Author: Shirley Hughes
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1849415382
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Lily fears she has lost her favorite stuffed toy forever in Hughes's wonderfully reassuring follow-up to "Don't Want to Go!" Full color.
Jellybean Goes to School
Author: Margaret Roc
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446480569
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Jellybean is a little girl longing to learn about the world and make friends. But is she ready to leave Mum behind and start school? At first Jellybean is nervous, but her new teacher brings magic into the classroom. And Jellybean's imagination brings her new surroundings to life in many wild and wonderful ways. An inspiring must-read for all children about to start school or nursery.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446480569
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Jellybean is a little girl longing to learn about the world and make friends. But is she ready to leave Mum behind and start school? At first Jellybean is nervous, but her new teacher brings magic into the classroom. And Jellybean's imagination brings her new surroundings to life in many wild and wonderful ways. An inspiring must-read for all children about to start school or nursery.
Bobbo Goes to School
Author: Shirley Hughes
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1849415382
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Lily throws Bobbo onto the top of the school bus, she has no idea what an adventure he has in store. This drama-packed book is a race to reunite Lily and lost Bobbo, as well as learning all about school...
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1849415382
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Lily throws Bobbo onto the top of the school bus, she has no idea what an adventure he has in store. This drama-packed book is a race to reunite Lily and lost Bobbo, as well as learning all about school...
Reading the World's Stories
Author: Annette Y. Goldsmith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442270861
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Reading the World’s Stories is volume 5 in the Bridges to Understanding series of annotated international youth literature bibliographies sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People. USBBY is the United States chapter of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), a Switzerland-based nonprofit whose mission is bring books and children together. The series promotes sharing international children’s books as a way to facilitate intercultural understanding and meet new literary voices. This volume follows Children’s Books from Other Countries (1998), The World though Children’s Books (2002), Crossing Boundaries with Children’s Books (2006), and Bridges to Understanding: Envisioning the World through Children’s Books (2011) and acts as a companion book to the earlier titles. Centered around the theme of the importance of stories, the guide is a resource for discovering more recent global books that fit many reading tastes and educational needs for readers aged 0-18 years. Essays by storyteller Anne Pellowski, author Beverley Naidoo, and academic Marianne Martens offer a variety of perspectives on international youth literature. This latest installment in the series covers books published from 2010-2014 and includes English-language imports as well as translations of children’s and young adult literature first published outside of the United States. These books are supplemented by a smaller number of culturally appropriate books from the US to help fill in gaps from underrepresented countries. The organization of the guide is geographic by region and country. All of the more than 800 entries are recommended, and many of the books have won awards or achieved other recognition in their home countries. Forty children’s book experts wrote the annotations. The entries are indexed by author, translator, illustrator, title, and subject. Back matter also includes international book awards, important organizations and research collections, and a selected directory of publishers known for publishing books from other countries.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442270861
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Reading the World’s Stories is volume 5 in the Bridges to Understanding series of annotated international youth literature bibliographies sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People. USBBY is the United States chapter of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), a Switzerland-based nonprofit whose mission is bring books and children together. The series promotes sharing international children’s books as a way to facilitate intercultural understanding and meet new literary voices. This volume follows Children’s Books from Other Countries (1998), The World though Children’s Books (2002), Crossing Boundaries with Children’s Books (2006), and Bridges to Understanding: Envisioning the World through Children’s Books (2011) and acts as a companion book to the earlier titles. Centered around the theme of the importance of stories, the guide is a resource for discovering more recent global books that fit many reading tastes and educational needs for readers aged 0-18 years. Essays by storyteller Anne Pellowski, author Beverley Naidoo, and academic Marianne Martens offer a variety of perspectives on international youth literature. This latest installment in the series covers books published from 2010-2014 and includes English-language imports as well as translations of children’s and young adult literature first published outside of the United States. These books are supplemented by a smaller number of culturally appropriate books from the US to help fill in gaps from underrepresented countries. The organization of the guide is geographic by region and country. All of the more than 800 entries are recommended, and many of the books have won awards or achieved other recognition in their home countries. Forty children’s book experts wrote the annotations. The entries are indexed by author, translator, illustrator, title, and subject. Back matter also includes international book awards, important organizations and research collections, and a selected directory of publishers known for publishing books from other countries.
