Jan
13
Emerging readers pass through a period of development where their comprehension ability is far ahead of their reading ability. These are the years when parents are encouraged to read to their child. So you may ask, “If I am reading to my child why buy audio books?”
The benefits of audio books enhance your child’s reading abilities and do not take away from the bonds created by the parent and child reading together.
Among the many benefits of audio books for children are:
* Improved listening skills. You child will listen as the story is read. Most devices employ headphones which block out distractions. This allows your child to concentrate on and enjoy the book without interruption.
* Increased comprehension and vocabulary. Audio books are read by professional readers, actors, and authors. They are able to give meaning to the words of the story using their voices. This will help children learn to pronounce new words and understand words in context.
* Improved imagination. Children will create images in their mind to go along with the story. The images will aid the child’s memorization skills and help them understand the concept of active reading.
* Motivation. Children will be motivated to read more after exposure to audio digital books. We have all seen children rush to buy books that accompany the latest movie. Audio books have the same effect. They will want to continue reading their favorite stories and more work by their favorite author.
* Create an independent reader. The goal of reading instruction is to create independent readers. The main benefit of audio books is that they play are large part in this process. Some recordings have book that follow along with the narrator allowing to the child to read with the audio book. Children will learn new vocabulary, voice inflection, and how to read through punctuation.
* Audio books can be enjoyed by the whole family. Recorded books do not have to be used solely in the classroom or home. Take them on the road. Audio books are great to listen to while traveling. You can also help your child make her own audio digital books. Let her read a book into a recorder. This is fun and encourages independence.
You will find these and many more benefits when using audio digital books for children. The technology is available, the recordings are assessable, and the children are ready to learn. Put the gift of audio books with in their reach.
By: Steve Hill
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Prenatal Vitamins
Jan
13
Quality, in story books are just as important to kids as they are to adults. Kids books for children need specific elements to make them, pull from the book shelf; favorites. Hidden within every book cover, there must be three main elements to make it a kid classic. Knowing how to choose the best story books for your children is as simple as knowing these three key elements.
Illustrations
Creative, colorful, well rendered illustrations are a must to fuel and expand the visual imagination of any child. Story books full of vividly colored pictures will develop images for further social and private play time fun and imaginary adventures.
Lively pictures will captivate for hours and hours. Each page will be studied carefully while the story is relived in the child’s mind, many times over.
Well rendered pictures will also reinforce learning through word picture association by a child repeating the familiar sounds related to simple picture/word labels.
Story Line
A story line that develops curiosity, imagination or suspense will keep your child reading the same story book many times over. Whether it’s snuggling into your lap for out loud reading or bed time quiet time, you’ll know you have found the perfect story when it’s requested over and over again.. These books will remain in a child’s mind far into their adult years, as they think back fondly on their favorites to introduce to their children.
Rhyming in a story book also holds a special fascination for children. The silly sing song rhyming of Doctor Seuss books or the cute little poems of Mother Goose have made these story books timeless classics. Why? Not only are rhyming books simply “fun” they help a child to begin learning patterns of speech. As their little minds hear simple repetitious patterns of sounds they begin to understand how those singing sounds, make words.
Rhyming, or simple songs that are included in kids books will also pull the young reader into participating in the reading process. Older children will love to sing along, while the learning first words readers will mimic those familiar sounds as their language skills develop.
Character or Theme
Story books that contain one simple strong character or theme will teach values, develops self esteem, reinforces learning or expands future dreams, however, there must be a balance between the theme or character and the presentation itself. Kids books that contain these elements but are preachy, wordy, or have little to do with a young readers life experience, will be a waste of time and money.
Personalized Books
To add additional reading value, nothing says “You’re special” more than well written, delightfully illustrated personalized story books for children. You’ll see a shimmer in a child’s eye when reading a personalized book that is filled with swash buckling adventures of pirate ships and buried treasure or mystical far away lands of glistening fairies and special friends.
Personalized story books make great gifts for kids by pulling in a child’s imagination by instantly drawing them into the story through the melding and weaving of their name into the plot or theme. Personal stories combined with the elements of quality illustrations, strong themes and interesting plots are lovely gifts to encourage and inspire young readers.
