Best Children’s Books about Libraries & Reading

All four of the enormously popular Thomas board books are here: Go, Train, Go! In the early 1940s, a loving father crafted a small, blue, wooden engine for his son, Christopher.

With simple rhyming text and durable pages that take little ones through morning, playtime, and bedtime, these board books are just right for reading aloud again and again! Her passion for creating extended to home and garden and she lovingly restored an 18th century farmhouse in southern Vermont.

Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. * "A perfect melding of beautiful art with soulful, imaginative writing, this lovely story, penned by Colebourn's great-great granddaughter, is ideal for sharing aloud or poring over individually. * "The book strikes a lovely, understated tone of wonder and family pride...[Sophie Blackall] proves that she's equally imaginative at chronicling straight-on reality too." "[An] inspiring text...Blackall's breathtaking watercolor illustrations demand to be examined up close, and Winnie's face is as expressive as the humans'.

Your little one will soon learn some essential first words and pictures with this bright board book. Roger lives in London and has three children, who have been the inspiration behind many of his best publishing ideas.

In a starred review, Booklist notes, “Seuss’s message is simple but never sappy: life may be a ‘Great Balancing Act,’ but through it all ‘There’s fun to be done.’” A perennial favorite and a perfect gift for anyone starting a new phase in their life! Kindergartners, graduate students, newlyweds, newly employeds--all will glean shiny pearls of wisdom about the big, bountiful future. Dr. Seuss, with his inimitable illustrations and exhilarating rhymes, is convinced ("98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed") that success is imminent.

Eventually she finds the surprising answer... « Je suis petite, moi ? » Perplexe, Tamia se met en route à travers un monde fabuleux et coloré pour aller poser sa question. Émerveillée, elle y croise des collectionneurs d’arcs-en-ciel et des attrape-cœurs avant de finir par trouver une réponse étonnante... My son spent a lot of time just studying every colorful page. Tags: Bilingual Children's Books, Bilingual Books, Emergent Bilingual, Bilingual Education, Foreign Language Learning, ESL, English as a Second Language, ESL for Children, ESL for Kids, ESL Teaching Materials, EFL, English as a Foreign Language, EFL Books, EFL for Children, ELL, English Language Learner, EAL, English as an Additional Language, Children's Picture Book, Dual Language, Foreign Language Study, ESOL, English for Speakers of Other Languages. "for children who enjoy lingering over pages full of magical creatures and whimsical details [...] told in simple and engaging words and imaginative pictures." " readers will emerge from this book feeling slightly more confident about themselves--whatever their size."

Adapted from Bill O'Reilly's best-selling historical thriller Killing Kennedy , with an unforgettable cast of characters, page-turning action, and art on every spread, Kennedy's Last Days is history that reads like a thriller. O'Reilly discusses both men's personal lives but omits details of Kennedy's sexual escapades and Oswald's marriage found in the adult version. (Candlewick, 1997) offer similar, detailed accounts of the assassination, but readers will find O'Reilly's readable style and juxtaposition of Kennedy's and Oswald's lives to be appealing.

Jam-packed with hundreds of curriculum-based activities, exercises and games in every subject, Brain Quest Workbook: Grade 1 reinforces what kids are learning in the classroom. Lisa Trumbauer has written early-learner books for Scholastic's Jump Start series and published numerous other activity books, picture books, and novels for middle-school readers, including the New York Times bestseller A Practical Guide to Dragons .

Lively and information-packed, this book is literally busting its covers with fascinating, fun-tastic facts on super, sensational topics that kids love. "Filled with photographs, this beautifully designed book is organized into two-page spreads that each focus on a different topic, making it easy and fun to read."

With more titles available including Animals , Things That Go , and Colors & Shapes , My First Touch & Feel Picture Cards often are recommended by speech language pathologists for building receptive and expressive language skills in children with speech delays.

With this adorable board book of essential signs, babies and toddlers can easily learn how to communicate their needs, wants, and feelings and even make basic observations with a simple gesture. Joy Allen lives in Cameron Park, California.

Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—in the first picture book about her life—as she proves that disagreeing does not make you disagreeable! This picture book biography of Justice Ginsburg traces her achievements in the field of law back to her girlhood years, emphasizing for readers the importance of dissent in the face of an unequal society.

