2. Get lost!

That's right... get lost in a museum or a great book! Check your localphone book or chamber of commerce for art and history museums in your area.The Sunday newspaper often lists the museums in your area, with descriptionsof the most recent exhibits. As for books to explore, we've added a listto accompany your next visit to the library, or bookstore.

To help you organize your museum outing, consider art, historical, science,or specialty museums. Family interests will help you focus on a particularmuseum. Put the choice to a vote, and you'll be well on your way to a well-plannedfamily outing.

Books are a great source of information and enjoyment. Consider yourchildren's interests and ask a librarian to recommend books with your child(ren)present. Allow them a choice, but include some classics as well. Readingto your children can be a wonderful shared experience that can enhanceappreciation for books. Books that are Caldecott winners have great illustrations,and Newberry winners are noted for excellence in children's literature.Look for medallions on books that identify these prize winners. Some librarieshave these books located in a separate section.

Read Aloud Books for Families
  • The Little Mermaid
    by Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    by L. Frank Baum
  • The Velveteen Rabbit
    by Margery Williams Bianco
  • Caddie Woodlawn
    by Carol Ryrie Brink
  • The Sword in the Tree
    by Clyde Robert Bulla
  • Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain
    by Robert Burch
  • A Little Princess
    by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • The Incredible Journey
    by Sheila Burnford
  • The Stories Julian Tells
    by Ann Cameron
  • Eric Carle's Animals, Animals
    by Eric Carle
  • The Chocolate Touch
    by Patrick Skene Catling
  • Jim Ugly
    by Sid Dleischman
  • My Side of the Mountain
    by Jean Craighead
  • Savage Sam
    by Fred Gipson
  • The People Could Fly
    by Virginia Hamilton
  • A Stranger Came Ashore
    by Mollie Hunter
  • Mattimeo
    by Biran Jacques
  • Anansi Goes Fishing
    by Eric A. Kimmel
  • Just So Stories
    by Rudyard Kipling
  • A Wrinkel in Time
    by Madeleine L'Engle
  • The Princess and the Goblin
    by George MacDonald
  • Homer Price
    by Robert McCloskey
  • Winnie-the-Pooh
    by A.A.Milne
  • American Tall Tales
    by Mary Pope Osborne
  • Skinnybones
    by Barbara Park
  • The Caboose Who Got Loose
    by Bill Peet
  • Something Big Has Been Here
    by Jack Prelutsky
  • The View From the Cherry Tree
    by Willo Davis Roberts
  • Night of the Twisters
    by Ivy Ruckman
  • Sukey and the Mermaid
    by Robert D. San Souci
  • The Time Warp Trio series
    by Jon Scieszka
  • The Secret of Gumbo Grove
    by Eleanora E. Tate
  • The Boxcar Children stories
    by Gertrude Chandler Warner
  • The Sword in the Stone
    by T.H. White
    • Recommended Reading for Preschoolers
    • Thump, Thump, Rat-a-Tat-Tat
      by Baer
    • Ten, Nine, Eight
      by Bang
    • Grandfather and I
      by Buckley
    • Grandmother and I
      by Buckley
    • Tail, Toes, Eyes, Ears, Nose
      by Burton
    • First Steps: Letters, Numbers, Colors, Opposites
      by Burningham
    • Flying
      by Crews
    • Planting a Rainbow
      by Ehlert
    • Time for Bed
      by Fox
    • Three Billy Goats Gruff
      by Galdone
    • Rata-Pata-Scata-Fata
      by Gershator
    • Mushroom in the Rain
      by Ginsburg
    • Ben's Trumpet
      by Isadora
    • Mama Do You Love Me?
      by Joosse
    • Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
      by Kimmel
    • Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse
      by Lionni
    • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
      by Martin
    • Pretend You're a Cat
      by Marzollo
    • Blueberries for Sal
      by McCloskey
    • Charlie Parker Played Be Bop
      by Raschka
    • We're Going on a Bear Hunt
      by Rosen
    • Chicken Soup with Rice
      by Sendak
    • Our Granny
      by Wild
    • King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
      by Wood
    • Oh, Baby!
      by Stein
    • Tikki Tikki Tembo
      by Mosel
    • Baby's Story Book
      by Chorao
    • Wendy Watson's Mother Goose
      by Mother Goose
    • Outside-In, a lift the flap ody book
      by Smallman
    • The Story of a Castle
      by Goodall
    • Peanut Butter and Jelly, a play rhyme
      by Westcott
    Recommended Reading for Grade 4
    • The Letter, the Witch and the Ring
