Bonding, Books, and Children

This webpage offers a reading list including books focused on life lessons for children PreK through the elementary years. 

This parent-focused article explains how repeat reads of books — whether as read-alouds to little ones or through independent reading — generate big rewards for children.

Books about diverse families teach young children to appreciate—and celebrate—differences.

The article describes benefits of reading to young children.

This is a leading book review site for school and public libraries.

This website provides a searchable database of books recommended by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center.

Experts believe that reading to a child every day is one of the most important things parents can do. This resource gives ideas for using this reading time to build a child’s literacy skills while keeping it fun for both parents and children.

Many families are familiar with classic books like Goodnight Moon and read them over and over with their very youngest children. Here are some more recent titles and reissues that parents and their babies will both love.

While infants and toddlers are not ready to learn to read and write yet, they are nevertheless developing skills that provide a foundation for later literacy. This resource shows how sharing books with very young child supports emerging literacy.

This article discusses the power of reading aloud and goes a step further to discuss the power of thinking out loud while reading to children as a way to highlight the strategies used by thoughtful readers.

This website provides information regarding reading to babies. Tips are offered for fun ways to help a child become a happy and confident reader.

This webpage lists books by themes, including creatures, friends and family, and feelings. This helps parents find bookss to interest their children.