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Finding Ideas for Picture Books
Finding ideas for picture books can seem daunting. Hans Christian Anderson Award winner, Margaret Mahy found inspiration in a motel swimming pool.
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FIRST LOVE
Introduce your child to a wondrous adventure that begins a lifelong love.
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Halloween Books for Kids
Here are some great Halloween books to read to young children.
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Plotting Your Book for Children
There are three kinds of storyline in fiction. This article explains the different categories.
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Turn Your Toddler Into A Bookworm
Toddler-aged children learn at a rapid rate and now is the time to raise their interest in reading. Making books a part of a bedtime routine or other special time of day will help instill this love for books and reading.
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Youth Ministry Worship Service
Do kids need to learn the Bible on their level, or is family worship a better choice? Learn more.
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Edit for Facts and Reading Level
How to edit your book for children, focusing on fact checking and reading level.
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Editing for Themes and Structure
A good edit can make a huge difference to your story for kids. This article, the first of three, looks at editing for themes and structure.
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Write Books that Help Children
That raging, fuming, temper tantrum can be a useful tool for igniting your writing, and it can help the children who read it to manage their anger too.
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ADHD and Tracking Homework
Alternatives methods to keep track of assignments that are helpful for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, also know as attention deficit disorder.
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Creating Characters in Kid's Book
Psycho-Geometrics, a system of categorizing people into personality types, can be used to develop a deeper understanding of the characters you are writing about.
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Editing your Novel for Children
The third of three articles on editing your book for kids. This one shows you how to cut and shape your children's book for maximum reader and publisher appeal.
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Writing Strong Characters in Kids Books
The best way to build characters is to understand their inner drives. You can learn an enormous amount about children and their inner needs by watching them playing.
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Books to Help Kids with Divorce
Introduce a child struggling with divorce to one of four fictional friends guaranteed to share the burden of a broken family and the hope to be found in a bad situation.
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Campaign Against Age Banding
As the campaign against age banding for children's books gains support from JK Rowling, this article looks at both sides of the story.
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Children's Books About World War 2
These quality works of literature are an excellent starting point for a homeschool or history fair project, or simply to be read aloud to your children.
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Comic Books and Young Children
Despite the evolution of comic book themes from child to adult-centered, comic book material that is suitable for children still abounds.
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Covering School Books
Get ideas for covering children's schoolbooks with paper.
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Ender's Game: Book to Movie
Ender's Game by OSC is slated to be made into a movie in the next year. How well will the suspenseful, psychologically intriguing book translate to the silver screen?
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Keeping a Baby Book for Your Child
You don't have to be a scrapbooking expert to keep a creative book of memories for each of your children.
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Multicultural Reading for Young Adults
Some innovative fantasy novels incorporate world views from non-Western cultures, both past and present.
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Reading to Children
Improve your reading skills as you entertain younger children by reading aloud to them. Here are some things to remember to help you gain and keep your audience's ear.
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Finding the Best Books for Kids
Professionals in the community and online can give the best advice and recommend top quality reading material for children.
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Book Signing of The Moonbeam Cow
The Moonbeam Cow tells a delightful story for children on how the belted galloway cows got their stripe.
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Charlotte Zolotow
Charlotte Zolotow wrote many of her best loved books in the sixties and seventies. However the beauty of her warm stories about human nature remain timeless.
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Publishing Terms
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Ten Most Challenged Books 21st Cnt
The ten most challenged books of the 21st century as of 2005, to finalize banned books week.
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A Look at Oh No! UFO!
What happens when Cassie Strange when she goes on a camping trip with her family? Find out when you read the first book in the Strange Encounters series by author Linda J
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Fairies
Every spring, when the trees start to turn green and the daffodils bloom by the roadside, I begin to think about my grandfather and the fairies.
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I, Freddy
Read the exciting adventures of Freddy, the ever-escaping hamster.
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National ADHD Awareness Day
The United States Congress declared September 20, 2006 National ADHD Awareness Day. Read about signs of ADHD as well as a list of related books and organizations.
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Spanish Children's Book Club.
Are you looking for a unique and culturally authentic collection of Spanish and bilingual books for children ages 0-12?
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5 Good Ways to Promote Reading
This article gives tips to parents and educators dealing with reluctant readers. Includes: creating a reading spot, role modeling, and choosing the right books.
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African-American Children's Authors
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Exploring the Elements Series
Children get to explore how rain affects the environment in this latest addition to the Exploring the Elements series.
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Hello Rousseau: Catherine de Duve
Teach children about the famous artist Henri Rousseau with this interactive kids' book from Birdcage Press.
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How to Write Alliterations
Whether it is for teaching phonics or writing a children's book, alliterations can be fun for everyone.
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Humor in Children's Writing
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Multiple-Choice Adventure Engines
Two nifty new applications have been published for writers who want to create "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure" style games.
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Sculpt an Arrowhead
Have your child or students make an arrowhead out of self-hardening or polymer clay.
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Sunday School Christmas Party
It's hard for kids to stay focused on Christ's birth when they know they are receiving gifts. Bring your Sunday School class back in focus with these ideas for a party.
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The Top 5 Animal Children's Books of 1999
In my humble opinion, these are the year's best animal-oriented picture books for secondary grades.
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Tools for Meditation
To increase meditation's effect on body and mind, it's often helpful to use meditation tools like CDs, candles, incense, a meditation pillow. and meditation books.
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Writing Families: A Natural Partnership Part 1
Part One in a series on African-American authors/illustrators of award-winning children's books who work with family members as their writing partners. This article focuses on the collaborative father and son team of Walter Dean and Christopher Myers.
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A Review of Because of Winn-Dixie
Now a major motion picture, Because of Winn-Dixie begs to become a beloved family read. It will steal your heart as it moistens your cheeks and gladdens your soul.
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American Gothic Romance Authors
The 1960s and 1970s were the decades of the gothic romance in the US and in Great Britain. In the US, VIrginia Coffman, Phyllis Whitney and Barbara Michaels reigned
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Book Review: The Widow and Her Hero
Well-known Australian author Thomas Keneally examines the life of an Australian war hero and his widow in this Miles Franklin Literary Award longlisted novel.
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Building Classroom Libraries
A classroom library is an excellent tool for promoting literacy in today's classrooms. All a teacher needs to create one is planning and resourcefulness.
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