Background
Butler was born in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn on 24 April 1925, the daughter of William Victor Norgrove and his wife Emily Isobel Norgrove (née Brown).
(This is a book for first-time parents. The author believe...)
This is a book for first-time parents. The author believes that books should play a crucial role in a baby's life and this book, planned as a sort of "how to" manual, devotes a chapter to each year of a child's life until school.
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(Dorothy Butler believes passionately that books should be...)
Dorothy Butler believes passionately that books should be a vital part of children's lives -- even in their very first months. But how do we go about introducing books to children? Which books should we share? When should we begin? Babies Need Books is an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, and librarians -- indeed, for any adult eager to share with small children the pleasure books offer. Butler provides important guidelines for choosing appropriate books and recommends hundreds of titles. And for this revised edition, Butler's book selections have been supplemented by an extensive index of recently published titles readily available in North America.
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(In this disarming sequel to My Brown Bear Barney, the you...)
In this disarming sequel to My Brown Bear Barney, the young girl narrator and her teddy bear, Barney, are as inseparable as ever. As the week unfolds, they get into trouble together, and almost everything they do displeases someone. When things quiet down on Sunday, Barney is bored, but the little girl reminds him that "it's Monday again tomorrow." Full color.
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( Reading Begins at Home is a book early childhood educat...)
Reading Begins at Home is a book early childhood educators can recommend to parents. It is a straightforward account of proven ways in which parents can help their children with reading - before they go to school. Internationally acclaimed reading authorities Dorothy Butler and Marie Clay present research-based ideas for at home instruction in beginning reading concepts - instruction that anyone can use with little kids: parents, guardians, grandparents, or anyone else interested in nudging young readers toward a lifetime of literacy. The techniques are based on decades of exploring how young children come to read, on what they have to master to become readers, and on the relationship between a literate home and success in school. Butler and Clay describe one-to-one learning situations that occur in everyday life and describe ways they can be turned into opportunities for beginning reading instruction at home. They show how children can be gently introduced to the kind of instruction they will find at school as well as to concepts of print that will be key to success. Through immersion in high-quality books, direct instruction from adults, and simple encouragement, children can begin becoming readers. Parents need to know how to impleent these strategies at home. Reading Begins at Home can help them.
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(The Complete Collier: Or the Whole Art of Sinking, Gettin...)
The Complete Collier: Or the Whole Art of Sinking, Getting, and Working, Coal Mines, Etc. as Is Now Used in the Northern Parts (1708)
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Butler was born in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn on 24 April 1925, the daughter of William Victor Norgrove and his wife Emily Isobel Norgrove (née Brown).
She was educated at Auckland Girls" Grammar School, before studying at Auckland University College, from where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1947.
Former high school English teacher
play center supervisor, university lecturer in children's literature, teacher night classes, Auckland Technology Institute, 1963-1965;
owner, managing director, Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop Ltd., Auckland, 1965-1990;
owner, Dorothy Butler Reading Center, Auckland, 1978-1984;
children's editor, Reed Methuen, 1984-1985. May Hill Arbuthnot Honor lecturer in the United States, 1982. Anne Carroll Moore Spring lecturer Lincoln Center, New York, 1982.
Guest lecturer Northern Ters. Library. Svc., Australia, Australian Book Council, 1984, Japan Foundation, 1985. Councillor National Council Booksellers, 1974-1980.
(This is an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, and...)
(In the sequel to My Brown Bear Barney, the young girl nar...)
(In this disarming sequel to My Brown Bear Barney, the you...)
(Dorothy Butler believes passionately that books should be...)
(Happily, Mabel and Ned are the parents of a new baby, but...)
(On the way to a picnic, a little girl and a little boy ma...)
(On the way to a picnic, a little girl and a little boy ma...)
(Both good and bad luck accompany Mabel as she tries to ge...)
(The Complete Collier: Or the Whole Art of Sinking, Gettin...)
( Reading Begins at Home is a book early childhood educat...)
(This is a book for first-time parents. The author believe...)
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Quotations: "a trail-blazing and completely accessible book, written with charm and vivacity and detailed, helpful advice".
Member International Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, New Zealand Children's Literature Association, New Zealand Reading Association, New Zealand Children's Book Foundation (committee).
Married Roy Edward Butler. Children: Catherine Butler Darroch, Christine Butler Sidwell, Patricia Butler Yeoman, Vivien Butler Mulgrew, Anthony, Simon, Susan, Josephine.