From: Beverly V. Hock <bevvhock>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:21:25 -0700

There are two wonderful board book versions Jane Wattenberg's terrific photographs in Mrs. Mustard's Baby Faces. I find these are always a hit.

Beverly Vaughn Hock, Ed. D.. Director, Reading the World University of San Francisco. School of Education


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> 1. Board Books (WAY Vicki Kouchnerkavich)
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> 3. Re: Get on Board! (Elliott BatTzedek)
> 4. Get on Board! (cathys at uproc.lib.mi.us)
> 5. Re: Get on Board! (James Elliott)
> 6. Board Books (Carla K)
> 7. Re: Get on Board! (Nancy Silverrod)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:09:46 -0400
> From: "WAY Vicki Kouchnerkavich" <wayvk at henikalibrary.org>
> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Board Books
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> One of my frequent library users with a 17 month old, asked if I could
> purchase
> board books with photographs in them. She wanted her child to see real
> children in the books. So I having been purchasing more with that format in
> mind.
>
> I saw the comment that in the beginning of this format, picture books were
> basically converted to board books. I am still seeing that a lot from the
> book
> sales people I deal with and it makes no sense to me.
>
> Sandra Boynton is a favorite author of the board book crowd in my library.
>
> Vicki Kouchnerkavich
> Henika District Library (AW)
> Youth Services Supervisor
> 149 S. Main St.
> Wayland, MI 49348
> 269-792-2891
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:31:36 -0700
> From: Kathy Shepler <kbshepler at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Board Books
> To: WAY Vicki Kouchnerkavich <wayvk at henikalibrary.org>
> Cc: "ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu"
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> Hi, Vicki
> I hope you have added the wonderful "Global Babies" to the library.
> The photographs of real babies from all over the world are guaranteed
> to bring a smile to faces - big and small.
>
> Kathy Shepler
> Aurora School
> Oakland, CA
>
> On Sep 19, 2008, at 10:09 AM, "WAY Vicki Kouchnerkavich"
> <wayvk at henikalibrary.org
>> wrote:
>
>> One of my frequent library users with a 17 month old, asked if I
>> could purchase
>> board books with photographs in them. She wanted her child to see
>> real
>> children in the books. So I having been purchasing more with that
>> format in
>> mind.
>>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:34:26 -0400
> From: Elliott BatTzedek <ebattzedek at cliontheweb.org>
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Get on Board!
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> Just this week my office received a new bilingual Eric Carle board book,
> Colors/Colores. Each page has an object in the featured color, printed on a
> tab that slides back and forth, revealing either the color name in English or
> the color name in Spanish. The pages and sliders are very sturdy and easy to
> move, making it actually interactive even for very young kids.
>
> Less successful, for our purposes in pre-k, are books in the Carle "My Very
> First Book of" series. These have half pages with a picture on one half and
> the name of the object pictured on the other. These includes words, colors,
> numbers, animal homes, and others. The objects and their corresponding labels
> are printed on different pages, inviting children to flip through the books to
> match the object and label. In practice, kids have had a hard time holding
> the books open enough to have the pages lay flat enough to play. More
> importantly, there is no "self-check" feature built in, so pre-readers (surely
> the intended audience based on the content) don't actually know if they have
> matched correctly, so don't gain the exposure to seeing a word they know in
> print. This could have been added so easily with color bars, small matching
> color dots, etc.
>
> I also really love the new "lap book" sized board books that Harcourt has been
> putting out. These are all adaptations of picture books (so far), but work
> better than small board books by keeping the art large and not having to
> reduce the print size so dramatically. Has anyone used these in library
> settings yet?
>
> Elliott batTzedek
> Curriculum and Collections Development
> Children's Literacy Initiative
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:24:49 -0400 (EDT)
> From: cathys at uproc.lib.mi.us
> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Get on Board!
> To: "Megan Schliesman" <schliesman at education.wisc.edu>
> Cc: "ccbc-net, Subscribers of" <ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu>
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> Our book bins were full of board books. I wasn't going to order any more
> for awhile because I, too, usually don't like the picture book to board
> book transition. However, the last couple of years have brought an
> explosion of wonderful, creative, funny, colorful, simple board books,
> many of which work very well for our Book Babies program. I weeded many
> old books to make room for the new. One thing I really appreciate about
> the publishers of board books is how sturdy they make them. They hold up
> quite well to hundreds of circs!
>
> My personal favorite is Counting With Wayne Thiebaud by Susan Goldman
> Rubin. I enjoy any new Rosemary Wells board books, especially Max books;
> Rock-a-Bye Baby by Jeanette Winter; Kit Allen's clothing books (Sweater,
> Galoshes, etc.); Annie Kubler's books, especially her songs and nursery
> rhymes (Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, etc.); Elly van der Linden and Debbie
> Lavrey's books (The Woolly Sheep, etc.); Karen Katz's colorful and busy
