WKSU News: Trying to find a great book for a kid?

Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Trying to find a great book for a kid? Cuyahoga Public Library offers 44 pages of ideas by WKSU's M.L. SCHULTZE	Web Editor M.L. Schultze

Recalls have helped cut into toy sales by as much as 25 percent this season, and parents looking for other options are turning to books. For most of the last 40 years, the Cuyahoga County Public Library has put together a Great Books for Kids guide. It's grown from a typed-list to this year's 44 illustrated pages broken down by preschool through age 14. WKSU M.L. Schultze talked with Youth Services Supervisor Leslie Molnar about some of the books that made this year's Great Books guide...

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Here is the list of recommended books for kids from the Cuyahoga County Public Library. For a copy of the Great Books for Kids guide, which includes summaries of each book and prices, go to any library branch or Time Warner Cable billing center.
Great Books for Kids For Preschoolers:

Hickory Dickory Dickory Dock
Penguins, Penguins Everywhere!
Pierre in Love
Nibble Nibble
Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals
Wag a Tail
Tippy-Tippy-Tippy, Hide!
Beetle Bop
Look at You!: A Baby Body Book
A good Day
Black & White
Little Trucks with Big Jobs
Fish. Swish! Splas. Dash!: Counting Round and Round
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
We're Going on a Bear Hunt: A Celebratory Pop-Up Edition
Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean
Whose Chick Are You?
Mouse Shapes
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Every Friday
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?

For Ages 5-8

A Seed is Sleepy
Spiders
Knock, Knock!
Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One
Diary of a Fly
Pretty Salma
Lightship
Dogs and Cats
Living Color
Henry's Freedom Box
Follow the Line Through the House
Pirates Don't Change Diapers
Mama's Saris
Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy
Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share
The Talented Clementine
Good Sports: Rhynes About Running, Jumping, Throwing, and More
Walt Disney's Cinderella
Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Mega-Beasts
My Friend is Sad
Today I will Fly!
I Am Invited to a Party!
There is a Bird on Your Head!

For Ages 9-10

Jack Plank Tells Tales
The Secret History of Tom Trueheart
Hey Batta Batta Sing!: The Wild Old Days of Baseball
Skyscraper
Mr. Chickee's Mess Mission
Dougal Dixon's Dinosaurs
The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars
Good Luck Ivy
Igraine the Brave
I Am Not Joey Pigza
Marley: A Dog Like No Other
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Regarding the Bees: A Lesson in Letters, on Honey, Dating, and Other Sticky Subjects
Edward's Eyes
Pirates Most Wanted: 13 of the Most Blood Thirsty Pirates to Sail the High Seas
Every Minute on Earth: Fun Facts that Happen Every 60 Seconds
How to Steal a Dog
The Longest Season
Eggs
Helen Keller: Her Life in Pictures

For Ages 11-12

Taj Mahal
Iron Thunder: The Battle Between The Monitor and The Merimac
Elijah of Buxton
The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming
The Land of the Silver Apples
Who Was First? Discovering the Americas
Kimchi and Calamari
The Cobra King of Kathmandu
Hot Hand: Mike Lupica¡¦s Comeback Kids
The Navigator
Outside and Inside Woolly Mammoths
Wizardology: A Guide to Wisards of the World
The Traitor King
On the Wings of Heroes
The Titan's Curse
Beowulf: A Hero's Tale Retold
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Feathers
So Totally Emily Ebers

For Ages 13-14

Twisted
The Traitors' Gate
The Plain Janes
The Wizard Heir
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party
Fire From the Rock
Does My Head Look Big in This?
The Faerie Path
Dear Author: Letters of Hope
Summer Ball
Harlem Summer
Lawn Boy
Zen and the Art of Faking It
Love, Stargirl
The New Policeman
Vampyre: The Terrifying Lost Journal of Dr. Cornelius Van Helsing
Robot Dreams
Red Moon at Sharpsburg
Alfred Kropp: The Seal of Solomon
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

For Families

Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children About Their Art
Bronzeville Boys and Girls
May I Pet Your Dog?: The How-to Guide for Kids Meeting Dogs (And Dogs Meeting Kids)
The Golden Rule
Titanic: The Ship of Dreams
Jazz on a Saturday Night
The Spatulatta Cookbook
Casey Back at Bat
Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship
Jabberwocky
Star Wars: A Pop-up Guide to the Galaxy
Catopia: A Cat Compendium
Spot 7 Animals
I Miss You Every Day
Dog
Puff the Magic Dragon
Here's A Little Poen: A Very First Book of Poetry

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