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Great Books About Things Kids Love: More Than 750 Recommended Books for Children 3 to 14

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This is another great guide of recommended books by Kathleen Odean. In this book, there are over 750 books about the things kids love, and many, many different subjects. Whether you like cats, kings and queens, basketball, math, or magic tricks, there's sure to be a book in here that is right for you. The book is divided into subject categories with categories about the subject. (e.g.: sports, than one of the categories is football.) The back of the book includes a basic reference shelf for home, book-related parties, tips for reading out loud, lists of books in series, and much, much more. This is an invaluable resource and a perfect gift for all kids.

Kathleen Odean's books are a gift for parents and grandparents. With so many books to chose from for kids, we all need help picking the perfect one for our kids or our friend's kids or our grandkids. Odean has expertly organized the best of the best and given us a great guide. I would recommend this to everyone and plan to give it to all my friends who are parents or grandparents.

I was flipping through this book, and I did indeed find some books that I would snub... but I found many more books that we have LOVED. And I used the book to get even more ideas to feed the brains of my family of boy readers.

One of the things I like most about this book is that it offers major topics, then lists books at many age levels. This is perfect for a family trip to the orchestra (load your kids up with picture books and fiction books... whatever they like). Smae thing with a new pet -- the choices listed will fit most kids' interests, even in a family with far-flung ages.

I added about 100 books to my wish list -- I had to stop dog-earing pages.

Sometimes I'm at a complete loss as to why particular books receive twenty positive reviews and others receive only two or three. I've compared a number of books recommending children's titles and this is undoubtedly one of the best. The compiler knows her stuff, has done her homework, and has compiled a magnificent collection of some of the best and most varied books available. If you're debating about which book to buy, I can save you some time. This would be one of the first I would buy and would keep it on your desk,very handy, because you'll be referring to it over and over.