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Prenatal Vitamins
Jan
11
Albert Einstein said it best when he stated that “Example isn’t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.” And let’s face it, young people today learn from many influential people- the most important being their parents, but also teachers, friends and even athletes and celebrities. So when we teach kids about the importance of reducing, reusing, and recycling, they should be seeing and hearing it straight from the horse’s mouth!
Recycle This Book: 100 Top Children’s Book Authors Tell You How to Go Green is a collection of essays from renowned children’s books authors. As the title indicates, 100 authors come together to compile simple tips for families to use to help save the planet and have fun while doing it. Some of the authors include Ann Brashares, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Bruce Coville, Daniel Pinkwater, Jack Prelutsky, Jane Yolen, Eve Bunting, Laurie Halse Anderson, Jon Scieszka, and Rick Riordan.
Did you know Gail Gibbons heats her Vermont home with solar panels? And Anne Brashares, author of “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,” doesn’t own a car! There are so many gems in this book which make it a great tool to teach young readers how they can help make the Earth a greener place. I think it’s wonderful that young readers can learn from their favorite authors.
For example:
Gennifer Choldenko, author of “Al Capone Does My Shirts,” suggests buying reusable water bottles, putting each person’s name on them and filling them with water from the tap.
Jane Yolen suggests eating leftovers for breakfast: don’t throw food away.
Joseph Bruchac (”Buffalo Song”) suggests to reuse and recycle paper and envelopes.
What I like about this book is that you’ll find ideas you might not have thought of before or you’ll realize that great minds think alike! Either way, it gives you the chance to peek into the lives of people that bring you your favorite stories, and the ultimate result is making a positive impact on Mother Earth.
Additional Information:
Edited by: Dan Gutman
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Yearling (March 24, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0385737211
ISBN-13: 978-0385737210
By: Lori Calabrese
About the Author:
Lori Calabrese is a freelance writer who specializes in parenting and
children in both her personal and professional life. Lori’s publishing credits include Boys’ Life, Odyssey, Appleseeds, Focus on the Family Clubhouse Jr., Stories for
Children Magazine, and The Institute of
Children’s Literature’s Rx for Writers. Lori is a graduate of The Institute of
Children’s Literature and a member of The Society of
Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
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Baby Showers
Jan
11
Green children’s books – an increasing number of parents are searching for them nowadays. The growing awareness of the need for an ecologically sustainable planet to bequeath to our children has fortunately permeated through to the mainstream.
Once upon a time, only a minority were urging a halt to the ever growing destruction of our natural habits.
Those of us actively involving in writing books which promoted a world view of living in harmony with the Earth were regarded as cranks.
I can vividly remember the scorn which certain people poured on me when I first started writing books for children out of my own world view of the need to live in harmony with Nature, not to rape and pillage her. (You’ll never change anything. Why bother? Only politicians have power) Even those who I thought were on the same wavelength looked upon me as someone who wrote for children because I didn’t have the brains to write for adults. (Very nice, Cara. But when are you going to write a serious book?) Yes, someone really did say that when I published my first novel for 8-12s, The Boy From the Hills, back in the 80s.
Outwardly I smiled. Inwardly, I screamed, “Why can’t you see? Children’s books are the most powerful means on the planet for change? Get across the need to care for the Earth to children whose minds are fresh and unsullied, encourage them in their natural desire to take care of their world and all its the life forms and when they grow up to be the custodians of the planet, we would see a real change from all the greed and wanton destruction.”
Yes, it was an isolating position to be in, a lone writer and even worse, self-published back in those days. I was up against big business and the money-making ethos of the Thatcher days.
Fortunately – or perhaps, unfortunately as it is only because the threat from climate change and environmental catastrophe has reached a critical point – more people now share my vision and sense of urgency.
I have just republished my shorter works of fiction which feature children who take action against corporate greed to save their own landscapes as Talking Books on CD and now no one thinks I’m insane. (Well, actually, now it’s only me who questions my sanity as when the printer screws up and my shoulders are racked with tension from hours at the computer, I wonder why the hell I do this as it is certainly not for the money! I actually lose money as in the time it all takes, I make my living teaching English as a Foreign Lanaguge, itself the most badly paid profession in the UK.)
