A family of readers: the book lover's guide to children's and young adult literature

Introduction / Roger Sutton -- Part 1: Reading To Them: -- Overview / Martha V Parravano -- 1: Books for babies: -- Future of page turns / Martha V Parravano -- From the Horn Book family: What makes a good Mother Goose? / Joanna Rudge Long -- Trashing Elmo / Ginee Seo and Bruce Brooks -- More great books for babies -- 2: Picture books: -- Stores of transferable energy / Martha V Parravano -- From the Horn Book family: Again / Kevin Henkes -- Words / Charlotte Zolotow -- Pictures / Margot Zemach -- How to read the pictures: John Steptoes's Baby Says / Kathleen T Horning -- Design matters / Jon Scieszka; illustrated by Lane Smith; designed by Molly Leach -- Interview with Maurice Sendak -- Scary picture books / Deborah Stevenson -- What makes a good alphabet book? / Lolly Robinson -- Accumulated power / Margaret Mahy -- Have a carrot / Cynthia Voigt -- What makes a good "Three Little Pigs"? / Joanna Rudge Long -- What makes a good preschool science book? / Betty Carter -- Delicious rhythms, enduring words / Naomi Shihab Nye -- More great picture books -- More great folklore -- Part 2: Reading With Them: -- Overview / Roger Sutton -- 3: Easy readers: -- I can read a whole book / Roger Sutton -- From the Horn Book family: Unlucky arithmetic / Dean Schneider and Robin Smith -- Look / Lois Lowry -- More great easy readers -- 4: Chapter books: -- Situations become stories / Roger Sutton -- From the Horn Book family: Books were everywhere / Virginia Hamilton -- More great chapter books -- Part 3: Reading On Their Own: -- Overview / Roger Sutton -- 5: Genres: -- Introduction / Roger Sutton -- Fantasy: -- Your journey is inward, but it will seem outward / Deirdre F Baker -- From the Horn Book family: Waking dreams / Jane Langton -- More great fantasy -- Historical fiction: -- When dinosaurs watched black-and-white TV / Betty Carter -- From the Horn Book family: Writing backward / Anne Scott MacLeod -- More great historical fiction -- Humor: -- Banana peels at every step / Sarah Ellis -- From the Horn Book family: What's so funny, Mr Scieszka? / Jon Scieszka -- More great humor -- Adventure: -- Know-how and guts / Vicky Smith -- From the Horn Book family: Incredible journey / Betsy Byars -- More great adventure books --

6: Nonfiction:

Introduction / Roger Sutton

Nonfiction:

Cinderella without the fairy godmother / Marc Aronson

From the Horn Book family: Missing parts / Deborah Hopkinson

More great nonfiction

Biography:

Story, by someone else, more than a hundred pages / Betty Carter

From the Horn Book family: Interview with Russell Freedman

More great biographies

Science:

More than just the facts / Danielle J Ford

From the Horn Book family: Three tests / Diana Lutz

What makes a good dinosaur book? / Danielle J Ford

More great science books

Poetry:

Up the bookcase to poetry / Alice Schertle

From the Horn Book family: Gazing at things / Naomi Shihab Nye

More great poetry

7: Girl books and boy books:

Introduction / Roger Sutton

Girl books:

Telling the truth / Christine Heppermann

From the Horn Book family: Becoming Judy Blume / Coe Booth

Everygirl / Kitty Flynn

Grow up with us, you'll be fine / Mitali Perkins

More great girl books

Boy books:

Go big or go home / Roger Sutton

From the Horn Book family: Masculinity chart / Robert Lipsyte

Stats / Marc Aronson

Interview with Jon Scieszka

More great boy books

8: Messages:

Introduction / Roger Sutton

From the Horn Book family: What makes a good sex ed book? / Christine Heppermann

Reading about families in my family / Megan Lambert

What ails bibliotherapy? / Maeve Visser Knoth

Interview with Katherine Paterson

Part 4: Leaving Them Alone:

Overview / Roger Sutton

9: Books for teens:

Discovery of like-minded souls / Roger Sutton

From the Horn Book family: Where Snoop and Shakespeare meet / Janet McDonald

What makes a good thriller? / Nancy Werlin

Interview with Sarah Dessen

Holden at sixteen / Bruce Brooks

Guys' clubhouse / Virginia Euwer Wolff

More great books for teens

Conclusion / Roger Sutton

Resources

Bibliography of recommended titles

Further reading

Notes on contributors

Credits and permissions

Index.