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Describes strategies teachers can use to promote reading comprehension in students from kindergarten through eighth grade; and includes examples of student work, illustrations, and other reference tools.

Presents wacky, fanciful explanations--some with a kernel of truth--for rules that parents impose on their children, including reasons for brushing one's teeth, washing one's feet, and not swallowing gum.

Presents ways a young child can earn money, such as doing chores or selling things.

Presents the concept of saving money and items for which a young child might save, such as gum, a book, or even a car.

Illustrates the many ways a child can spend money.

Presents guidance for parents on reading aloud, encouraging reluctant readers, rewarding progress, and getting involved in a child's school, and lists over three thousand children's books, providing at-home story-time, craft, cooking, science, and related-reading activities.

An introduction to respecting yourself, friends, parents, teachers, people you don't know, and the earth, with specific examples of how to show respect at home and at school.

Provides strategies for teachers and librarians on using picture books to teach literary devices to kindergarten through twelfth grade students; providing a summary of forty books, describing the devices they reinforce, and including curriculum tie-ins for each selection.

Defines responsibility as doing what one is supposed to do and provides some examples, such as self-care, caring for others, and following rules.

Contains photographs, information, and personal stories about mobile libraries and their young patrons in countries around the world, showing some of the unique ways by which books are delivered, including boat, camel, and elephant.

Presents an alphabetical listing over 18,000 recommended books for students in kindergarten through eighth grade, each with notations on level, genre, word count, author/series, and publisher/distributor, and includes a second list organized by reading level.

Five famous picture-book families share their memories, scrapbooks, book dummies, model shots, and final art, revealing how their books were created, how their artistic skills have evolved, and how one's roots influence who and what they become.

An illustrated poem which celebrates children who enjoy doing all kinds of activities.

Presents an annotated bibliography of over 2,000 suggested book titles for children ages kindergarten through grade six, including picture books, fiction, poetry, and folklore, providing advice on reading aloud, storytelling, classroom and library activities, and more.

Contains 180 short fictional stories for reading aloud to children in grades three through six at school or home, grouped in thirty-six alphabetized character trait categories, from acceptance to trustworthiness, and paired with discussion questions.