This book helps to ignite a lifetime love of reading in children and discover some new classics yourself. Whether you're a teacher or parent, you've done "Goodnight, Moon" and "Where the Wild Things Are" a million times. You want more unusual books to inspire your children to fall in love with reading. There's a wide world of great stories out there, and this guide makes discovering them easy and fun. You get a whole year's worth of entertainment with hundreds of picture books to keep you and kids ages 2-8 from getting bored. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is frought to life with titles like "My Brother Martin" by Christine King Farris. Looking for a fun idea in March? Celebrate National Pig Day and have a squealing good time with "Swine Divine" by Jan Carr.For May, there's a literary tribute to mothers, featuring crowd-pleasers like "I Love You Stinky Face" by Lisa McCourt. A complete guide to making the most of children's literature, this book gives you: a calendar format that follows seasons, holidays, and other milestones; hundreds of kid-tested, teacher-approved recommendations for every week of the year; themes coded for school-subject tie-ins, such as math and science; a detailed reading strategy after each chapter, complete with instructions for implementing it into the lesson; and, a variety of indexes, so you can access books by title, author, and subject. With this unique, inspiring guide, you'll give your kids a head start on book smarts that will last a lifetime.