People adore children's books and picture books. Diane Speicher believes the good ones carry an inspirational message that will stay with your child for his or her entire childhood, like Brighton: One Star's Journey to Shine. It is demonstrated that reading children's books aloud could help pave the way to your child's future success. Picture books are amazing for beginning readers who are just starting out. Following are a few recommendations to help you pick children's books and picture books that are learning-oriented as well as fun.
1. Think about the varieties 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 youngsters read. 3. Brainstorm books you read as a child and consider whether they are compelling 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 recommendations. 6. Vary your recommendations 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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http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/books_about_asia.html
China & Tibet - A Bibliography of Children's Books Visit The China Room to find dragons, seals, calligraphy and other art. The Children of
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fine Art on Line An exclusive interview reveals how the famous children's book illustrator used his This selection, from the Art for Children series,
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Our Asian Heritage: Children's Books on the Asian American - Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam. Shen's Books, 1998. (j398.9959 To) Ages
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/sfplonline/kids/booklists/asian.htm
Celebrating the Lunar New Year with Children Cindy Roberts: We adopted 3 older children from Vietnam. she has turned her passion for art into
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ACW: International adoptions from China, Guatemala, Kazakhstan - Good book with folk art illustrations. This book describes celebrations When You Were Born in China:
http://www.adoptioncenter.com/articlesbooks/chinabooks.htm
The Little Weaver of Thai Yen Village A young Vietnamese girl maintains her own cultural identity while struggling to adjust Children's Book Press accepts
http://www.childrensbookpress.org/ob/weaver.html
MetroActive Books | Art Spiegelman - for Joseph Moncure March's poem The Wild Party and a children's book. "Specifically, they came as a response
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Amazon.com: The Kids' Multicultural Art Book: Art & Craft - This is another excellent art book in the "A Williamson Kids Can! It's advertised
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ALA | Bilingual Books for Children The quality of language within a cultural context in books for children was The Vietnamese text is perfectly
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/booklists/bilingualbooks.htm
Austral Ed Children's Books - Books about Art The book features a number of art works from children of different ages Countries included are
http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/books_about_art.html
The Seattle Public Library: Childrens Reading Lists [Reading List] Text is in English and Vietnamese. view this book in the catalog opens in new window
http://www.spl.org/default.asp?pageid=audience_children_readinglist&cid=1066163597000
Amazon.com: Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam: Books Amazon.com: Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam: Books by Walter Dean Myers,Ann As the children's librarian
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Vietnam Yesterday & Today: Background Information on Vietnam The Central Intelligence Agency's fact book on Vietnam provides good A wonderful collection of Vietnamese art
http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/vninfo.htm
Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Festival Tet Trung Thu Books "A new book of Vietnamese folktales for children. Under the Spell of the Moon: Art for Children
http://www.adoptvietnam.org/books/books-midautumn.htm
Celebrating Lunar New Year with Children - she has turned her passion for art into writing and illustrating children's books. Cindy Roberts: We adopted
http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/adopt/interview-newyear.html
Books About Mulan Published 1993 by Children's Book Press (ISBN 0-89239-120-0) Like the other "Art of" coffee-table books, this one is beautifully illustrated with
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