By Elizabeth Kennedy, About.com Guide
This is a great guide to books that can be shared during the year, but especially in the month of May.
Children’s Books and More for May
- Through May 5 - Screen-Free Week
- What the connection between Screen-Free Week and children's books?
- Readers Respond: Share your opinion of Screen-Free Week and read the opinions of others.
- Doug Unplugged - This is a good picture book to share during Screen-Free Week.
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Recommended Reading
- Get Caught Reading Month
- 10 Ways to Help You Raise Kids Who Love Reading
- Latino Books Month
- What is the Pura Belpré Award?
- Current Pura Belpré Award Winners
- The Storyteller's Candle / La velita de los cuentos
- Hispanic and Latino Heritage in Books for Children and Teens
- Love to Mama
- National Bike Month
- Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom
- National Egg Month
- An Egg Is Quiet
- May 1 - Mother Goose Day
- Mother Goose Rules!
- Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
- Mother Goose Board Books for Little Ones
- May 12 - Mother's Day
- Children's Books For Mother's Day Gifts
- Love to Mamá: A Tribute to Mothers
- May 12-18 - National Transportation Week
- Children’s Books About Cars, Trucks and Diggers
- Katy and the Big Snow
- May 13-19 - Children’s Book Week
- What and When Is Children’s Book Week?
- May 15 - Birth Date of L. Frank Baum
- L. Frank Baum and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- May 15 - Birthday of Artist and Author Kadir Nelson
- 2009 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal - Kadir Nelson won the 2009 Sibert Medal for his book We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball.
- Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
- I Have A Dream - The artwork of Kadir Nelson illustrates excerpts from Dr Martin Luther King's famous speech.
- May 16 - Birth Date of Margret Rey
- The Journey That Saved Curious George
- The Complete Adventures of Curious George
- May 20 - Birthday of Author Mary Pope Osborne
- The Magic Tree House Series, Books #1-28 - Here's an overview and reading list of the first 28 books in the series by Mary Pope Osborne.
- The Magic Tree House Series, Books #29 and Up - This article provides an overview of Osborne's later books in the series, which are known as Merlin Missions, as well as a reading list.
- Spotlight on the Magic Tree House Fact Tracker Books - Get an overview and a reading list of the nonfiction research guides that serve as companions to Osborne's series.
- An Interview With Mary Pope Osborne - In this interview with Osborne, we discuss her Magic Tree House series, her characters and topics, the companion research guides and her writing process.
- Author Interview About the 20th Anniversary of the Magic Tree House Series - In this interview with Mary Pope Osborne, we discuss the ways in which she is celebrating the anniversary of the series, particularly her philanthropic efforts, including her new Magic Tree House website for educators.
- 20th Anniversary Edition of Magic Tree House, Book #1 - Learn about all of the extras in this special edition of Dinosaurs Before Dark, the first book in the series.
- Magic Tree House Resources for Parents and Teachers: Here's a convenient illustrated directory of all of the Magic Tree House articles, book lists and interviews listed above, plus book-related crafts.
- May 25 - National Tap Dance Day
- Oliver Button Is a Sissy
- May 27 - Birth Date of Amelia Jenks Bloomer
- The Amelia Bloomer Project
- May 27 - Memorial Day
- The Wall by Eve Bunting
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