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Books
for Preschoolers
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"Teach
Them to Be Strong:
Picture Books With Non-Traditional
Gender Roles"
These
picture books for children contain
strong female characters.
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"Feelings
and Real-Life Experiences:
A Booklist for Young Children"
(With
Book Cover images- 48K) (Without
Book Cover images - 24K)
These
picture books may help children cope
with their feelings about the following
topics: Adoption, Anger, Bad Days,
Bedtime, Fear, Friendship, Grief,
Growing Up, Misbehavior, Moods, Self-Esteem,
Separation Anxiety, Sibling Rivalry,
and Teasing and Bullies.
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"He's
Got the Whole World in His Hands and
other African American Picture Books
for Young Children"
These picture books have African
American characters and are written
for young children. |
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Books
for Children in Grades 1-3
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First
Chapter Books
Books with chapters for
the beginning reader who is ready
for a little more text. |
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Fractured
Fairy Tales
These
fairy tales have been "rewritten"
in a humorous and clever way. |
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Tall
Tales
These
stories contain characters who do
impossible things and "stretch"
the truth, thus they are called,
"tall" tales. |
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Books
for Children in Grades 4-5
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Books
for Middle School Students
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Books
for Young Adults
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Newbery Medal Award - Winners and Honor
Books
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by
the American Library Association for the
most distinguished American children's book
published the previous year. It is named
for the eighteenth-century English bookseller
John Newbery. |
Caldecott Medal Award - Winners and Honor
Books
The Caldecott Medal is awarded to the artist
of the most distinguished American Picture
Book for Children published in the United
States during the preceding year. The award
goes to the artist, who must be a citizen
or resident of the United States, whether
or not he or she is the author of the text. |
Coretta Scott King Award - Winners and Honor
Books
The Coretta Scott King Award is
presented annually by the Coretta Scott
King Task Force of the American Library
Association's Ethnic Multicultural Information
Exchange Round Table ( EMIERT). Recipients
are authors and illustrators of African
descent whose distinguished books promote
an understanding and appreciation of the
"American Dream." |
Michael L. Printz Award - Winners and Honor
Books
The Michael L. Printz Award is an award
for a book that exemplifies literary excellence
in young adult literature. It is named for
a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was
a long-time active member of the Young Adult
Library Services Association. |
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book
Award - Winners and Honor Books
The Sibert Award was established
by the Association for Library Service
to Children in 2001. It is awarded annually
to the author of the most distinguished
informational book published in English
during the preceding year. The award is
named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the
long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound
Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois,
and is sponsored by the company. |
Pura Belpré Award
For an 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. |
Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
Presented for a work
of historical fiction published by a U.S.
publisher and set in the New World. |
Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Award for the most
distinguished contribution to Jewish childrens
literature. |
Children's Literature Council of Southern California
Annual awards are given to outstanding books by authors and illustrators who reside in Southern California. |
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