Kids love children's books and picture books. Shine On believes the moving ones carry a rewarding message that will stay with your child for a long time, like Brighton: One Star's Journey to Shine. It is demonstrated that reading children's books aloud might help pave the way to your child's ultimate success. Picture books are fun for new readers who are just getting started. Here are a few suggestions to help you determine the children's books and picture books that are educational as well as enjoyable.
1. Understand 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 valuable. 2. Ask friends, relatives and people you trust what books their youngsters 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 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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Vendors of Materials for Libraries Publishers of Books and Videos. The Children's Book Council A non-profit organization of children's book publishers. A list of
http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/vendor.html
Alzheimer's Bibliography for Children and Teenagers Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, c1999. ISBN: 0791048969 Night of Fear New York: Minstrel Book, Published by Pocket Books,
http://www.zarcrom.com/users/yeartorem/alzbibkids.html
WORKMAN PUBLISHING NEW YORK - Calendars & Diaries, Children's Books, Cooking, Food & Wine, Crafts Created by Sandra Boynton, Philadelphia Chickens is a family
http://www.workman.com/catalog/pagemaker.cgi?0761126368
UnderstandingPrejudice.org: Bibliography of Children's Books This page contains links to children's books on diversity, multiculturalism, ABC: A Family Alphabet Book. Ridley Park, PA: Two
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/readroom/kidsbib.htm
UTC as Children's Book (Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1900) but is a children's book published by Jewett & Co. that uses 11 of the
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/childrn/cbhp.html
Case 9 Philadelphia: Ariel Book, 1892. Northrop reflects a modern sensibility towards Books published for children by the various Bible publishing houses look -
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/agents/case9.html
Centennial Exhibition: Centennial Schoolhouse | Children's Books Children's Books and the Centennial Exhibition. The Free Library of Philadelphia has an interesting group of children's books
http://libwww.library.phila.gov/cencol/schoolhouse-books.htm
Books AtoZ | Publishing Organizations in North America Philadelphia Publishers Group Box 42681, Philadelphia, PA 19101 Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)
http://www.booksatoz.com/puborgls.htm
Children's Book Editors: Children's Books Publishers Children's book publishers and children's book editors Book Publishing's Good Books, Phyllis Pellman Good, Senior Editor, 3510
http://www.bookmarket.com/childrens.html
Historical Readings Publishing Children's Books in America, 1919-1976: An Annotated Bibliography. American Children Through Their Books, 1700-1835. Philadelphia -
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/historyofchildlit/readhis.html
The Jewish Exponent - Philadelphia, PA More than a decade ago, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso published her first children's book, Copyright Jewish Publishing Group
http://www.jewishexponent.com/
ALA | Avi, Rohmann win Newbery, Caldecott Medals - during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, January 24-29. Considered the "Academy Awards" of children's book
http://www.ala.org/.../contentmanagement/contentdisplay.cfm&contentid=14451
The Children's Book Council Employment and Internship Opportunities in Children's Book Publishing. She was born in Philadelphia in 1939 and grew up in Doylestown,
http://www.cbcbooks.org/news/
Amazon.com: Philadelphia Chickens: Books Amazon.com: Philadelphia Chickens: Books by Sandra Boynton. It's a children's CD I like and do not find annoying (such as
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Rainy Day Books - the #1 New York Times and Publishers Weekly children's bestseller with Created by Sandra Boynton, "Philadelphia Chickens is a family
http://www.rainydaybooks.com/nasapp/store/indexjsp?s=storeevents&eventid=309395
Literature Lesson Plans Books for Children and Young Adults Links to literature and reading promotion Features books published from 1998 2001. Libraries
http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/bookplans.html
Reference.com/Web Directory/Top/Arts/Literature/Children's - who have a professional interest in children's books, reading, and publishing. Junior Great Books Develops children's critical-thinking skills, -
http://www.reference.com/dir/arts/literature/children's
Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts: America After 1820 Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company Early Printed Books, One of a large number of
http://www.prbm.com/interest/ampost1820-a-ba.shtml
Philadelphia Rare Books and Manuscripts: Children Education Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company Early Printed Books, Little prayers for little children. Philadelphia:
http://www.prbm.com/interest/children-a-ba.shtml
Open Directory - Arts: Literature: Children's - Collection Research bibliography of children's books published 1910-1960. Children's Books Central Collection of organized, annotated
http://dmoz.org/arts/literature/children's/
