“My Child Needs a Good Book to Read”

Books and Online Resources to Help Parents Guide Their Children to Books

Books:

• A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children’s Picture Books (011.62 LIMA) (some copies are Reference)
• Best Books for Children: Preschool Through Grade 6 (011.62 BEST) (some copies are Reference)
• Best Books for Young Teen Readers, Grades 7 to 10 (011.625 BEST) (Reference copies only)
• Books to Read Aloud With Children of All Ages (011.62 BOOKS) (Reference copies only)
• Children and Books (809.8928 SUTHERLAND)
• Choosing Books for Children: A Commonsense Guide (011.62 HEARNE)
• Great Books About Things Kids Love: More than 750 Recommended Books for Children 3 to 14 (011.62 ODEAN)
• Great Books for Boys: More than 600 Books for Boys 2 to 14 (028.1624 ODEAN)
• Great Books for Girls: More than 600 Books to Inspire Today’s Girls and Tomorrow’s Women (028.1 ODEAN)
• Home Remedies: Reading Lists and Curriculum Aids to Promote Your Child’s Educational Well-Being (291.175 DALFONZO) (Reference copies only)
• The Magic Bookshelf: A Parent’s Guide to Showing Growing Minds the Path to the Best Children’s Literature (372.4 JARVIS)
• 100 Books for Girls to Grow On (813.508 DODSON)
• Valerie and Walter’s Best Books for Children: A Lively, Opinionated Guide (011.62 LEWIS)
• What Do Children Read Next?: A Readers Guide to Fiction for Children (011.62 COLBORN) (Reference copies only)
• What Do Young Adults Read Next?: A Readers Guide to Fiction for Young Adults (011.625 SPENCER) (Reference copies only)
• What Stories Does My Son Need?: A Guide to Books and Movies That Build Character in Boys (028.1 GURIAN)
• The World’s Best Thin Books: What to Read When Your Book Report is Due Tomorrow (028.1662 BODART)

Online Resources:

• Best Children’s Books of the Year (Children’s Literature Web Guide) www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/bestbooks.html
• Booklists from the Youth Library (Tempe, Arizona, Public Library) www.tempe.gov/library/youth/kidsbib.htm
• Good Reader Bibliography (Hickory, North Carolina, Public Library) www.ci.hickory.nc.us/library/bibs/bestbook.htm
• 100 Best Books for Children (TeachersFirst.com) www.teachersfirst.com/100books.htm
• 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know (New York Public Library “On-Lion” for Kids) www.nypl.org/branch/kids/gloria.html
• What Do I Read Next?  (Gale Group database available on GCPL computer menu)

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