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Elizabeth Laraway Wilson

Susan Schaeffer Macaulay

Books Children Love: A Guide to the Best Children's Literature (Revised Edition) Paperback – Illustrated, October 30, 2002

by Elizabeth Laraway Wilson (Author), Susan Schaeffer Macaulay (Foreword)

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A love for reading is one of the most precious gifts that we can give children. It nurtures their imagination and creativity, lets them explore other worlds, and opens their minds to new truths and knowledge in appealing, inspiring ways. But how can we sort through thousands of children's books to discover the really worthwhile ones?

Elizabeth Wilson offers us a newly revised, comprehensive guide to the very best in children's literature. Just as in the original volume, she comments on the tone and content of excellently written, captivating books in over two dozen subject areas. Hundreds of new titles have been added while retaining timeless classics and modern favorites-all of which respect traditional values. So that no matter what the children's ages are or whether they love fact or fiction, you can trust these books to share things that you can believe in and kids will delight in.

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About the Author

ELIZABETH LARAWAY WILSON earned a BA and MA in literature and held editorial and college teaching positions before retiring. More importantly she has shared her love for books with her sons and grandchildren, along with countless others, through her popular previous edition of this work.

Susan Schaeffer Macaulay grew up in Switzerland at L'Abri Fellowship, which was founded by her parents, Francis and Edith Schaeffer. She and her husband, Ranald Macaulay, established and led the L’Abri branch in England for several years. She is also the author of For the Family’s Sake and contributed to Books Children Love and When Children Love to Learn.

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Item Weight : 1.06 pounds
Paperback : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 1581341989
ISBN-13 : 978-1581341980
Publisher : Crossway; Revised Edition (October 30, 2002)
Product Dimensions : 6 x 0.73 x 9 inches
Language: : English

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#213 in Children's Literary Criticism (Books)

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Genesis6

This is not books for your kids to read: YOU READ THESE ALOUD :o)

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2019

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I used to get a sore throat reading the stories recommended in this book.
My child could sit and listen to a story for 4 hours straight at the age of 4!
This book is a classic of classics and I regularly give a copy out to new mothers.

When my child got to college their reading comprehension tested off the charts.
Don't believe educators who now think students shouldn't be tested.
It matters. And reading comprehension is critical.

Learning to listen and follow along to a well composed sentence, a well composed paragraph, a well composed chapter, and a well composed book is a gift you will give to your child that will last his or her lifetime.

Invest in reading aloud to your precious children. You will never regret the effort you made no matter how your kids turn out! LOL

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An excellent resource of quality books for all ages

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2015

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An excellent resource of quality books for all ages. I did not grow up in a home where reading held a high value, and I never developed a love of reading. Although I was an excellent student through college, reading has always been difficult. I now have grandchildren, and am changing that legacy by making sure they have lots of good books to read and reading to them every opportunity I get. This book gives recommendations for specific age groups, and so far, every book I've purchased has been a loved book that my grandkids want to have read over and over again!

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C. Jackson

excellent source for choosing books for your child to read

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2009

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Every parent should BEGIN their children's library experience with this book! There are hundreds of thousands of titles for children's books, and our children will only be able to read a limited number of these throughout their childhood years. So, don't waste time on the losers in the bunch!

It is BEST to start with a PLAN for raising children, and add a tool, such as this book, which can assist us in guiding our children's book choices!

Every home library should have this book from which to START the process of enriching children through literature. There is certainly plenty of twaddle to read out there which is of little or no value to our children... so why waste their time allowing them to wade through this twaddle and read it? This is often what kills a child's desire to read.

Many books today are poorly written with confusing characters and lacking a protagonist. Many times there are no character building moral values imparted!

This little handbook is great for helping us (parents and teachers) ensure that the best of children's literature is not left behind when our children are beginning their reading experiences.

This book will inform you about children's books which you never knew existed. Most books assigned for our children to read are actually chosen by people who know next to nothing about the options in children's literature.

I am reminded of the little book store owner in "You've Got Mail." Kathleen "Shopgirl" Kelly (played by Meg Ryan) knows all of the wonderful, imaginative, classic children's books for children to read; while Joe "NY152" Fox (played by Tom Hanks just wants to build a conglomerate book store down the street and sell whatever his buyers stock in it. His staff knows no more about the books on the shelves than the shoppers!

Shopgirl knew all the best children's literature and was able to guide her customers through the process of choosing rich reading... those titles that every child should read at least once (because of the quality of writing and storytelling), but will usually read another twenty times because of the richness of the story and the overall experience with which the child is left!

Choose books which have characters to aspire to, stories to imitate, life lessons to be learned, all while fertilizing the seeds of each child's natural imagination!

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Love the in depth descriptions of the books

Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2017

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Essential! Love the in depth descriptions of the books. Fantastic and essential if you are homeschooling. Helps avoid twaddle!

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Jack's mom

A good resource

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2017

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Comprehensive. Good resource when your kid is tired of the books in the school library.

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CIvey

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2014

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Very helpful as a Children's librarian.

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Nancy

great ideas

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2014

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Complete resource with titles, synopses, and age relevance of books to treasure, to read and be read to; well organized

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Yelizaveta

This is great!

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2011

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This is such an amazing, helpful, resourceful book! Thank you to the authors for compiling such a list..... :)

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2014

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great book

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Shirls Cooper

Useful guide for choosing the best kids books

Reviewed in Canada on November 9, 2018

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Worth purchasing as it curates out the best kids books and also gives a synopsis of each one which I found very valuable in deciding which books to buy. Will save you money in the long run to have this guide to help you choose books that your kids will enjoy and read over and over.

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Gustavo Baron

You've gotta have it. Kids love it and it's priceless.

Reviewed in Canada on October 22, 2018

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A real must have

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