      by Bellairs
    • The Dark Stairs: A Herculeah Jones Mystery
      by Byars
    • The Lemonade Trick
      By Corbett
    • The BFG
      by Dahl
    • Mrs. Tooey and the Terrible Toxic Tar
      by Dillon
    • Half Magic
      by Eager
    • The Whipping Boy
      by Fleischman
    • My Side of the Mountain
      by George
    • Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sum
      by Gilson
    • Howliday Inn
      by Howe
    • Martin's Mice
      by King-Smith
    • Anastasia Krupnik
      by Lowry
    • Seven Spiders Spinning
      by Maguire
    • The Great Piratical Rumbistification
      by Mahy
    • The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
      by McKissack
    • Skinnybones
      by Park
    • The Best School Year Ever
      by Robinson
    • The Cricket in Times Square
      bySelden
    • Little House in the Big Woods
      by Wilder
    • The Moon and I
      by Byars
    • Cleopatra
      by Stanley
    • BillPeet: An Autobiography
      by Peet
    • Greek Myths
      by McCaughrean
    • Ship
      by Macaulay
    • The People Could Fly
      by Hamilton
    • Surtsey: The Newest Place on Earth
      by Lasky
    • How Do Ants Know When You're Having a Picnic?
      by Settel
    • Lobsters: Gangsters of the Sea
      by Cerullo
    • How the Body Works
      by Parker
    • Li'l Sis and Uncle Willie
      by Everett
    • Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
      by Fleischman
    • Something Big Has Been Here
      by Prelutsky
    Recommended Reading for Grade 5
    • The Search for Delicious
      by Babbitt
    • The Ghost in the Mirror
      by Bellairs
    • The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet
      by Cameron
    • The Dark is Rising
      by Cooper
    • Harriet the Spy
      by Fitzhugh
    • Eat Your Poison, Dear
      by Howe
    • The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt
      by Maclachlan
    • The Boys Start the War
      by Naylor
    • Dogsong
      by Paulsen
    • Soup
      by Peck
    • What's Happening to Me? The Answers to Some of the World's Most EmbarressingQuestions
      by Mayle
    • The View From the Cherry Tree
      by Roberts
    • The Egypt Game
      by Snyder
    • Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush?
      by Spinelli
  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
    by Taylor
  • Peppermints in the Parlor
    by Wallace
  • Dealing With Dragons
    by Wrede
  • Escape From Slavery
    by Douglass
  • On the Way Home
    by Wilder
  • If You Made a Million
    by Schwartz
  • The Dark Way
    by Hamilton
  • The Kid's Nature Book
    by Milord
  • Elephants Can't Jump & Other Freaky Facts
    by Seuling
  • Pink and Say
    by Polacco
  • They Don't Wash Their Socks
    by Gay
  • You Come Too: Favorite Poems for Young Readers
    by Frost
  • Dogs & Dragons, Trees & Dreams
    by Kuskin
  • The Lost Wreck of the Isis
    by Ballard
  • It Happened in America: True Stories From the Fifty States
    by Perl
    • Recommended Reading for Grade 6
    • The Book of Three
      by Alexander
    • The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown
      by Byars
    • Catherine, Called Birdy
      by Cushman
    • Flour Babies
      by Fine
    • The House of Dies Drear
      by Hamilton
    • The Trouble With Lemons
      by Hayes
    • A Stranger Came Ashore
      by Hunter
    • A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
      by Konigsburg
    • A Summer To Die
      by Lowry
    • Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
      by McKinley
    • The Great Gilly Hopkins
      by Paterson
    • Tom's Midnight Garden
      by Pearce
    • There's a Girl in My Hammerlock
      by Spinelli
    • The Secret of Gumbo Grove
      by Tate
    • Wonder
      by Vail
    • The Mannyms
      by Waugh
    • Piper's Ferry
      by Whisler
    • Last Summer with Maizon
      by Woodson
    • Boy: Tales of Childhood
      byDahl
    • Queen Eleanor: Independent Spirit of the Medieval World
      by Eleanor
    • Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
      by Sasaki
    • The Beastly Book: 100 of the World's Most Dangerous Creatures
      by Hanson
    • The Way Things Work
      by Macaulay
    • Children of Promise: African-American Literature and Art for YoungPeople
    • If I Were in Charge of the World & Other Worries
      by Viorst
    • Do People Grow on Family Trees?
      by Wolfman



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