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Literature

 Web Siting Children's Literature R. Scott

 

 Elementary Literature Sites 

 

Ann Arbor District Library: World of Reading

A great place for students to be able to submit reviews. Features hundreds of searchable book reviews that are written by children.

URL: http://www.worldreading.org/

 

Fairfax County Public Library

Click on "Good Reading" to access an impressive annotated archive of recommended reading lists.

URL: http://www.co.fairfax.va.us/library

 

California Department of Education--Recommended Literature (K-12)

Contains a collection of outstanding literature for children for children and adolescents in grades kindergarten through grade 12. The booklists are annotated and are searchable by grade level, language, culture, genre and type of book.

URL: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/

 

The Book Hive

Contains short book reviews which are categorized by age level. Under "My Booklist", one can create their own booklist and save it for future reference.

URL: http://www.bookhive.org/

 

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site

This site includes reviews of great children's books, author pages, classroom activities, lesson plans, and professional topics.

URL: http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html

 

Children's Literature Web Guide

 

URL: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown

 

More Elementary Literature Sites 

 

Guys Read

This site is author Jon Scieszka's push for getting boys to read books.

URL: http://guysread.com/

 

Nancy Polette's Children's Literature Site

Check out Nancy Pollette's "Best Books" list for a wide selection of picture books, junior novels and juvenile nonfiction. Several sample literature guides that you can use in your classroom are also available.

URL: http://www.nancypolette.com/

 

International Reading Association: Choices

View informative booklists which are available through the International Reading Association. Recommendations are based on a national poll of teachers and students. These lists are published annually and typically represent favorite recently published books.

URL: http://www.reading.org/choices

 

Waterboro Public Library

Visit this site for links to several book lists for children. Book lists are arranged by topic.

URL: http://www.waterborolibrary.org/bklistj.htm

 

 

Access to Local Library Catalogs 

Minuteman Library Network Catalog

 

URL: http://library.minlib.net/

 

Library Catalog: C/W Mars Libraries in Central Massachusetts

 

URL: http://cmars.cwmars.org/search~s12

 

 

So...How Do You Say That Name? 

 

Pronouncing Dictionary of Authors' Names

 

URL: http://mainst.monterey.k12.ca.us/library/libpg/Dictionary/dict.html

 

 

Lists and More Lists 

 

Classic Reading Lists

The Kids Reads Classic Reading List is a compilation of more than 100 remarkable classic children's books broken out by reader ability. The authors feel that the books contained on the list "have risen above thousands of other titles when it comes to reader enthusiasm."

URL: http://www.kidsreads.com/lists/classic-lists.asp

Children's Classics List from The Horn Book

Here one will find an extensive listing of children's classics with associated descriptions arranged by age group. Horn Book's new PDF file is the best way to print ChildrenŐs Classics. ItŐs 14 pages long in an easy-to-read format. PRINT IT IN DRAFT MODE TO SAVE YOUR INK!

URL: http://www.hbook.com/childclass1.shtml

 

Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature

Use this site to link to a collection of classics available at the Classic Book Library or to additional links to individual children's classic titles. These classic literature titles have the books online for your reading pleasure!

URL: http://www.fairrosa.info/readingroom.html - classics

 

 

Just In Case You Needed to Know More 

 

American Library Association: Challenged and Banned Books

 

URL: http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:ddB8CQRSv-gJ:www.ala.org/bbooks/challeng.html+ALA+banned+books+list&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

 

Writing-World.com: A World of Writing Tips...For Writers Around the World

Here you will find a brief but valuable article entitled "Understanding Children's Writing Genres" by Laura Backes, the author of "Best Books for Kids Who (Think They) Hate to Read. From the viewpoint of an individual in the children's book field, this article is a definitive glossary of children's publishing genres.

URL: http://www.writing-world.com/children/genres.shtml

 

Internet School Library Media Center Children's Literature & Language Arts Resources

Going, going, almost gone! Take a look at this whole site soon as the author is, unfortunately, taking it down. Click on the heading "The Genres" for several links to articles about nonfiction for children and young adults.

URL: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/childlit.htm

 

CBC: Children's Book Council

An informative essay entitled "Choosing Award-winning Nonfiction Writing for Children: Three Perspectives".

URL: http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/choosing_award-winning_nonfict.html

 

Beyond Once Upon a Time

An article by Nell K. Duke about ways in which informational text read alouds can dramatically boost comprehension. Duke states that the key is talking about the text.

URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/nov03_infotext.htm

Picturing Books: A Website About Picture Books

As we discuss nonfiction or informational books, take a look at "Resources" and follow the link to "Informational Picture Books" where you will find great information about types, characteristics, attributes, authors, resources, and awards related to nonfiction children's literature.

URL: http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org/

 

 Go Forth and Sell Those Books...Booktalk! 

 

Nancy Keane's Booktalks -- Quick and Simple

Updated monthly, this is an invaluable database of booktalks for children's literature! In addition to locating booktalks by title, author, and subject, you can search by interest level. You will also find booktalking tips as well as book review sources. Take time to explore; there is so much offered.

URL: http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/about.htm

 

 

Tall Tales and Legends 

Tall Tales and American Folklore

 

URL: http://www.millville.org/Workshops_f/Dich_FOLKLORE/FOLKTEXT/folkhome.htm

 

 

 

 

 


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