| The books favoured by children. | | Posted Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:10:36 PM by Rose Martins | Most children love a good story book. Many children have a favourite book that is read to them repeatedly. Popular children's books are sometimes difficult to come by as the bookstores are often sold out.
Even your neighbourhood library has a waiting list for certain titles of popular children's books.  Not all children's books are illustrated. The books for older children don't contain pictures. An older child is more capable of using their imagination and it becomes more intriguing when the character's image is a figment of the child's imagination.
Many children's books are translated from into different languages. Madeleine, a popular French children's book, about the trials of a little school girl called Madeleine, has been translated into a myriad of languages.
Books like Harry Potter are also available in almost any language of the world. Children's Bible Stories and history books make a great read for children, especially if they have been beautifully illustrated. Children have a great capacity for learning, and it's these childhood story images and facts that stay with a person for life.
Beautifully illustrated religious children's books are also childhood memories that a person carries with them throughout their life. There are some gorgeous children's books about the Jewish festivals and Shabbat that are educational and fun to page through.
Also Jewish bible stories and folk tales are a great read for children.
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| | | February marks the Books for Children event | | Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 2:47:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | Tomorrow marks the start of the Baysville Library's Books for Children event. During the month of February, the Friends of the Library will purchase a book for each Baysville child up to Grade 8. Children should stop by the library to choose their book. Also tomorrow, a horticultural meeting will be held at the seniors' building, with a potluck lunch at noon, followed by a felting workshop at 1:15 p.m. Crafter Helen White will teach us how to felt flowers. Take your felted flowers home and enjoy them as is or sew them onto a purse, pillow, hat, sweater or other article. Everyone is welcome. This is the first week of the new seniors' skate at the arena. Come enjoy skating to waltz music on Thursdays, 11 a.m. to noon. The cost is $1. Euchre results for January 23 are: women's high, Sheila Primmer; low, Alice Sawych; men's high, Charlie Primmer; low, Boris Sawych; bid euchre, January 24 results are: women's high, Alice Sawych; low, Doris Gonder; men's high, Boris Sawych; low, Betty Maynard.... | |
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| | | Books finding their niche in non-traditional places | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:48:53 AM by Blog57 Team | | Most customers at the Anthropologie stores come for the delicately woven knits and the ultrafeminine floral dresses. But these days at least some are coming for the books. Recently, the merchandise and books were coordinated with near-perfect precision. Resting beside a black sweater ($68) and a jet-black skirt with orange embellishments ($118) were copies of Annie Leibovitz's "A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005," big and black and gleaming, for $75. A pop-up book called "One Red Dot" echoed a display of polka-dotted canvas sneakers, while another title, "The Persistence of Yellow," perfectly matched a strategically positioned yellow knit sweater. Books are turning up in the oddest places these days. With book sales sagging -- down 2.6 percent as of August over the same period last year, according to the Association of American Publishers -- publishers are pushing their books into butcher shops, carwashes, cookware stores, cheese shops, even chi-chi clothing boutiques where high-end literary titles are used to amplify the elegant lifestyle they are trying to project.... | |
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| | | TAIWAN CIVIC GROUPS DONATE BOOKS TO CAMBODIAN CHILDREN | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:50:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | Bangkok, Oct. 29 (CNA) A Taipei district Rotary club, in conjunction with the Taiwan-based charity Field Relief Agency, recently donated NT$1 million worth of books and stationery to schoolchildren in Cambodia, one of the world's poorest countries. A presentation ceremony was held for schoolchildren representing 68 elementary schools in a remote Cambodian province, which was attended by secretary-general of that country's education ministry, high-ranking local officials and nearly 1,000 elementary school representatives, said Tsai Song-chi, head of the Taipei district Rotary club. He said the Rotary International selects some of the most needy areas to offer assistance every year. This year, he added, the club chose to donate books to schoolchildren in the border area of Cambodia.... | |
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| | | In the hot seat: Here's the scoop on Sam Shane -- he also writes children's books | | Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 10:47:24 AM by Blog57 Team | | You may know Sam Shane as our local version of Anderson Cooper -- a handsome, salt-and-pepper-haired TV news anchor who doesn't mince words. But the Channel 13 (KOVR) star has another gig -- he's a children's book author. He and illustrator Dan Marso have just published their second Rocky the Mud Hen tome, called "Baseball & Humble Pie" (Rabbit Ears Press & Co., $15.95, 44 pages). Geared toward children ages 5 to 12 ("But I've had 60-year-old men tell me they like it," Shane says), the new book deals with sportsmanship as well as handling winning and losing. .... | |
