Based on her extensive experience as a school librarian and storyteller, the author features 2,000 carefully selected titles that will keep children in grades K-6 enthralled. All published within the last 10 years, these range from picture books, fiction, folklore, and poetry to biography and nonfiction. Each annotated entry provides a brief plot summary, related titles, and subject designations. In addition, there are curriculum tie-ins and suggested activities including drama, crafts, research, and problem solving. The book starts with all-new chapters offering entertaining and informative tips on effective reading aloud, storytelling, and classroom and library activities. There is also a bibliography of professional books.
Based on her extensive experience as a school librarian and storyteller, the author features 2,000 carefully selected titles that will keep children in grades K-6 enthralled. All published within the last 10 years, these range from picture books, fiction, folklore, and poetry to biography and nonfiction. Each annotated entry provides a brief plot summary, related titles, and subject designations. In addition, there are curriculum tie-ins and suggested activities including drama, crafts, research, and problem solving. The book starts with all-new chapters offering entertaining and informative tips on effective reading aloud, storytelling, and classroom and library activities. There is also a bibliography of professional books. Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3: A Read-Aloud Guide is the latest all-new volume in the Books Kids Will Sit Still For series, which includes Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide, Second Edition and More Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide.
The three books together constitute a tour of the best of children's literature and how to use it, with a total of more than 5,000 invaluable annotations of exemplary children's books.

Based on her extensive experience as a school librarian and storyteller, the author features 2,000 carefully selected titles that will keep children in grades K-6 enthralled. All published within the last 10 years, these range from picture books, fiction, folklore, and poetry to biography and nonfiction. Each annotated entry provides a brief plot summary, related titles, and subject designations. In addition, there are curriculum tie-ins and suggested activities including drama, crafts, research, and problem solving. The book starts with all-new chapters offering entertaining and informative tips on effective reading aloud, storytelling, and classroom and library activities. There is also a bibliography of professional books.
Based on her extensive experience as a school librarian and storyteller, the author features 2,000 carefully selected titles that will keep children in grades K-6 enthralled. All published within the last 10 years, these range from picture books, fiction, folklore, and poetry to biography and nonfiction. Each annotated entry provides a brief plot summary, related titles, and subject designations. In addition, there are curriculum tie-ins and suggested activities including drama, crafts, research, and problem solving. The book starts with all-new chapters offering entertaining and informative tips on effective reading aloud, storytelling, and classroom and library activities. There is also a bibliography of professional books. Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3: A Read-Aloud Guide is the latest all-new volume in the Books Kids Will Sit Still For series, which includes Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide, Second Edition and More Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide.
The three books together constitute a tour of the best of children's literature and how to use it, with a total of more than 5,000 invaluable annotations of exemplary children's books.