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh answers heartfelt, difficult, and funny questions from children of all ages. ", each page presents a question with a short answer from Thich Nhat Hanh, appropriate for beginning readers to work with on their own. There are both spiritual questions and really nitty gritty daily life questions, from ‘Why does the world exist?’ and ‘Why is my brother always so nasty to me?’ to ‘What is meditation and why do people do it?’ and ‘Why do I feel sometimes that everyone is against me’ What a gift Thay’s answers are! is a delightful book filled with answers to questions, some more philosophical than others, that every child wonders.

Jack Canfield, cocreator of the famed Chicken Soup for the Soul series, has teamed up with successful author and young entrepreneur Kent Healy to design a fun and engaging book that offers the timeless information and inspiration to help you get to where you want to be. The Success Principles for Teens is your road map whether your goal is to become a better student or athlete, start a business, make millions of dollars, or simply find guidance and direction. ― Jim Rohn. Self-made millionaire, success coach, and philosopher. The shocking myth that we are simply entitled to a great life. Well, many of us today believe that somehow, somewhere, someone (certainly not us) is responsible for filling our lives with continual happiness, exciting career options, entertainment, money, amazing friendships, and relation­ships because . If you want to be successful, retire early, gain the respect of others, and just have more fun, then you need to take 100% responsibility for everything that you do and experience in life. This includes the level of your achievements, the quality of your relationships, your emotions, the results you produce in and out of school, and the state of your health―yes, everything! We blame our parents, teachers, friends, MTV, the weather, or even the star-sign forecasts! Sure, we will all experience our own unique challenges that happen out of our control, but taking responsibility means that we don't dwell on the problem, ignore it, complain about it, or blame someone or something else for what we're experiencing. Instead, it means that we take control of our thoughts and our actions, and do whatever we can to improve the situation. Sure, life's challenges come in all shapes and sizes, but there is always something that we can do differently to change what we are currently experiencing. Whether someone is super-successful or struggling to survive, the quality of their life depends on their thoughts, actions, and beliefs. Nathan, 18 (Indianapolis, IN): I didn't meet Jack Canfield under the best circumstances, but looking back, I'm glad we crossed paths. I told him (in a loud voice) that I had just been suspended from the baseball team and that this wasn't fair. Jack then turned to my principal who was now watching our conversation and asked, 'What's the rule here? How many times do you have to be late without a legitimate reason before you get suspended from an athletic team?'. Jack turned back to the principal and said, 'So this is where the school participated in creating this situation. I looked Jack straight in the eyes and said, 'Nothing's more important than playing baseball. He continued, 'You made something else more important than getting to school on time so you could play baseball. We talked for a little longer, and then Jack convinced my principal to give me one more shot now that I was more aware the situation and was accepting full responsibility. But, we all agreed, if I was late one more time, I would be suspended with no rights to complain or fight about it. First, I had to put my clock on the other side of the room so I would have to get out of bed to turn it off. And, second, if I wasn't up by a certain time, I had to pay my mom a dollar to pour ice water on me. The rest of my baseball season went well―even my coach commented on my change of attitude. It's a good feeling to know that I was able to take control and make it happen. The young woman offers to help him search for the key. An hour later, the woman says in a confused tone, 'We've looked everywhere for it, and we haven't found it. This is a great example of how we look outside of ourselves for the solution to our problems because it's easier than searching for the real cause, which is inside us. We are the source of our problems, and we need to face that fact because until we do, we can't change anything. We need to look life straight in the eyes and face the facts―no matter how uncomfortable it may be. You might be happy with the way things are in your life―and that's fantastic―but every successful person knows there is always room for improvement. The very first step to achieving major success and enjoying the things that are most important to you is to take 100% responsibility for your life. Ninety-nine percent of all failures. come from people who have a habit of making excuses. ―George Washington Carver. American agricultural researcher and educator. Like opposite forces of a magnet, success and excuses just refuse to work together. Think about it: Every excuse is like pushing the ejection button on an airplane. In that instant you're heading in a completely new direction, leaving the opportunity for success behind. Excuses allow us to give up mentally and justify why something can't be done or why we're not good enough―and