Children's Choice Book Awards

The Children's Book Council just announced their Children's Choice Book Awards, an Internet election for "Favorite Books," "Favorite Author," and "Favorite Illustrator."

The five nominees were compiled from a review of bestseller lists.

Go here to see the nominees and vote!

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"The reviews are for grownups; the books are for kids"

This quote from Roger Sutton was provoked by someone who wrote to complain that the Horn Book reviews gave away book endings. Roger’s response was, “The reviews are for grownups; the books are for kids. Sometimes the grownup wants to know if the dog dies.”

Are picture books aimed at kids, or at the parents, teachers, librarians who buy these books?
See the great discussion that ensued here.

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Picture books website

It's always nice to come across a great website of children picture books: Picture Window Books is one them.

Picture Window Books publishes informational picture books, easy readers and chapter books for the PreK-4 non-reader and reader. Their books are engaging and fun, and "open the world of learning to read and reading to learn!"

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St Patrick's Day Picture books

St Patrick's Day picture books - activity for teachers:

Get some St Patrick's Day picture books on tape or CD from your library for use during read-aloud time.

Make or ask your students to create several paper shamrocks.

Write a purpose on each one.

One might ask for the story beginning, middle and end. Another might ask for three characters, or three things learned about the setting, three different types of sounds heard, etc.

After listening to the story and filling out the shamrocks, go over the answers together. You'll be amazed on how much can be learned from one picture book!

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