The following books are just a few of the many excellent books on reading with children. Check with your librarian for titles of more books and for children’s book lists.
Beaty, Janice J. Building Bridges with Multicultural Picture Books: For Children 3-5. Prentice-Hall, 1996. Contains a listing of selected multicultural picture books for young children. Includes activities to do with children that are based on the books listed.
Butler, Dorothy. Babies Need Books: Sharing the Joy of Books with Children from Birth to Six. Heinemann, 1998. Discusses the importance of reading to young children and gives summaries of books by age level.
Hall, Susan L., and Moats, Louisa C. Straight Talk about Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Years. NTC Publishing Group. 1998. Provides practical advice, games and activities, and lists of children’s books and resources that parents can use to help their children read.
Muse, Daphne (Ed.). The New Press Guide to Multicultural Resources for Young Readers. The New Press, 1997. Includes reviews of hundreds of children’s books from a wide variety of backgrounds.
Trelease, Jim. The Read-Aloud Handbook. Penguin, 2001. Discusses the importance of reading aloud to children. Includes a “Treasury of Read-Alouds”—hundreds of recommended books annotated by age and grade level.
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