So if you too have the vision to see that our children are the future – the one and only true hope for the survival of this beautiful planet – please see that the books they read are ones that do not preach, but rather seek to empower kids to save our world from a world view of harmony and caring for the Earth.
By: Cara Louise
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New Age Music
Jan
4
Kids Books are a chief medium for imparting knowledge to kids. These books are a window to their perfect understanding of different topics. These Kids books are specially designed to offer information and knowledge to children in a very amusing way. In today’s world, kids books are available in the virtual market and one may not have to go to book market for buying the books. Entire volumes of kid books can be read by just logging onto the internet.
Kid books include different methodologies to enhance joy of reading among children. These books are really helpful in developing reading habits among children. Some of these books are award winning. The essential element about these books is that they involve fun activity to impart knowledge in a wise manner. These books are available on the internet. There are several links available that give detailed information about kid books. Such links are easily available on searching the net.
Kid books take children to a fascinating world of stories and fairy tales. This is the reason why children get to learn from them while simultaneously enjoying the entertainment. The books feature interesting tales, accompanied with illustrations of pictures and videos. Children find them a very interesting read. Children belonging to any age group get mesmerised on reading the narration of these books.
In libraries too one can always find a kids corner that is basically a collection of the best children books, DVDs and cassettes. A person can buy the latest arrival of books and present them to his children. Children who read these books become less troublesome as most of their time is spent on reading the fascinating stories in these books. Their parents can do their job well without facing any disturbances from the kid’s side. The storyline remains very simple in these books. So, it is actually very easy to write a kid’s book. Anyone can become a writer simply by writing some enticing stories for kids. These Kids Books are not very costly and the readers can buy them at reasonably low cost price.
By: Adam Jaylin
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Prenatal Vitamins
Jan
4
If you’re a parent, then you will know how hard it is to find the best things for your children. Everyone has an opinion on what that best thing is, whether they think you should give them structure or let them work it out for themselves, if you should force them to eat their vegetables or be happy that they’re eating anything, when you should toilet train them, when they should go to school, if you should give them everything that they want or explain to them why they cannot have it.
But one thing every child care person agrees upon is reading to your child. There are many positives to reading to your child, more that can be listed here. You will want to read to your child and give them the best leg up in life, but how do you do this when books nowadays are so expensive?
Yes, even children’s books are taking a hit at the checkout, and book sellers are just increasing the price. Another option, though, is to beat them at their own game, and go where there are used books for sale. Used book stores often have a wide variety of children’s books for sale. When children grow out of a book, their parents will give them to these stores so other children will know the same joy that their children did.
Used books for sale doesn’t mean that they’re bad books, or that they’re broken or ripped, it means pre-loved, and pre-read, and it also means a great bargain for you. You can find some of these books for new at ‘normal’ book stores, and they will be double, sometimes triple the cost of the same book second hand.
Second hand children’s books also means that you can get the books that are out of print now, so your child can read the same books that you did growing up.
By: Michael D Jacob
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Birthday Party Ideas
Dec
30
Children’s books are a wonderful source of fun and enjoyment. There are books galore for children of all ages. Books today are designed in such a way that they are more reader-friendly and very attractive. These books are designed for both the children and their parents to enjoy them together.
These wonderfully designed children’s books are illustrated and written in such a manner that it takes them into the magical world of stories and tales. Adults, who are enjoying them together with their children, should encourage them to read these books aloud. This will make the children become more fluent in reading books. In addition, it will identify words and areas where they need help to improve.
Story And Illustration
Over the years children’s books have been made more interesting. The stories in them are appropriately illustrated, enabling the little children to relate the words with the pictures. Doing this makes it easier for them to understand the story in the most colourful way. The way the books are designed, they are not only a source of enjoyment for the children, but for the adults too who enjoy them together with their kids.
There are many interactive books where two participate and read the story aloud, while alternately reading lines of two different characters in the story.
The artwork done in many books are done in the style of cartoons. Done in ballpoint pens, or in watercolours, or crayon-like, the pages have a number of small illustrations on each page, each illustration depicting some part of the story.
