Jenny recommends 20 classics, in each of four age groups, to get you started. Each month, her complimentary email newsletter recommends a brand new book in each age group so you can continue to expand your selections.
With more than 9,000 children's books published each year, it's hard to judge the best. Twenty by Jenny will recommend the top picks for you.
| 0-3 | 4-7 |
| 8-12 | teen |
The Children’s Book Committee at the Bank Street College of Education (on which I am honored to serve, and where the esteemed Margaret Wise Brown tested out her books--such as Goodnight Moon--on children) has just made its list of the "Best of the Best" Children's Books available online!
And here is the most recent 2010 list--also separated out by age group. |
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