Great Books for Babies and Toddlers: More Than 500 Recommended Books for Your Child's First Three Years

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Ballantine Books, 2003 - 337 pages
"The ideal time to begin sharing books with children is during babyhood, even with children as young as six weeks."
--Starting Out Right
National Research Council

All parents hope to give their children the best possible start in life. Many of them know it's a good idea to read to their children at a very young age, not with the goal of teaching their kids to read, but with the joy of having special time together looking at pictures and playing with words. Carefully chosen books that introduce children to the pleasures of language, simple story structure, and wonderful artwork are the foundation for a future love of books.

Great Books for Babies and Toddlers is the first book of its kind--a guide to the best age appropriate children's books available. Compiled by Kathleen Odean, former Chair of the Newbery Award Committee, Great Books for Babies and Toddlers provides lively annotations for more than five hundred books, divided into two helpful categories: Nursery Rhymes, Fingerplays, and Songs; and Picture-Story Books for the Very Young.

With story selections ranging from such classics of children's literature as Goodnight Moon and Where's Spot? to excellent new books like How Does a Dinosaur Say Good Night? and Buzz!, Great Books for Babies and Toddlers will be more than a cherished guide for parents--it will also be a child's first step in the lifelong adventure of reading.

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Acknowledgments
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Nursery Rhymes Fingerplays and Songs
38
PictureStory Books for the Very Young
70

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À propos de l'auteur (2003)

Kathleen Odean has been a children's librarian for 17 years in schools and public libraries. She was chair of the 2002 Newbery Award Committee and previously served on the Caldecott Award Committee and the American Library Associations's Notable Children's Books Committee. She is also a contributing editor for Book: The Magazine for the Reading Life. Her two other guides to children's books are Great Books for Girls: More than 600 Books to Inspire Today's Girls and Tomorrow's Women and Great Books for Boys: More than 600 Books for Boys 2 to 14.

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