These books with colourful pop-outs and pull-outs tell a story through little snippets of information. The little diverse characters, be they the animals, or little children, or fairies and imps, all in colourful clothes, vary from story to story. These are wonderful books that promote literacy in kids and it is through these books that children start taking interest in reading books.
How To Purchase Them
The variety in books for children is staggering. They are available for children of different age groups, all attractively illustrated and to be enjoyed together by parents and children.
Purchasing them through online sources is the best way. Online search allows you to browse through all the various types available. You do not need to visit different shops in your vicinity to locate the books that may interest your children.
For the children’s books of your choice all it requires is a click of your mouse.
By: Albertin Abelmont
About the Author:
Children’s books are a great way of keeping kids entertained while educating them through stories and tales. These books are extremely user friendly and are built for
children of different age groups.
Gifts for Toddlers
Dec
29
Coomacka Island: The Story of Spider & Ant (book 1)
Children’s Adventure
The Story of Spider and Ant, is the first book in a series written by Don P. Hooper and illustrated by Darnel Degand. Coomacka is an uncharted Caribbean Island, where each of the stories takes place. Although the Islands itself is a fictional place, much of the inspiration is based on Afro-Caribbean folklore. In this story, Spider manipulates Ant by being dishonest and pretending to be injured. Ant, believing his friend, enlists his family to help. After working all day for Spider, the ants were tired. However, the selfish Spider had no compassion for the ants nor did he appreciate all their hard work. Reveling in his deception and trickery, the greedy spider celebrated. However, the truth was soon revealed. Realizing this is not how friends are supposed to interact the ant sets out to teach the spider a lesson.
This beautifully written story has an important lesson hidden just below the surface. Books such as this, that teach silently, while entertaining loudly are rare finds indeed. The rhythmic sounds of the island are beating within the colorful drawings. The expressive eyes of the characters convey genuine emotion. A fun, entertaining story that will keep children wide eyed and interested. And that’s exactly what a good children’s book should do!
Coomacka Island: Aansi Jr and the Mango Truck (book 2)
Children’s Adventure/Fiction
ISBN: 1-4251-0143-7
Anansi Jr and the Mango Truck is the second installment in the Coomacka Island series. Based in part, on Afro-Caribbean folklore, Anansi was the great trickster and somewhat of cult hero to islanders. For hundreds of years, folk tales about the Macka Tree and the spirits dwelling within roots have been passed down through the generations. As with many cherished stories, the fictional fires erupted from a spark of truth.
The story begins with AJ tending his garden, filled with beautiful plants, including his award winning Monkey Tail Shrub. There was only one thing he loved more than gardening and that was eating. AJ was also a very greedy spider. However, on this day, he would learn a valuable lesson about the spirit of giving and the meaning of friendship.
Once again, Hooper and Degand have delivered a fictional tale, filled with life lessons of immense importance. From the first colorful page, the reader is transported to the heart of the Caribbean. The emotion-filled drawings bring the words, as well as, the island to life. Introducing names with various origins, such as Swahili and Haitian, offers children an opportunity to expand their vocabulary, while embracing cultural diversity. Although Coomacka Island is an uncharted, fictional island, the morals and values found here have universal appeal. Featuring an entertaining forward and fun facts at the conclusion, this is a multi-layered, multi-cultural series that will be cherished by all who read it.
By: RJ McGill
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Make Money
Dec
27
Children’s books are probably the most difficult books to write without a specific plan in mind. Their simplicity doesn’t allow for twists and turns, their prose is not made for existential thought, and their content cannot be too serious or too fantasy, otherwise it will be difficult for the child to understand. As such, coming up with a successful children’s book idea can be very difficult.
Other Genres
Other genres have several ways to change the story if you struggle with writer’s block:
o Mystery – Don’t know where to go next? Kill someone. Killing off a character is the easiest way to waste a good 30 more book pages while you try to figure out where you are doing.
o Fantasy – Fantasy’s biggest appeal is that it takes you to a different world. If you struggle with a fantasy novel, simply write more about the world – it does not even need to have a purpose, all it has to do it continue to keep people involved in the fantasy world.
o Adult fiction – Most adult fiction is unintentionally based on a similar piece of adult fiction. If you’re lost during your writing, look to see where another book went and write accordingly.
o Non-fiction – there are always more facts, and they don’t necessarily need to be related. If you are struggling with a non-fiction book, simply write a different section and come back to it.
