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Imagination Library
Book Selection Committee (2014)
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John Micklos, Jr.:
formerly Editor in chief of “Reading Today,” the
award-winning membership newspaper of the
International Reading Association. Freelance
Writer, Editor
Edna Rogers:
Retired KindergartenTeacher, National State
Teacher of the Year organization President. 1989
– present: Board Member of the Dollywood
Foundation
Chaya Kilkarni:
B.A.A. M.Ed. Ed.D. . Parenting and Child Development
Expert, Director, Infant Mental Health
Promotion (IMP), The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto
Diane Givens:
Parents as Teachers
Oversees the department that coordinates the
Family and Children Education (FACE) program
with the Bureau of Indian Education, i-3 BabyFACE
progam and Tribal Home Visiting.
Jinx Watson:
Retired Associate Professor – Coordinator of
Youth Services
School of Information Services
University of Tennessee
THEMES & CONCEPTS
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Inspiration & Imagination &
Fundamental Themes of Regard:
Love of reading and learning; regard for diversity
of people, their roles, culture, and environment;
promotion of self-esteem and confidence, appreciation
of art and aesthetics. Each series of books
should contain certain characteristics specific to
their age appropriateness including:
Year 1
Vision - bright, big, colorful
Touch - board pages
Rhyme and rhythm
Simple - easy to use
Minimal text - point and say
Playful sound
Nurture - attachment- lullaby themes
Year 2
Continue concepts from year one and build upon
them
Repetition and predictability - generate language
Motor skills
“Self-help” activities - things children can do,
things familiar in their daily life
Use of real photo illustration
Body awareness
Nursery rhymes
Colors, letters, numbers
Year 3
Wordless books - build your own story (reader
and child)
Values and character
Issues - fear, conflict, love, safety
Colors, letters, numbers
Nursery rhymes
Year 4
More complex stories - hero, complication, resolution
Diversity of others - faces, environment - OK to
be different
Play, humor, fun
Nursery rhymes and poetry
Year 5
School preparation and readiness
Use rebus (pictures used for words)
Science - non-fiction
Folk tales
Thank you, appreciation
Rhymes and poetry