once that happens . A few years ago, my brother and I learned this lesson the hard way while we were writing our first book. When we started the project, we were in school, playing sports, working, and trying to write the book as well. The truth was, we really were tired, and we were short on time, but believing that we couldn't do anything to change the circumstances meant we weren't really taking full responsibility. Taking 100% responsibility means that we are committed to finding a solution to the challenges we face. Here's what we learned: No matter how truthful your excuses are, people don't want to hear them. Believing that we have the power to make things better and produce the results we really want. All that matters is that from this point forward we choose―that's right, it's a choice―to act as if we are 100% responsible for everything that does or doesn't happen to us. Taking responsibility means that you don't blame other people or things outside of yourself. My intentions were good, but achieving all of this was a much bigger commitment than I thought. When I didn't get the grade I hoped for or I didn't make a good serve on the volleyball court, I immediately looked for things that other people weren't doing right. I noticed that the reason I never achieved my goals was because I was letting the world walk all over me. TIP: Instead of pointing the finger at other people, use it to identify a new solution. Here's the raw truth: The circumstances we do complain about are, in actuality, situations that we have the power to change―but have chosen not to. We can always study more, eat healthier, change classes, work out harder, practice longer, choose better friends, and feed our minds different information. Now, you might be thinking, 'Well, Kent and Jack, if it's that simple, then why don't more people have what they really want?'. The answer is that these actions require change, and they also involve risk. By taking responsibility and changing things, we run the risk of failure, confrontation, or being wrong―and these fears hold a lot of us back. So, to avoid any of those uncomfortable feelings and experiences, it's easier to stay put, blame others, and just complain about it. However, every successful person we've had the opportunity to meet believed that we all have two choices in life: Most people dance around the truth and deny that they are the reason for the quality of their life. Einstein once said that insanity was 'doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.'. The basic idea is this: Every outcome we experience in life (whether it's success or failure, health or illness, happiness or frustration) is the result of how we have responded to an earlier event (or events) in our lives. If you don't like the outcomes you are currently getting, there are two choices you can make: 1) You can blame the event (E) for your lack of results (O). In other words, you can blame your parents, your teachers, your friends, your teammates, your childhood, the weather, racism, your lack of support, and so on. Oprah Winfrey wouldn't have had the country's top daily talk show, Bill Gates would never have founded Microsoft. We think limiting thoughts, defend our self-destructive behavior, ignore useful feedback, waste time on gossip­ing, eat unhealthy food, fail to exercise, spend more money than we make, don't plan for the future, avoid risk, and fail to tell the truth―and then wonder why our lives don't work. 2) You can instead simply change your responses (R) to the events (E)―the way things are―until you get the outcomes (O) you want. It's not some­thing that happens over­night, but catching ourselves in the middle of a negative thought and changing our behavior just a couple of times each day can make all the difference. The principal announced over the intercom, 'Today, during first period, the junior class will be taking a surprise examination. As I made my way to the gym and waited in line, I could hear students complaining and see them bickering with each other. Then I noticed a different group of three or four people who appeared to be unaffected by this surprise exam. I remember thinking to myself, 'Hmmm, if the test was really the determining factor to the way people felt, then everyone should be upset.'. It was each individual's response (R) to the exam that gave each person his or her own unique outcome (O). It was a combination of attitude and behavior that created their completely different experiences. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the written permission of the publisher. Publisher: Health Communications, Inc., 3201 SW 15th Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442.

LEGO Chain Reactions is packed full of ideas, instructions, and inspiration for 10 LEGO machines that spin, swing, pivot, roll, lift, and drop. Our team of experts worked with educators and 11-year-olds to invent the machines, then wrote a book that teaches the skills (and some of the physics behind the fun) kids need to create their own amazing chain reaction machines. Includes a 80 page instructional book with Klutz certified crystal-clear instructions.

With each of six spreads featuring one spectacular, large pop-up as well as booklets of smaller pop-ups and text, ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA: DINOSAURS is a magnificent display of paper engineering and creativity — an astonishing book that will be read, admired, and treasured forever.