A to Zoo
Author: Rebecca L. Thomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440834350
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1657
Book Description
Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440834350
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1657
Book Description
Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
The Read-Aloud Handbook
Author: Jim Trelease
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101613866
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A New York Times and million copy bestseller, the classic handbook on reading aloud to children—revised and updated Recommended by “Dear Abby”, The New York Times and The Washington Post, for three decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Now this new edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook imparts the benefits, rewards, and importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research, The Read-Aloud Handbook offers proven techniques and strategies—and the reasoning behind them—for helping children discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101613866
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A New York Times and million copy bestseller, the classic handbook on reading aloud to children—revised and updated Recommended by “Dear Abby”, The New York Times and The Washington Post, for three decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Now this new edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook imparts the benefits, rewards, and importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research, The Read-Aloud Handbook offers proven techniques and strategies—and the reasoning behind them—for helping children discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.
Ready, Okay!
Author: Adam Cadre
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060195584
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
A novel about alienated adolescents follows a group of teens in suburban California as they move through a dangerous world inhabited by drugs, violence, and parental abadonment.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060195584
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
A novel about alienated adolescents follows a group of teens in suburban California as they move through a dangerous world inhabited by drugs, violence, and parental abadonment.
Master Weaver from Ghana
Author: Gilbert Bobbo Ahiagble
Publisher: Open Hand Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 094088061X
Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A contemporary male weaver from Ghana explains how his people maintain the tradition of weaving, including an explanation of the strip weaving of Kente cloth and its importance in their Ewe culture.
Publisher: Open Hand Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 094088061X
Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A contemporary male weaver from Ghana explains how his people maintain the tradition of weaving, including an explanation of the strip weaving of Kente cloth and its importance in their Ewe culture.
Bobbo, Where Are You Going?
Author: Roberto Piumini
Publisher: Xist Publishing
ISBN: 1532402724
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Collection of Bobbo Before Bed Stories "It’s Bobbo the Bear. The bear I really love." This collection of Bobbo stories includes "Bobbo and the Shadow," "Bobbo Goes Far," and "Bobbo, Bea and the Squirrels. In "Bobbo and the Shadow," Bobbo the Bear is being followed by something funny. It looks like him and moves just like him, too. It's his shadow! In "Goes Far, " Bobbo's mother needs to go into the forest and leaves Bobbo alone at the cave. Bobbo knows he is not supposed to go past the big tree, but he's so curious! What will happen when Bobbo disobeys his mother? In "Bobbo, Bea and the Squirrels" Bobbo discovers a new little bear in the forest. Her name is Bea and they watch the squirrels have a race. Each Bobbo story features Bobbo the Bear, his friends and his family as he explores the forest and learns more about growing up. Bobbo stories make excellent before bed read-aloud books, with each story lasting about 5 minutes. Originally published in Italian, Bobbo books tell stories that all children can relate to and enjoy. Xist Publishing is proud to present the Bobbo Books to a new generation of children. By bringing beloved stories from diverse cultures to new audiences, Xist Publishing celebrates childhood in all its beautiful forms. We hope your children will enjoy these stories and discover a lifetime love of reading and love for all the people and creatures of the world.
Publisher: Xist Publishing
ISBN: 1532402724
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Collection of Bobbo Before Bed Stories "It’s Bobbo the Bear. The bear I really love." This collection of Bobbo stories includes "Bobbo and the Shadow," "Bobbo Goes Far," and "Bobbo, Bea and the Squirrels. In "Bobbo and the Shadow," Bobbo the Bear is being followed by something funny. It looks like him and moves just like him, too. It's his shadow! In "Goes Far, " Bobbo's mother needs to go into the forest and leaves Bobbo alone at the cave. Bobbo knows he is not supposed to go past the big tree, but he's so curious! What will happen when Bobbo disobeys his mother? In "Bobbo, Bea and the Squirrels" Bobbo discovers a new little bear in the forest. Her name is Bea and they watch the squirrels have a race. Each Bobbo story features Bobbo the Bear, his friends and his family as he explores the forest and learns more about growing up. Bobbo stories make excellent before bed read-aloud books, with each story lasting about 5 minutes. Originally published in Italian, Bobbo books tell stories that all children can relate to and enjoy. Xist Publishing is proud to present the Bobbo Books to a new generation of children. By bringing beloved stories from diverse cultures to new audiences, Xist Publishing celebrates childhood in all its beautiful forms. We hope your children will enjoy these stories and discover a lifetime love of reading and love for all the people and creatures of the world.