Reach Out and Read for Children

Today at GBiBT, we wanted to spotlight an important charity that helps to establish a habit of reading in the lives of young children by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading.
Reach Out and Read, founded in 1989, serves 3.8 million toddlers, infants and preschoolers nationwide by training medical providers at [...]

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Sandra Boynton makes it better…

I remember when GE sold the NBC radio station in San Francisco where I was morning news anchor, and we all lost our jobs.  I had been completely tied to my business card, believing that’s who I was…and that’s ALL I was.
Then I found a book at the store.
It was in [...]

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Reach Out and Read

Good Books in Bad Times applauds the efforts of Reach Out and Read (ROR), a national nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy.
ROR is currently encouraging families tested by financial difficulties to make time to read together, and provide children with the attention, affection, and routine they need to feel loved and protected. To achieve this [...]

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Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken

LOUISE, THE ADVENTURES OF A CHICKEN
Kate DiCamillo and Harry Bliss
HarperCollins Children’s Books
“Hope is the thing with feathers…” was said (I guess) by Emily Dickinson, and we can all take away a big lesson in hope, taught by our heroine, Louise. Louise faces down horrible things like pirates and circus freaks with wide but understanding eyes [...]

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Jenny and the Cat Club

JENNY AND THE CAT CLUB
Written and illustrated by Esther Averill
New York Review Children’s Collection
Here’s an old favorite with a new-ish twist; Jenny Linsky, a precocious but friendly black cat in New York, has many adventures with her Cat Club friends and the warm respite of a home with Captain Tinker. The artwork is simple [...]

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The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Blog Entry

Here is a Monday morning email exchange between some of the GBiBT contributors. We share it because we think all the books referenced in this exchange qualify as Good Books in Bad Times.

laina: Email Subject: Lost without my checklist.
I can’t find my “to do” list. Was it the beer Friday evening? Who knows.

Have any of [...]

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The Kids Are Alright

Slate ran this story on great children’s books for tough economic times.

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