Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3 : A Read-Aloud Guide

by Freeman, Judy

• ISBN13: 9781591581642
• ISBN10: 1591581648
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-30
• Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc

Summary

Based on her extensive experience as a school librarian and storyteller, the author features 2,000 carefully selected titles that will keep children in grades K-6 enthralled. All published within the last 10 years, these range from picture books, fiction, folklore, and poetry to biography and nonfiction. Each annotated entry provides a brief plot summary, related titles, and subject designations. In addition, there are curriculum tie-ins and suggested activities including drama, crafts, research, and problem solving. The book starts with all-new chapters offering entertaining and informative tips on effective reading aloud, storytelling, and classroom and library activities. There is also a bibliography of professional books. Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3: A Read-Aloud Guide is the latest all-new volume in the Books Kids Will Sit Still For series, which includes Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide, Second Edition and More Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide. The three books together constitute a tour of the best of children's literature and how to use it, with a total of more than 5,000 invaluable annotations of exemplary children's books.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
About Children's Books and Ways to Use Them
One Librarian to Another	p. 3
Seventeen Things You Need to Know to Be a Great School Librarian	p. 5
The Bluebery Medal	p. 17
The Newbery Committee	p. 18
A Look Back at Past Newbery Medal Winners	p. 20
A Dozen Caldecott Medal Favorites	p. 21
A Dozen Newbery Medal Books That Children Still Read and Love	p. 23
Newbery Criteria	p. 24
Things to Consider When Reading and Discussing Books	p. 25
Twenty Basic Questions to Ask Yourself When Evaluating a New Book	p. 25
Books That Bomb	p. 26
The 2000 Newbery Winners	p. 26
On Reading Aloud and Reading Alone	p. 31
The World's Best Readers	p. 33
Thank You, J. K. Rowling	p. 34
Library Lils, Unite	p. 36
Beating a Book to Death	p. 37
Key Books	p. 39
"Unsuitable" Books	p. 40
A Few Facts and Studies About Books and Reading	p. 41
Why Read Alone or Aloud?	p. 42
Ten Reasons to Befriend a Great Book	p. 44
Books Across the Curriculum	p. 55
History of Books Lesson	p. 55
Care of Books Lesson	p. 56
Seeding the Tables	p. 57
Put Yourself in Another Reader's Shoes	p. 57
Counting the Minutes	p. 58
My Kindergarten	p. 58
Book Activities and Quizzes	p. 59
A List of Memorable Authors and Illustrators	p. 65
Freeman's Favorites	p. 67
Reading and Writing Ideas in Language Arts	p. 69
Styles of Writing	p. 77
Comprehension Skills	p. 80
Digging Through Nonfiction with Dewey	p. 84
Investigating Biographies	p. 90
Science Across the Curriculum	p. 96
Celebrating Poetry	p. 97
Books Gym Teachers Will Sit Still For	p. 100
Doing Art	p. 101
Performance Art: Storytelling, Creative Drama, and Reader's Theater	p. 103
Storytelling	p. 103
Creative Drama and Reader's Theater	p. 116
Creative Drama Across the Curriculum	p. 124
The Annotated Read-Aloud Lists
What's in the Booklists	p. 131
Easy Fiction/Picture Books	p. 135
Fiction	p. 439
Folk & Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends	p. 529
Poetry, Nonsense, and Language-Oriented Nonfiction	p. 585
Biography	p. 633
Nonfiction	p. 685
Bibliography and Indexes
Professional Bibliography	p. 733
Author/Illustrator Index	p. 749
Title Index	p. 773
Subject Index	p. 791
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