A list isn't complete without Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. You can order a T-shirt by JunkFood that displays the cover of the book so that when you are reading this story, you are in costume.
The story line is:
Max puts on his wolf suit and gets into trouble and must go to bed without his supper. During the night a forest grows in his room. He is off to sail the sea on his boat and meet .
The wild things--with their mismatched parts and giant eyes--manage somehow to be scary-looking without ever really being scary.
This is a story of Max's journey and the theme is "There is no place like home."
There are many add-ons - posters, dvds, books, etc.
Your child will grow up to read this book to his children so keep it in your personal library.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Purpose of this Blog
I thought we might focus on why I am doing this blog. I'm a children's librarian at an elementary school in California. I have been a librarian for several years. My job is to select books for the library and to present them to children either by talking about them or reading portions of the book to them during storytime. So over the years I have become familiar with picture books, fiction books and nonfiction books. I order about a thousand dollars worth of books each year.
I thought it would be fun to pass along my knowledge to you so you could read to your child at night and use my recommendations for your selection process.
Let's look at picture books first. One of my favorites is Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise.
Amazon says this about the book:
Perhaps the perfect children's bedtime book, Goodnight Moon is a short poem of goodnight wishes from a young rabbit preparing for--or attempting to postpone--his own slumber. He says goodnight to every object in sight and within earshot, including the "quiet old lady whispering hush."
A good bedtime activity is for your child to say goodnight to the things in his or her bedroom, to the pets, to other loved ones.
In my library, children love this book - it is weathered, beaten, dog-eared and well loved. It's a small brown book with not a lot of luster, but once the child has read it, he or she comes back to it and takes it out many times.
Amazon has used books for sale for as little as $.01 -- you can have this book mailed to you for $4.01 -- it's a treasure.
Phyllis
I thought it would be fun to pass along my knowledge to you so you could read to your child at night and use my recommendations for your selection process.
Let's look at picture books first. One of my favorites is Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise.
Amazon says this about the book:
Perhaps the perfect children's bedtime book, Goodnight Moon is a short poem of goodnight wishes from a young rabbit preparing for--or attempting to postpone--his own slumber. He says goodnight to every object in sight and within earshot, including the "quiet old lady whispering hush."
A good bedtime activity is for your child to say goodnight to the things in his or her bedroom, to the pets, to other loved ones.
In my library, children love this book - it is weathered, beaten, dog-eared and well loved. It's a small brown book with not a lot of luster, but once the child has read it, he or she comes back to it and takes it out many times.
Amazon has used books for sale for as little as $.01 -- you can have this book mailed to you for $4.01 -- it's a treasure.
Phyllis
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