thematic prop boxes, and alphabet props. Analyses of children's scores on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III -
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/early/programs.htm
Mary L File Format: Microsoft Word 2000 View as HTMLBarron?s Book of Fun & Learning: Preschool Learning Activities. CML 372.5 B277. Beatty, Janice J.
http://www.library.okstate.edu/cml/early%20childhood%20bib.doc
Parent and Teacher Resources on the Web The Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University (CPBD@MU) is a You will find themes for story
http://www.stratford.lib.ct.us/zchildparentsandteachers.html
NIRC - Library Materials - Nutrition for Preschool Children Utilized in the Thematic Unit Food & Nutrition curriculum. This is a wonderful picture
http://nirc.cas.psu.edu/nirclib.cfm?area=240
Teaching - Kids' Page - Burnaby Public Library Perpetual Preschool. A gold mine of thematic activities, circle ideas ideas for developing units or story
http://www.bpl.burnaby.bc.ca/gab/teach.htm
Thematic Literature and Curriculum for English Language Learners - For example, a well-chosen picture book can provide a meaningful focus for Book reading in
http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/0208smallwood.html
Hazleton Area Public Library Our collection offers board books, picture books, easy readers, novels, a wide array of Storytimes are thematic programs filled with
http://www.hazletonlibrary.org/kids/parents.html
Professional Development Books - Idaho State Library A practical resource for step-by-step preschool programs, A practical guide to picture books, cassettes, and records, organized
http://www.lili.org/read/readtome/revised-prof-devel-bks.htm
Library Collections bullet, Pre School Roving Books Programs. bullet, BASE Story Time and Roving Bins bullet, Pre-school books (picture books with brief text) -
http://www.bccn.boone.in.us/lpl/libraryinfo/collections.html
MS SUMMER READING bullet, Look for thematic programs that match your childs special interests Each year, ALSC chooses the most distinguished American picture book
http://www.ansb-hs.eu.dodea.edu/ms_summer_reading.htm
Preschool Zone - Teaching Ideas Scroll ot the bottom of the page where it says, "thematic links. page offers reviews of books useful in
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/teach.htm
Parent and Child Library Services 1997 Pre-School Programs Preschool children and their parents served by Schuyler Head Start, Schuyler Nursery Subject based books Picture
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/parchld/presch.htm
Literacy Websites for Preschoolers at The Literacy Web Enchanted Learning is a favorite for thematic units, preschool activities, crafts, Mightybook.com features read-aloud picture books,
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/pksites.htm
Dinosaurs Theme - Lesson Plans, Thematic Units, Printables - Comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs, fossils, etc. Check out the dinosaur information sheets -
http://atozteacherstuff.com/themes/dinosaurs/
Untitled Document - Children's Book Week with thematic programs, crafts and activities. Special needs pre-school students from Park School: Librarians visit each of -
http://www.lapcat.org/main/asp/003_services_a.asp
Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University - thematic units for all disciplines, including health education. Our database contains abstracts of over 5000 picture books
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/welcome.php
Awesome Library - Main Thematic Lessons Kindergarten Level (Anderson, Hopkins, Short, Steele) Children's Picture Books Search Preschool to Grade 3 (Miami University
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/office/main/involving_family/preschool.html
