CCBC Choices 2024 -- Young Children (ages 0-4)

The Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison compiles a yearly list of excellent books for young readers.
 

Showing 1 - 2 of 2  There are a total of 93 valid entries on the list.

1. Cape

Book cover for Cape.
Author:
Johnson, Kevin (Novelist)
Notes:
Understanding Oneself and Others;4-8
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Boulder Meadows Childrens Picture Book
J P John
Boulder Reynolds Childrens Picture Book
J P John
Description:
"When a child loses the person in his life that he loves more than anything, he uses his cape as protection from his grief. On the day of the funeral, he uses it to block out the pictures and stories people share, refusing to acknowledge the memories that keep bubbling up. He won't think about them. He doesn't want to. He avoids the memories, until he no longer can. He remembers then. Their laugh, their smile, the moment they gave him the cape. The...

2. Sometimes I cry

Book cover for Sometimes I cry.
Author:
Townes, Jess
Notes:
Understanding Oneself and Others;3-7
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1 copy on order.
Boulder NoBo Children Picture Book
J P Town
Description:
Sometimes it's the sting from a fall that brings tears to your eyes, but other times it's laughing so hard from a tickle fight that you start to cry. Follow a young boy as he explores the wide range of emotions that cause him to cry - from joy to disappointment, from laughter to pain, from love to grief. Through moving and lyrical prose, this work offers a gentle, necessary affirmation of the emotional complexity of growing up, particularly for a...