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Books to Grow With: A Guide to Using the Best Children's Fiction for Everyday Issues and Tough Challenges

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What a time-saving resource! "Books to Grow With" is a wonderful resource for busy parents who want to help their children learn and grow with literature. "Books to Grow With" places the power of good literature at every parent's fingertips. Coon includes only quality fiction books that have literary interest to engage a child's thinking. Themes both ordinary and sensitive - from thumb-sucking and bullies to sickness and death - can be gently introduced to children through stories, creating an opening for further discussion and exploration between parent and child. Homeschooling parents may find this book particularly useful for planning.

Coon has done her homework so parents don't have to - book listings are helpfully summarized and include key information to help find a suitable resource for a particular child. She offers practical tips for using literature to help children and includes several indexes to help you find resources quickly. This book is an invaluable reference that belongs on the shelf right next to Jim Trelease's read-aloud books or, if you use books as I do, stuffed in the tote bag, dog-eared, Post-it noted, and ready for the next trip to the library.

Where was this book when my children were young?

Ann Lahrson-Fisher
Author, Fundamentals of Homeschooling: Notes on Successful Family Living
Columnist, Home Education Magazine

This concerned mother has done a massive amount of research that other parents can benefit from. "Books to Grow With" should be endorsed by PTA groups, Parent's magazine, Gerber's, and the Head Start Program, to name only a few..." Cheryls' book will help a child develop resiliency and good coping skills.

Cheryl Coon's book is a smorgasbord of information for the literate parent. I have seen nothing like it in my years as a psychologist for children. It provides a `natural' approach to understanding the myriad situations that a parent and child will, hopefully, face together. Nothing seems to bond a child and parents so much as reading a favorite book together again and again.

How many times in my career as a teacher or librarian has someone asked if there was a children's book that dealt with a specific problem? Talk about handy-dandy! Teachers, librarians, physicians, counselors and anyone who works with children will find that this is one of the most dog-eared references on their desk, and parents will become instantly expert in prescribing their own bibliotherapy. An approachable guide that deals with issues in a cheerful way.

Stories are a great way to help children with their concerns. This book is a thorough guide to children's literature, arranged by topics. Issues addressed range from the common - such as potty training and sibling jealousy to the more serious issues of dealing with loss of a loved one. I would recommend it as a good book to have on your shelf to refer to when you children or their friends encounter some of these problems.

You will find countless suggestions for fine picture books that can help kids, and the adults in their lives, deal with sometimes troubling real-life situations. A great guide to good reading!

Books to Grow With is a wonderful resource for parents with children who are facing difficult situations from bedwetting to new babysitters, from being the biggest child in a group to building new friendships when best friends move away. It is also a good tool for librarians who are faced with perplexed parents and teachers. The list of titles--and the inclusion of how to access the books--are great helps for the librarian.