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1. Newbery Award Winning Books Winning the Newbery Medal is the greatest thrill and honor for an author of middle grade or young adult literature. It means that the chosen book has been read and enjoyed by experts in the field of children's literature, and that the book has lastin...
2. The Graveyard Book By Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book is a fantasy novel for children by award winning British author, Neil Gaiman. The Graveyard Book is the story of Nobody Owens (called "Bod" for short). At the start of the story, Bod is a toddler who witnesses the murde...
3. Coraline Coraline is a novella by the British author Neil Gaiman, which was first published in 2002. Coraline is a fantasy tale in which Coraline Jones, a smart, feisty and curious young girl, home from school for the summer holidays finds herself very bored...
4. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom This bright and colorful book uses rhythm and simple words in a way that will have your child excited by the book, participating in its reading, and perhaps even reciting its chant when the book is out of sight. This is a classic and a must-have for...
5. Newbery Medal Winners, 1922-1929 Early Newbery Medal winners included short story collections, non-fiction, and novels. Many are out of print, difficult to locate, and rare. Books older than 1927 may now be in the public domain. This lens has links to Amazon pages for all the Newbe...
6. Picture Books To Help Children Cope With Stress Why should we read to children? The main reason is that reading together is FUN! Reading to a child offers a special kind of closeness, as you and your child join together in imagination to experience the characters' adventures and feelings and to li...
7. Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney Even though I was already an adult when I learned about Miss Rumphius, I have adored this children's book from the first page I turned. The message of making the world a more beautiful place is an idea that children can easily understand and do the...
8. British Literature Headquarters BRITISH LITERATURE British Authors, British Books...in fact, everything connected with British Literature! If you have a lens on any aspect of British Literature whether it's about a book, author, retail or whatever, please add your lens here! I...
9. SecretBuilders Virtual MMO for Kids SecretBuilders is a free online virtual world MMO with an emphasis on creativity and historical adventure for children. Children live and play among fictional and historical characters and learn concepts from the arts and humanities. They explore vir...
10. The Phantom Tollbooth I love the story of "The Phantom Tollbooth".  This is a book that I checked out from the library every summer to read again, and as an adult, I was thrilled to find the movie on DVD, and it does a WONDERFUL job of telling the story, an...
11. The Egypt Game Not only because I thought Egypt was fascinating, but I liked adventerous stories.  This one follows the adventures of April and Melanie.  What I think is interesting is April is white, and Melanie is black, and when the book was first publ...
12. The Best Pop-up Books for Kids and Grown-ups Alike Who can resist the allure of pop-up books? There's something very satisfying and, in a way, magical about being able to touch, manipulate, and interact with the illustrations in a picture book. It definitely makes any reading experience a hundred...
13. Goodnight Moon :: A Bedtime Favorite This book is one that every child must have. It's simple and accessible story is great for any child. Here I am in this room, these are the things around me, I am comfortable and safe here, and it is time for bed. This is the type of story kids want...
14. Dr. Seuss Book Sets A Dr.Seuss book is a great choice for those looking for fun and educational children's literature. Finding the best Dr. Seuss book sets online can be very time consuming so I created this Squidoo page. This will help you save time and make it easier...
15. Children's Author Study: A Homeschool Unit Study The goal of this unit is to encourage lifelong love of reading through familiarity with the artistry of authors and illustrators. This unit can help children at many different ability and age levels to come to understand that there are real people be...
16. Great books for preschoolers: encourage a lifetime of reading Childhood from two to four is an amazing time. Children's intellectual and emotional lives are expanding at an amazing rate! Now that your magnificent little person has some tiny shreds of impulse control (I did say tiny shreds), it’s time to b...
17. Children's Poetry Really, it's true. Children love poetry -- love to hear it read, love to read it. Part of that is because no one's yet tried to tell kids that "poetry is good for you" and turned it into a negative, but the biggest part is that there's just so much w...
18. The Westing Game This was one of my favorite books as a child, and one that I bought a copy of as an adult so I could re-read it whenever I was feeling nostalgic for those more laid back days.  I think adults would enjoy this book too - its only 192 pages and is...
19. Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction Scott O'Dell created The Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction in 1982 with the purpose of encouraging writers of historical fiction. His hope was to engage young readers in history through fantastic living books that bring the past alive. Scott...
20. Guess How Much I Love You In Guess How Much I Love You, Little Nutbrown Hare expresses his love for Big Nutbrown Hare, and is reassured that Big Nutbrown Hare loves him back. This classic children's book by Sam McBratney has absolutely beautiful illustrations by Anita Jeram,...