> books; Emily Jenkins and Tomek Bogacki's Bea and HaHa books; Ba Ba Ha, Ha
> by Zimm, and the Marshall Cavendish Board Buddies (Play Ball, etc.).
>
> Cathy
>
> Cathy Sullivan Seblonka
> Youth Services Librarian
> Peter White Public Library
> 217 N. Front St.
> Marquette, MI 49855
> 906-226-4323
> 906-226-1783 fax
> cathys at uproc.lib.mi.us
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:25:07 -0400 (EDT)
> From: James Elliott <libraryjim at embarqmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Get on Board!
> To: cathys at uproc.lib.mi.us
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> One of my favorite board books has always been "Good Night, Gorilla" by Peggy
> Rathmann
>
> Jim Elliott
> North Florida, USA
>
> "Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the
> answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library,
> the doors to learning are always open ... every child in America should have
> access to a well-stocked school or community library"
> --Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States
>
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:25:53 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Carla K <carlak_56 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Board Books
> To: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
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> I love Sandra Boynton's board books, and have long given a few of these as
> baby gifts, along with the board book version of Peggy Rathmann's GOODNIGHT,
> GORILLA, which I think made a wonderful transition from picture book to board
> book.? Parents have appreciated these, enjoying the rhymes and humor (written
> and illustrated) of the Boynton books, and the cozy, funny,
> follow-the-various-antics illustrations of GOODNIGHT, GORILLA.
> ?
> Two of my absolute favorite board books, which work beautifully for
> lapsit/baby bounce and pre-school storytimes, are CLAP YOUR HANDS:?AN ACTION
> BOOK (Handprint Books, c.2001)?and TEN IN THE BED: A COUNTING BOOK (Handprint
> Books, c.2000), both by David Ellwand,? Sadly, these are out of print.
> ?
> Carla Kozak, San Francisco Public Library
>
> Carla Kozak "Librarian by Day, Catwoman by Night (Gone to the Dogs)"
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:25:55 -0700
> From: "Nancy Silverrod" <nsilverrod at sfpl.org>
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Get on Board!
> To: "ccbc-net, Subscribers of" <ccbc-net at lists.ad.education.wisc.edu>
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> I have some preference for books that were originally designed to be
> board books, but I agree that there are many that have made a successful
> transition in format. I've always been partial to Tana Hoban's Black on
> White, and White on Black.
>
>
>
> Nancy Silverrod, Librarian
>
> San Francisco Public Library
>
> 100 Larkin St.
>
> San Francisco, CA 94102-4733
>
> 415-557-4417
>
> nsilverrod at sfpl.org
>
>
>
> Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another
> mind. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)
>
>
>
> A closed mind is like a closed book: just a block of wood. -Chinese
> Proverb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
> [mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of
> cathys at uproc.lib.mi.us
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 12:25 PM
> To: Megan Schliesman
> Cc: ccbc-net, Subscribers of
> Subject: [CCBC-Net] Get on Board!
>
>
>
> Our book bins were full of board books. I wasn't going to order any more
>
> for awhile because I, too, usually don't like the picture book to board
>
> book transition. However, the last couple of years have brought an
>
> explosion of wonderful, creative, funny, colorful, simple board books,
>
> many of which work very well for our Book Babies program. I weeded many
>
> old books to make room for the new. One thing I really appreciate about
>
> the publishers of board books is how sturdy they make them. They hold up
>
> quite well to hundreds of circs!
>
>
>
> My personal favorite is Counting With Wayne Thiebaud by Susan Goldman
>
> Rubin. I enjoy any new Rosemary Wells board books, especially Max books;
>
> Rock-a-Bye Baby by Jeanette Winter; Kit Allen's clothing books (Sweater,
>
> Galoshes, etc.); Annie Kubler's books, especially her songs and nursery
>
> rhymes (Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, etc.); Elly van der Linden and Debbie
>
> Lavrey's books (The Woolly Sheep, etc.); Karen Katz's colorful and busy
>
> books; Emily Jenkins and Tomek Bogacki's Bea and HaHa books; Ba Ba Ha,
> Ha
>
> by Zimm, and the Marshall Cavendish Board Buddies (Play Ball, etc.).
>
>
>
> Cathy
>
>
>
> Cathy Sullivan Seblonka
>
> Youth Services Librarian
>
> Peter White Public Library
>
> 217 N. Front St.
>
> Marquette, MI 49855
>
> 906-226-4323
>
> 906-226-1783 fax
>
> cathys at uproc.lib.mi.us
>
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> Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:07:13 -0700 (PDT)
> From: DAJ <daj9999 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Get on Board!
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> Apologies if it's already been mentioned, but one of the landmark articles,
> "Board Books Go Boom" (by CCBC's Kathleen T. Horning) is online at the Horn
> Book's website, along with Martha Parravano's "Rumpeta-ing through Reading:
> Picture Books for the Very Young". Although the latter deals with picture
> books, I've often paired it with the Horning for units studying board books
> because so many of the concepts about what makes a book successful are also
> applicable to board books. The URLs are
>
> http://www.hbook.com/magazine/articles/1997/mar97_horning.asp
>
> http://www.hbook.com/magazine/articles/1997/mar97_parravano.asp
>
> DAJ
>
>
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