Children’s books do not have the same luxury. You have a limited amount of space (severely limited depending on the age group), people can’t be killed off, and wasting words makes an unsuccessful children’s story.
So if you plan on writing a children’s book, it is important to have the exact storyline, including characters, morals and plot already mapped out before you begin. To do so, you need to have inspiration.
Inspiration for your Children’s Story
Much of inspiration depends on the age group.
0-4 years old
Children of this age are not going to be reading the stories to themselves. They also will likely only be read stories in order to look at the pictures, so simplicity is key. The best places to look for inspiration are with animals, toys, the outdoors and weather. The key is to think of things a child observes naturally (since a child this young is incredibly curious) and are safe (not scary). Babies and parenting are also good topics, though these will be purely from your own experience, so you will likely have an idea what you would like to write about if you choose to keep this as a topic.
5-6 years old
At this age, stressing relationships is important. Stories about making friends, sharing, and other friendly behaviors are a good idea, whether those stories are about people, animals or even inanimate objects. Animals are still a popular topic, though at this age it is a little more difficult to convince the child to relate to talking animals. Also, simply fantasy worlds are acceptable at this age, so stories about princesses or heroes may be acceptable.
6+ years old
After this age, story types are up to you. Exploring relationships, including adding conflict, is okay at this age, though it shouldn’t be done in any way that could scare or upset a child. Fantasy worlds are fun, and the child is now old enough that you can go into slightly more detail. But what you really want here is a book that a child can read on their own. Longer, more detailed stories that still use only monosyllabic words are great, and animals are still very popular at this age. Finally heroics should be utilized, because after 6 children have a better time relating to heroes and heroic behavior.
Regardless of your inspiration, your own experiences with children will teach you exactly how to write the perfect children’s book. If you find your inspiration in a method not described here, then run with it. Children are often limited only by the extent of their imagination, and so too is that true of children’s books.
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Beautiful Women Discussion
Dec
27
What’s your favorite fairy tale? Each one of us could answer this question rather easily. Fairy tales are an important part of our childhood. Our parents read them to us at bedtime allowing us to bond with them and meet our favorite heroes in dreamland as well.
Fairy tales and other similar types of stories are frequently found in books for children that are common at home or in libraries and in school. These books can really stir up the imagination of children and teach them good morals and values.
In the past, boy’s and girl’s preference for the kind of stories found in books for children differed. Boys are interested in stories about adventure like those of pirates, explorers, and pirates. Girls n the other hand are mostly to read about ponies or training as nurses.
Modern stories however cater to the interest of both sexes, and while in the past stories revolve around a group the same gender, today’s stories often combine them. The trio of Harry, Ron and Hermione in the Harry Potter series is a perfect example.
Most of the stories in the past also portray a pleasant world were children could wander around safely. In modern books for children however, girl characters like Hermione can get stuck in dangerous situations as much as their boy counterparts.
Nevertheless the mellow flavor of traditional stories is still part of their charm, it allows readers to be reassured by the idyllic world of classics like The Wind in the Willow.
Books for children can be quite lucrative. They can be found in our homes, day cares, and children libraries throughout the world. The characters have even been brought to life in movies. Disney made movies of the classics like, Peter Pan, Aladdin, Cinderella, and Snow White.
JK Rowling is recognized as today’s foremost wirier of books for children. She follows in the light o other writer’s in children’s fiction like Roald Dahl and JRR Tolkien. Her characters, Harry Potter and his friends are now world-famous and her stores have also been immortalized on the silver screen as well.
Her work is so appealing the children who had no attraction to reading are now awaiting the next potter book impatiently. Although her books have been criticized as having no place for religion and are exposing children to potentially harmful realm of magic they also teach values to children.
Courage, loyalty, and comradeship are just a few of the values hat can be learned from books for children Harry Potter.
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