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Children's 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 and school. Also see Reading Together for ideas on how to read aloud with kids and the Books & Authors section for recommended books to buy or borrow.
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Our shows on PBS
Professional development webcasts
- Establishing an Effective Reading Program
- Make Reading Count: Effective Strategies for Teaching Comprehension
- From Babbling To Books
Books & authors
In our LearningStore
- Launching Young Readers: 5-Part Series
- Latino Communities Hardcover Set
- Building the Reading Brain, PreK-3
In our blogs
Sound It Out
- How do you hear about great new kids' books?
- Text sets: One theme, several books
- A book on every bed this holiday
- Giving boys a love of reading
- Picture books in science class
- More...
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Top articles
Basics
- A Quick Guide to Selecting Great Informational Books for Young Children
- In Search of Free Books
- Boys and Books
- Benefits of Audiobooks for All Readers
- Hooking Struggling Readers: Using Books They Can and Want to Read
For parents
For teachers
- Teaching Flexibly with Leveled Texts: More Power for Your Reading Block
- Pre-writing with Dr. Seuss
- What Teachers Need to Know About the "New" Nonfiction
- Finding the Right Book Level: PALS Equivalencies
- In Search of Free Books
Comprehension strategies
Download and print
- Book Swap for Kids
- The Importance of Reading Widely
- Social Skills in Preschool
- A Fresh Look at Your Home Library
- Making Reading Relevant: Read, Learn, and Do! (K-3)
- Big Summer Read Booklist
- Holiday Buying Guides
- More...
FAQs
Research
- What Johnny Likes to Read is Hard to Find in School
- Dimensions of Children's Motivation for Reading and Their Relations to Reading Activity and Reading Achievement
