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Baseball and Books: 13 Raising a Reader: My Favorite Books You are your child’s first and most loved teacher There are 1,000s of terric picture books, and your child is sure to have favorites that aren’t in this brochure. Look for other books by Children need to see and hear hundreds of books before they are authors your child likes, such as Jan Brett, Eric Carle, Dr. Seuss, ready to learn how to read. Families that read with their child just Paul Galdone, Robert Munsch, Jane Yolen, and many others. 20 minutes a day are building essential pre-reading and learning skills, plus strong and loving relationships. Make your own list here! These recommended read-aloud books will entertain, teach, and inspire your child’s imagination. They will connect your child with 1. for Reading outstanding authors and illustrators. But this list is only the 2. beginning. At the library check-out one recommended book, and then choose others that interest your child. At home, reread favorite 3. 101 Wonderful Books books together often. Aim to read three picture 4. books most days. 5. Every Child Should Hear Have fun reading together! Snuggle with 6. your child and books for 20 minutes Before Kindergarten 7. every day. You are giving your child a valuable, lasting advantage: A strong 8. reading foundation that supports a ® 9. lifetime of learning and reading enjoyment. The 10. Children’s 11. Reading Foundation 12. Baseball and Books: 13. Parents Make the Difference 14. Imagine a kid who practices batting and pitching a ball to his dad 15. an hour every day all summer, from the time the child is three until he is 8. [May, June, July, August = 120 hours a year for 5 years.] 16. 17. Imagine a second kid – no practice, no training, has never slipped his hand in a baseball glove, has never run the bases, has never 18. swung a bat, has never seen a full game played. 19. 20. Imagine that they turn out the same day for Little League tryouts. The skill level between Teddy Bears Set Sail these two young ball players is like the skill level in reading readiness of our incoming Read with your child kindergartners. ® 20 minutes every day The 90% Reading Goal by Lynn Fielding, Visit www.ReadingFoundation.org for Nancy Kerr, Paul Rosier (1998) page 49. more reading tips and titles. Titles recommended by ® ofcers and directors of Written by Nancy N. Kerr The Children’s Reading Foundation. © 2015 The Children’s Reading Foundation. All rights reserved. Research based - Parent approved www.readingfoundation.org Research based - Parent approved www.readingfoundation.org The Children’s Reading Foundation. © 2015 The Children’s Reading Foundation. All rights reserved. ofcers and directors of Written by Nancy N. Kerr Titles recommended by ® more reading tips and titles. Nancy Kerr, Paul Rosier (1998) page 49. Visit www.ReadingFoundation.org for The 90% Reading Goal by Lynn Fielding, 20 minutes every day ® kindergartners. level in reading readiness of our incoming Read with your child these two young ball players is like the skill Teddy Bears Set Sail Little League tryouts. The skill level between Imagine that they turn out the same day for 20. 19. swung a bat, has never seen a full game played. his hand in a baseball glove, has never run the bases, has never 18. Imagine a second kid – no practice, no training, has never slipped 17. he is 8. [May, June, July, August = 120 hours a year for 5 years.] 16. an hour every day all summer, from the time the child is three until 15. Imagine a kid who practices batting and pitching a ball to his dad 14. Parents Make the Difference 13. Baseball and Books: 12. Foundation Reading 11. Children’s The enjoyment. 10. lifetime of learning and reading ® 9. reading foundation that supports a A strong 8. valuable, lasting advantage: every day. You are giving your child a 7. your child and books for 20 minutes Before Kindergarten 6. Have fun reading together! Snuggle with 5. Every Child Should Hear books most days. 4. books together often. Aim to read three picture 101 Wonderful Books then choose others that interest your child. At home, reread favorite 3. beginning. At the library check-out one recommended book, and 2. outstanding authors and illustrators. But this list is only the inspire your child’s imagination. They will connect your child with for Reading 1. These recommended read-aloud books will entertain, teach, and Make your own list here! skills, plus strong and loving relationships. 20 minutes a day are building essential pre-reading and learning Paul Galdone, Robert Munsch, Jane Yolen, and many others. ready to learn how to read. Families that read with their child just authors your child likes, such as Jan Brett, Eric Carle, Dr. Seuss, Children need to see and hear hundreds of books before they are have favorites that aren’t in this brochure. Look for other books by You are your child’s first and most loved teacher There are 1,000s of terric picture books, and your child is sure to My Favorite Books Raising a Reader: 31. Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings by Matthew Van Fleet 71. Rain, Rain, Rain Forest by Brenda Z. Guiberson My Reading Record: 32. Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann 72. Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky Child’s Name 33. Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown 73. Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins Display this chart at home where you and your child share books. When 34. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Tom Lichtenheld 74. Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner you nish a book, draw a star, happy face or place a sticker next to the title. 35. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 75. So Much by Trish Cooke Talk about what happened in the story, and mention the main idea, such 36. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney 76. Sort It Out by Barbara Mariconda as, “We counted 10 ladybugs.” Or “The Little Engine never gave up trying.” 37. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson 77. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon Did your child like this picture book? Why or why not? These conversations 38. Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion 78. Swirl by Swirl by Joyce Sidman help your child grow up to be a condent reader and thinker. 39. He Came with the Couch by David Slonim 79. Swimmy by by Leo Lionni 1. Abuela by Arthur Dorros 40. How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan 80. Taxi, Taxi by Cari Best 2. Alphabet Rescue by Audrey Wood 41. How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen 81. Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth 3. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, 42. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff 82. Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst 43. Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers 83. The Big Trip by Valeri Gorbachev 4. All By Myself by Mercer Mayer 44. Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino 84. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss 5. Are You My Mother? by Phillip D. Eastman 45. It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw 85. The Gruffalo by Julia Donalson 6. Arthur by Marc Brown 46. Jamaica and Brianna by Juanita Havill 86. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn 7. Bark, George by Jules Feiffer 47. Jamberry by Bruce Degen 87. The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper 8. Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss 48. Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan 88. The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone 9. Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. 49. L M N O Peas by Keith Baker 89. The Mitten by Jan Brett 10. But Not the Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton 50. Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus 90. The Napping House by Audrey Wood 11. Can You Moo? by David Wojtowycz 51. Letters and Sounds by Rosemary Wells 91. The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews 12. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina 52. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes 92. The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pster 13. Cars and Trucks and Things that Go by Richard Scarry 53. Little Mama Forgets by Robin Cruise 93. The Random House Book of Mother Goose by Arnold Lobel 14. Chewy Louie by Howie Schneider 54. Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch 94. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 15. Chica, Chica, Boom, Boom by Bill Martin 55. Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Waber 95. The Wide Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner 16. Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell 56. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans 96. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen 17. Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert 57. Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh 97. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 18. Corduroy by Don Freeman 58. Max’s Dragon Shirt by Rosemary Wells 98. Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill I love to 19. Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for Bed? by Barney Saltzberg 59. May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers 99. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox READ! 20. Curious George by H. A. Rey 60. Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate 100. Wolf! by Becky Bloom 21. Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff 61. Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham 101. Yoko Learns to Read by Rosemary Wells 22.
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