Family Stories Month

November is Family Stories Month.

Celebrate by reading with your family!

   
Database Searches:

Check out these databases on the library's homepage: http://www.lib.chattanooga.gov/ - Click on Databases

  Fiction     What Do I Read Next?

What Do I Read Next? includes over 115,000 recommended titles, more than 62,500 plot summaries, and awards information from 561 awards, all to help users uncover new reading adventures, find long-remembered favorites, and discover award-winning titles. Search by genre, subject, author, title, series, and more. A monthly highlights page allows the user to see selections of award winners, upcoming titles, and titles that revolve around different subjects each month.

  Elementary School   NoveList K-8

A fantastic resource for teachers, parents, and students alike. This junior version of Novelist, intended for students from kindergarten to grade 8, features detailed subject headings as well as booklists by theme and grade level.

 Websites You May Want to Visit:

• Between the Lions    http://pbskids.org/lions/stories.html

• Poetry Site for Kids on the Web    http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
• Reading Is Fundamental    http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/

• Reading Motivation Program    http://www.bookadventure.org/

• United Through Reading    http://www.read2kids.org/readaloud.htm

  Books to check out:

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The 20^th Century Children's Book Treasury.
Random House, 1998.  

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The Family Read-Aloud Christmas Treasury.
Little Brown, 1989.

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Sierra, Judy. 
Silly and Sillier: Read Aloud Tales from Around the World.  
Knopf, 2002.

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Hamilton, Virginia.
Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales.
Blue Sky, 1995.

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Thanks & Giving All Year Long.
Simon & Schuster, 2004.

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A Call to Character: a Family Treasury of Stories, Poems, Plays, Proverbs,  and Fables to Guide the Development of Values for You and Your Children.
HarperCollins, 1995.

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Blakemore, Caroline. 
Baby Read-Aloud Basics.
AMACOM, 2006.

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Trelease, Jim.
The Read-Aloud Handbook.
Penguin, 2001.

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Bauer, Caroline Feller.
Caroline Feller Bauer's New Handbook for Storytellers.  
ALA, 1993.

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Moore, Ellen.
Good Books Lately: the One-Stop Resource 
for Book Groups and Other Greedy Readers. 
St. Martin's Griffin, 2004.