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All About Choosing and Using Kids Books

Delight, educate, and inspire the kids you care about with children's books! Below are links to articles on how to choose and use children's books at home or school. Click below for articles and web sites on:

Audio books

Authors and illustrators

Choosing books

Creating a library

Creating an A+++ Classroom Library (Scholastic.com)
Build and Use a Classroom Library (Teachers' Mentor)
Creating a Home Library for Your Family on a Limited Budget (SuperPages.com)

Determining a child's reading level

What Can Harry Potter Teach Us About Children and Reading?
Fry's Readability Graph (DiscoverySchool.com)

Free and low-cost books

In Search of Free Books
First Book National Book Bank (First Book)
Reading Is Fundamental National Book Program (RIF)

Poetry and kids

Reading aloud

Reading incentive programs

Pizza Hut Book It Program (Book It)
Book Adventure (Sylvan)

Study of children's literature

Children's Literature Web Guide (CLWG)
Children's Literature Association (ChLA)
The Golden Age of Children's Literature (PBS)

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