Product Description: Are you searching for the right board book for a toddler s birthday? Or trying to turn your reluctant teenager into an avid reader? Look no further. The Children s Book Committee has selected the best recently published books for children and young adults in this easy-to-use, annotated, and beautifully illustrated guide...read more

Looking for just the right children's book? Each year, the Children's Book Committee issues an annotated guide to more than 600 books they consider to be the best publications of the prior year. The fiction listings are divided into sections by age (infant to age 14) and arranged by topic: adventure, animals, folk and fairy tales, growing up, mystery, science fiction, sports, and more. Another section lists nonfiction and poetry titles, also arranged by topic. This year's special Centerfold Section is ''New Beginnings: Life in a New Land,'' a generous sampling of books dealing with the experiences of people moving to or residing in different places. All of the books have been reviewed by the nonprofit Children's Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education. The Committee's members include educators, librarians, authors, illustrators, and parents. Many of the books are also read and evaluated by children who range in age from two to fourteen.

Clever Kitten refuses to be tempted by drugs and alcohol

Five stories and rhymes told in rebuses introduce numbers, colors, parts of the body, and other things familiar to a child.

Offers rhymed advice for children about seatbelts, not talking to strangers, crossing the street, bike riding, swimming, and playing in the snow

Offers advice on how to aid in the development of a child