A Family of Readers: The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature

from lovestampmom

After reading Jim Trelease' "The Read Aloud Handbook" and a series of other more inferior books about reading to children with book recommendations, I stopped at getting similar books since I think one inspirational/informative book is enough in this area. However, this book proved me wrong. One ...

from newanddifferent

This was an assigned textbook for Materials for Children in the Spring of 2011. Written by the editors of the Horn Book magazine, it describes different genres of children's literature. Great reference material for writing.

from ashleytylerjohn

A bit disappointing, actually. The essays were disjointed, not especially appealling (one would think with years of articles to draw from, the cream of the crop would have been a bit more exciting), there's no through line or strong authorial voice, I disagreed with quite a few of the gists, and ...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Mostly essays, mostly by ppl a little more educated & arrogant than I am. Hard to think who the audience would be - ppl who already despise Berenstain Bears (like me) already feel confident in their ability to choose & share children's books. Ppl who do like 'books with wheels' won't 'get' most o...

from JLsBibliomania

Finding books to enjoy with your kids is hard. Finding books that they would enjoy reading themselves is harder. I enjoyed the first few chapters and requested several picture books and early readers we missed from the library. I didn't finish, but plan to bring this back in a couple of months to...