Read Across America - March 2, 2009

On March 2, the National Education Association is calling for every child to be reading in the company of a caring adult. So snuggle up with a comfy bathrobe and book and read to your child! For more inforamation visit Read Across America web site.

New York Times Children's Book Best Seller List:
1. LISTEN TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND THREE CUPS OF TEA, by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth. (Dial, $16.99.) A school grows in Pakistan. (Ages 4 to 8)
2. BARACK OBAM: SON OF PROMISE, CHILD OF HOPE, by Nikki Grimes. Illustrated by Bryan Collier. (Simon & Schuster, $16.99.) Yes, he can; a children’s biography of the president. (Ages 5 to 10)
3. CHANGE HAS COME, with words by Barack Obama. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson.. (Simon & Schuster, $12.99.) Drawings inspired by the 44th president. (All ages)
4. GALLOP!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Animals seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)
5. SWING!, written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder. (Workman, $12.95.) Athletic children seem to move when you flip the page. (Ages 4 to 8)
6. WABI SABI, by Mark Reibstein. Illustrated by Ed Young. (Little, Brown Young Readers, $16.99.) Wabi Sabi the cat seeks the meaning of her name. (Ages 4 to 8)
7. ABC3D, by Marion Bataille. (Neal Porter/Roaring Brook, $19.95.) The alphabet, in pop-ups. (Ages 9 to 12)
8. NAKED MOLE RAT GETS DRESSED, written and illustrated by Mo Willems. (Hyperion, $16.99.) The rodent as individualist, and trendsetter. (Ages 3 and up)
9. THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT, By Susan Marie SwansonIlustrated by Beth Krommes.. (Houghton Mifflin, $17.) A key, a bed, a book, a light, the moon.
10. BIG WORDS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE, by Jamie Lee Curtis. Illustrated by Laura Cornell. (Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, $16.99.) A boisterous family improves its vocabulary, and thus its relationships. (Ages 4 to 8)