Choosing Best Books For Children
Priscilla Queen
pqueen@dclibraries.org 303-688-7626
Douglas County Libraries Literacy Department
Adjunct Professor of Children’s Literature, MSCD
Using Child Development and Learning Theories
Every Child Ready To Read – Six Skills To Keep In Mind
1. Print Motivation
2. Print Awareness
3. Letter Knowledge
4. Vocabulary
5. Phonological Awareness
6. Narrative Skills
Highly Recommended Books and Why (available through rorstore.scholastic.com)
Birth to Two-Year-Olds
All About Baby
Animal Babies
Baby 123
Baby Faces
El Libro Rojo – The Red Book
Peek-A-Boo
Snap! Snap! Buzz Buzz
Two and Three-Year-Olds
Eating the Alphabet
Goodnight Moon
Is Your Mama A Llama?
Little Gorilla
Napping House
Read To Your Bunny
Runaway Bunny
Very Hungry Caterpillar
Four and Five-Year-Olds
Are You My Mother?
Bear Went Over The Mountain
Can’t You Sleep Little Bear
Caps For Sale
Feast for 10
Freight Train
I Spy
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Ming Lo Moves The Mountain
Miss Spider’s Tea Party
Sheep In A Jeep
Ten, Nine, Eight