In our stores

In Our Store >

Order our Launching Young Readers PBS series

Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.
 

Books as Gifts

2008 Buying Guide


polar bear graphic

Good books last. They are truly the gift that is remembered long after the holiday or celebration is over. In fact, a book that connects with a young reader will grow with them as it is shared countless times.

These books were chosen with just one criterion in mind — good literature that's so engaging that your child, grandchild, niece, nephew, or student will gladly turn off the TV and put away the Gameboy. Give books as gifts and watch kids read. Happy holidays from Reading Rockets!


Books for 8-9 year olds

Independent Dames

You'll find 22 awesome books for second and third graders, such as Chicken Feathers and Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the World.

Books for 6-7 year olds

Animal Poems of the Iguazu/Animalario del Iguazy

You'll find 20 terrific books for first and second graders, such as Art from Her Heart and The Fish Who Cried Wolf.

Books for 4-5 year olds

So Much!

You'll find 18 fabulous books for toddlers and preschoolers, such as Lemon the Duck and Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?.

Books for 0-4 year olds

Hooray for Fish

You'll find 13 fun books for infants, such as Dance with Me and Peekaboo Bedtime

* To view this file, you'll need a copy of Acrobat Reader. Most computers already have it installed, or you can download it now.

Get our newsletters!

Join our Facebook Group Follow us on Twitter Subscribe to our RSS feed Watch our videos on YouTube
Donate to Reading Rockets online

Daily Lit Quiz

What is the instrument played by Lentil?

Harmonica
Euphonium
Accordion

Every day you get an answer right, you'll be entered into our monthly drawing for a $20 gift certificate to Amazon.com!

The Literacy Calendar

Find out what's happening! Read Across America, D.E.A.R., dia de los ninos, and more...

Quotable Quotes

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go."
— Dr. Seuss
Reading Rockets Podcasts