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Have you ever stopped and really considered the importance that children’s books have on our lives, from childhood to adulthood? Who doesn’t remember the daunting tales of Dr. Seuss, Berenstain Bears, and Magic Tree House? These time honored stories provide an action plot filled with drama, popularity, and conflict while keeping a gentle undergrowth of awareness suited for the minds of these young readers. Whether you are reading to your children or they are reading for themselves, it is a great way to start off their scholastic adventure with a few memorable classics.

Randolph Caldecott Medal The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to the most illustrious children’s picture book in America. These can include 3d “popup” books or regular story books with delicate images, usually filled with lots of colors and scenery. The 2008 winner of the Caldecott Medal is Brian Selznick with the release of his book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, a story about a boy living in a French train station who strives to complete a mysterious invention left to him by his father. This story consists of over 500 pages of both text and images, neither of which can tell this story alone. Black and white pencil sketches show the silent films to which this book pays homage. It is a masterpiece and must be honored with such a fabulous award as the Caldecott Medal.

This October 2008 calendar of children's books includes recommended children's books related to October 2008 occasions and events, Banned Books Week, Teen Read Week, and Halloween. Besides Banned Books Week, Teen Read Week, Halloween on the October 2008 calendar of children's books, you will also find October birthdays of children’s book authors and illustrators.

In Part 2 of this About.com interview with Jon Scieszka, you will learn all about the popular author's views on serving as the nation's first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and the state of children's literature in the U.S.

In this interview with Jon Scieszka, you will learn all about the popular author's views on encouraging boys to read, writing and creativity, and more. Jon Scieszka is the nation's first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature

This Halloween picture book with its creepy illustrations and poems will appeal to 8-12 year olds who love Halloween picture books and poems about ghouls, ghosts, werewolves and other creepy things.

This September 2008 calendar of children's books includes recommended children's books related to September 2008 occasions and events, including Library Sign-up Month, the 10th anniversary of Harry Potter, the publication of the latest book in the Inheitance Cycle by Christopher, Paolini, September 11, 2001, Citizenship Day and Constitution Day.

The 10th Anniversary Edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling will be released by Scholastic on September 23, 2008. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is the first book in the wildly popular Harry Potter series by JK Rowling.

Emily's First 100 Days of School by Rosemary Wells is one of a number of children's picture books about the first 100 days of school / kindergarten and 100th day celebrations in kindergarten and in other elementary school classes. Many schools count the first 100 days of school / kindergarten, share children's books like Emily's First 100 Days of School by Rosemary Wells, and have a 100th day of school party on the 100th day.

What is the connection between the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling and The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling? What are the tales and what is their significance in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and what does Albus Dumbledore have to do with it?

Get all the latest information on the 2001 winners of some of the most prestigious awards for children's literature in the United States, presented by the American Library Association, and including the 2001 Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott King, Sibert, and other ALA award winners.