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Tender topics : picture books about childhood challenges / Dorothy Stoltz, Elaine Czarnecki, and Buff Kahn.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : Huron Street Press, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2013Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 193758934X (alk. paper)
  • 9781937589349 (alk. paper)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Helping children develop the love of reading -- Get your kids talking -- What makes a good picture book? -- Friendship -- Resiliency -- Life lessons -- Feelings -- Curiosity -- New baby -- School days -- Physical illness of a child -- Money -- Moving -- Military families -- Adoption -- Learning disabilities and behavior issues -- Diversity -- Vision, hearing, and mobility issues -- Divorce -- Bullying -- Death of a parent or loved one -- Pet death -- Mother nature -- God, spirituality, and awe of life.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 011.62 S876 Available 33111007447747
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A reading specialist, an outreach librarian, and a children's librarian combine their considerable expertise in this essential guide for parents that brings reading, early literacy, child development issues, and picture books together. Advising parents who are wondering how to talk to their young child about difficult topics such as death, loneliness, or fear, this authoritative collection of appropriate picture books makes broaching the subject easier. Arranged by topic, this annotated listing includes more than 300 high-quality, carefully selected picture books that are ideal for opening discussion about tender topics and establishing bonds between generations that can help parents and children better weather the challenges families face every day.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Helping children develop the love of reading -- Get your kids talking -- What makes a good picture book? -- Friendship -- Resiliency -- Life lessons -- Feelings -- Curiosity -- New baby -- School days -- Physical illness of a child -- Money -- Moving -- Military families -- Adoption -- Learning disabilities and behavior issues -- Diversity -- Vision, hearing, and mobility issues -- Divorce -- Bullying -- Death of a parent or loved one -- Pet death -- Mother nature -- God, spirituality, and awe of life.

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