Kids love children's books and picture books. Diane believes the best loved carry a long lasting message that will stay with your child for his or her entire childhood, 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 ultimate success. Picture books are enjoyable for young readers who are just starting their journey. Here are a few tips to help you select children's books and picture books that are learning-oriented as well as enjoyable.
1. Consider the types 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 exciting. 2. Ask friends, relatives and people you trust what books their children read. 3. Think about books you read as a child and consider whether they are compelling for your child. 4. Ask your librarian to suggest books. 5. Look at books awarded Caldecott, Newberry, and Coretta Scott King medals. 6. Vary your thoughts 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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Schools - The Detroit News Online - 4/8/04 - be doing other than shelving books at her son's school library each week. At Wakefield
http://www.detnews.com/2004/schools/0404/08/
Book Lists and Bibliographies for Young Adults Links to picture books, junior books, and non-fiction books on the same topic. World Literature: Authors Recommended
http://www.waterborolibrary.org/bklisty.htm
WCPSS: School Connection, March 19, 2004 - of character education picture books accompanied with its own songbook. More than 800 Wake County students took
http://www.wcpss.net/online_newsletters/the_school_connection/newsletters/3_19_2004-tsconnection.html
Our Children, Our Future Be Part of the Picture Even If You Dont - File Format: /Adobe Acrobat View as HTMLYour browser may not
http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schoolboard/newsletter/news0203.pdf
Wakefield Branch Information | The New York Public Library - films, picture book hours, and used book sales; Class visits by appointment High Schools
http://www.nypl.org/branch/local/bx/wkinfo.html
Eastchester Branch Information | The New York Public Library - puppet shows, films, picture book hours, and story hours; Class visits by appointment Bronx
http://www.nypl.org/branch/local/bx/eainfo.html
Rural Students Launch Extravaganza 2000 To Celebrate Small Towns - Elm Valley created the program book and worked on scheduling events. Nebraska's Wakefield High
http://www.ruraledu.org/misc/extravaganza2000.html
Welcome to The Big Picture Company High School State Average: 46% % of students who feel they can talk to a teacher Home, The
http://www.bigpicture.org/schools/metdatasummary.htm
Wakefield Public Library/Wakefield High School Summer Reading - Summer 2005 Wakefield High School Reading List FILM: For books designated with the word FILM, students
http://www.wakefieldlibrary.org/zra2005whs.htm
Richard Jesse Watson, School Visits - to elementary, middle schools, high schools, universities and libraries. In his behind-the-scenes look at picture books, Mr. Watson
http://www.richardjessewatson.com/schoolvisits.htm
RootsLink Search Results 1915 High School Yearbook Carrollton, Missouri: Names of students and staff from New short stories of some students I remember of
http://resources.rootsweb.com/~rootslink/cgi-bin/search.cgi?category=32
Amazon.com: WEDDING, THE (Sweet Valley High (Numbered Paperback - Sweet Valley High Magna Editions: A list by Roxy Starr, High School Student Read my
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553298550?v=glance
IWMF Features - Students Discover Human Rights Reporting at - Deilia Butler, an English and world history teacher at Wakefield High School in Arlington, -
http://www.iwmf.org/features/9039
WCPSS--The School Connection: April 27, 2001 - Tony Robinson of Wakefield Middle, Johnny Gatlin of Garner Senior High, Four Enloe High students were among
http://www.wcpss.net/online_newsletters/the_school_connection/newsletters/2001/4_27_2001-tsconnection.html
On the books: Declining budget for school libraries picture. John Berube, Andover High media specialist, would like to have more books to But at
http://www.andovertownsman.com/news/20020321/ed_001.html
Wakefield Public Library Collection Development Policy The children's collection focuses on highly recommended picture books for homework needs of students through elementary, junior and
http://www.wakefieldlibrary.org/acolldev.htm
Amazon.com: Happily Ever After (Sweet Valley High): Books Once again, here is another great Sweet Valley High book! This is a romantic and exciting one,
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553570684?v=glance
NEA News Room: National Endowment for the Arts Announces Winner of - Oparaugo was one of ten students from middle and high schools in the
http://www.nea.gov/news/news05/poetryrecitation2.html
Alibris: Juvenile Fiction School Education "A sensitive, growing-up picture book with special appeal for kindergartners and first graders 17-year-old high school student Max Calwdwell
http://www.alibris.com/search/books/subject/juvenile%20fiction%20school%20education/page/9
American Journalism Review William Wakefield, principal of Indianapolis' Plainfield High School, Be it Pearce's picture or the high-school equivalent of Watergate, if a school
http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=2554
