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Illustration from
No! That's
Wrong!
by Zhaohua Ji and Cui Xu
978-1-933605-66-1
$15.95 (U.S.)
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HATS OFF TO JI AND XU
Kane/Miller's first book from mainland China, No! That's Wrong!, is in its second printing! That's
pretty exciting news for a book that was released just a month ago!
If you are not already familiar with this hilarious and charming book, read the latest reviews to find out what others have been
saying.
"The author/illustrators are right on target for their
audience...Watercolor backgrounds in blues, greens, and lavenders are
subtly splattered and speckled, and the delicately outlined animals are
attractive and expressive..." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's
Books
"The beauty will probably be the
first thing you spot when you open the book...It is rare to find a book
that is amusing and also, when you stop to look at it, exceedingly
lovely... A beauty of a book that will
have kids rolling in the aisles, this is how to write a picture book,
ladies and gentlemen."
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Illustration from
by Jeanne Ashbe
978-1-929132-24-9
$9.95 (U.S.)
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REASONS TO READ ALOUD TO YOUR CHILD
from The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease and with thanks to Becky's Book Reviews.
- Conditions the child to associate reading with pleasure, an
association that is necessary in order to maintain reading as a
lifelong activity
- Contributes to background knowledge for all other subject areas, including science, history,
geography, math, and social studies
- Provides the child with a reading role model
- Creates
empathy toward other people, because literature values humanity and
celebrates the human spirit and potential, offering insight into
different lifestyles while recognizing universality
- Increases a child's vocabulary and grammar, and has the potential to improve writing
skills
- Improves a child's probability of staying in school
- Improves future probability of employment and higher quality of life
- Increase life span by virtue of correlated education, employment, and higher quality of
life
- Lowers probability of imprisonment
- Improves problem-solving and critical-thinking skills that are fundamental and transferable to all
other areas of learning
- Offers information
- Offers laughter and entertainment and an alternative to television
- Improves attention span
- Stimulates the imagination
- Nurtures emotional development and improves self esteem
- Reading skills are accrued skills that are bound to improve over time..a countdown to academic
success
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JOIN US IN LOS ANGELES
BEA is right around the corner - and nearly up the road from the Kane/Miller office. We
look forward to meeting with buyers, publicists, reviewers, librarians and all others who will be wandering the aisles in Los Angeles.
Please stop by Booth 5129 to say hello, meet the Kane/Miller staff, check out our Fall 2008
titles
(including several middle grade fiction titles) and pick up some goodies.
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MAY IS...
Get Caught Reading Month
Healthy Vision Month
Paul Needs
Specs
National Bike Month
A Bicycle for
Rosaura
Marta and
the
Bicycle
Marta y la
bicicleta
Be Kind to Animals Week (May 4 - 10)
The
Deliverance of
Dancing Bears
Reading is Fun Week (May 4 - 10)
Tibili, the
Little Boy Who Didn't Want to Go to School
Mother's Day (May 11)
When Mum Was
Little
Selma
National Transportation Week (May 11 - 17)
Crazy
Cars
On the
Road
CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK (May
12 -
18)
National Backyard Games Week (May 19 - 25)
Playing with
Stuff
Slugs Return from Capistrano Day (May 28)
Sally and
Dave, A
Slug Story
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Illustration from
Guji
Guji
by Chih-Yuan Chen
978-1-933605-67-6
$15.95 (U.S.)
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INTERESTING ARTICLES OF THE WEEK
Who Shares the Biggest Responsibility For Reading to your Children?
I'm all for equality when it comes to parenting, but if one parent is not setting a positive example
in an area that the other parent feels important, this certainly has an effect on the other parent's "responsibilities," does it not?
Million Dollar Babies
I just have one word to say - Momcierge!
Diversity in the Classroom
It's very disturbing that this type of racism is still being "taught" in our schools.
Join the discussion. Share your thoughts on the Kane/Miller Kidlit Blog.
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