Lindemann, PhD.
Choosing a Child's Book: A guide for parents, teachers,
caregivers, and anyone who selects books for children
13 Exciting Reading Activities for Children
Between the Lions - Ties in with the PBS show which is
"...designed to foster the literacy skills of its viewers,
while playfully demonstrating the joys of reading.
Each show aims to give kids four to seven years old
some of the experiences they need in order to become
successful readers."
CelebratingChildren.com - is the premier African American
parenting website primarily for African American families
with children ages 0-10. Provides articles that explore a
wide array of topics including children's literature,
education, music and family finance.
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US Department of Education offers pointers on how to build
the language skills of young children, and includes a list of
typical language accomplishments for different age groups,
suggestions for books, and resources for children with
reading problems or learning disabilities.
Be Ready to Read and Ready to Learn? Includes How Do I Know a Good Early
Reading Program When I See One? Simple Strategies for Creating Strong
Readers; and The Five Essential Components of Reading.
A Child Becomes a Reader: Proven Ideas for Parents from Research—Birth to
Preschool - This booklet offers advice for parents of children from birth to
preschool on how to support reading development at home, and how to
recognize preschool and day care activities that start children on the road to
becoming readers.
A Child Becomes a Reader: Proven Ideas for Parents from Research—
Kindergarten through Grade Three - This booklet offers advice for parents of
children from grades K-3 on how to support reading development at home,
and how to recognize effective instruction in their children's classrooms.
PDF Format - You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this one.
Put Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read: This brochure, designed
for parents of young children, describes the kinds of early literacy activities
that should take place at school and at home to help children learn to read
successfully. It is based on the findings of the National Reading Panel.
Caldecott Medal - awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American
picture book for children.
Newbery Medal - awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution
to American literature for children.
Red Cedar Awards (Chosen by Children's Votes)
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal - honors an author or illustrator whose books,
published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a
substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
The Mildred L. Batchelder Award - is a citation awarded to an American
publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of
those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country,
and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.
The Pura Belpré Award - is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator
whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural
experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
2004 Notable Children's Books
Children's Choices - Selected by children.
Award-Winning Young Adult Books
The Michael L. Printz Award - is an award for a book that exemplifies literary
excellence in young adult literature