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| | | Wakefield Public Library awarded Books for Children grant | | Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:47:41 PM by Blog57 Team | | WAKEFIELD -- The Wakefield Public Library has been awarded a Books for Children grant from the Libri Foundation of Eugene, Ore., and will be receiving more than $1,000 worth of award-winning books, according to library director Denise Engel. Engel informed Wakefield City Manager John Siira and the city council of the grant in a letter to the city last week. "This grant will allow the library to obtain high quality books for our citizens," Engel said. "The booklist I will select the books from is awesome. These are books which have received major awards, honors or notations within the last few years." Once selected, Engel expects the books to arrive in about eight weeks. She then plans on scheduling an open house to showcase the books. "I encourage your attendance in support of the library receiving this grant," Engel said.... | |
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| | | 'Childish' T.O. writes books for kids | | Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:47:51 AM by Blog57 Team | | DALLAS, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens, often accused of juvenile behavior, is putting his rep to good use by writing children's books. "Little T Learns To Share" is due out in November from a Dallas publisher, BenBella Books, the Dallas Morning News reported. Two more titles in the "T.O.'s Timeout Series"-- "Little T Learns What Not To Say" and "Little T Learns To Say I'm Sorry" -- are scheduled to follow. Courtney Parker, Owens' classmate from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, said they got the idea from a TV sports commentator who was complaining about Owens' "childish behavior." "That's not a bad idea for a book," Owens told him. "It should be about discipline since the world thinks I have none." In the first book, little T.O.... | |
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| | | Tours bring noted authors | | Posted Monday, October 02, 2006 2:46:54 AM by Blog57 Team | | TRAVERSE CITY ? New England's Tony DiTerlizzi and Tomie dePaola may be two of the country's best-known children's author-illustrators, but they're breaking out of their molds with their newest books. DiTerlizzi, co-creator of the children's series, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and winner of a Caldecott Medal for his adaptation of "The Spider and the Fly," appeals to the smart-aleck in kids with his irreverent "G is for One Gzonk!: An Alpha-Number-Bet Book" (Simon & Schuster, $16.95). DePaola, winner of virtually every significant award in the children's publishing world including the Caldecott Honor and the Newbery Honor, aims for an older audience with his "Christmas Remembered" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, $19.99). Both men will stop in northern Michigan this month as part of nationwide tours to promote the books.... | |
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| | | Library displays banned books | | Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 6:47:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | More than a book a day faces expulsion from U.S. schools and libraries. There have been 8,700 attempts since 1990 but Marietta has seen few attempts at banning books in recent years. In honor of the American Library Associations Banned Books Week, the Marietta Branch of the Washington County Public Library has set up a display of books that have been banned at other libraries across the country. But its been a long time since there has been a challenge of a book at the Marietta library, said librarian Andrea Adkins. Its been a while and we actually dont get many, she said. As far as I know, weve never removed a book from circulation. There also have not been any recent complaints at Marietta City Schools, said Superintendent Doug Baker.... | |
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| | | Duo turns creativity into children's books | | Posted Saturday, September 09, 2006 8:51:30 AM by Blog57 Team | | When Redland Bay artist David Renn "scribbled" a few images to support the writings of would-be children's author Nicky Strang, Nicky could have exclaimed that she'd "never seen anything quite like that" - a fitting name for their first children's book. Thus, the symbiotic relationship between author and illustrator was born. Meeting through a shared interest in drama at the Mount Cotton Drama Group, Nicky and David gave one another mutual praise - David for her "visual writing" and Nicky for his art work that "blew her away". Nicky said the book entitled "I've Never Seen Anything Quite Like That!" was born from watching a television program and believing she had what it took to write children's stories in rhyme. .... | |
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| | | News, tips and trends for parents | | Posted Monday, September 04, 2006 6:48:49 AM by Blog57 Team | | Editor's Note: With all the children's products, books and toys that come across our desk, the Weekly Pick highlights those we like, dislike or find amusing. Got a young child with an insatiable appetite for all things outer space? Check out A Is for Astronaut (Chronicle Books, $14.95). In an easy-to-read yet informative style, this journey through the alphabet along with vintage and contemporary photos and illustrations will have kids oohing and ahhing all the way. Why we love it, Reason #1: The fun facts sprinkled throughout make for a feast of information. Learn when Halley's Comet appears (every 75 to 76 years) and find out what object astronaut Alan Shepard left on the moon (golf balls!). Why we love it, Reason #2: Anytime you can interest young readers in science, it's a good thing.... | |
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