 |  Teaching Reading: A Balanced Approach for Today's Classrooms Pamela Farris,
Northern Illinois University
Carol Fuhler,
Iowa State University
Maria Walther
Children's Literature
Web LinksChildren's Literature
(http://www.childrenslit.com/)
The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD), an acquisition, research, and reference service that offers 700,000 MARC records and more than 110,000 reviews of children's books-all full text searchable is now available. |
| | | Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
(http://www.carolhurst.com/)
This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics. |
| | | Book Talks -- Quick and Simple
(http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/)
This site from Nancy Keane offers lists of authors, titles, links, and many tips for book talks. |
| | | Children's Book Awards and Other Literary Prizes
(http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/awards.htm)
The Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) awards page includes major book awards and best books lists in children's literature and young adult literature of interest to librarians and teachers. Awards for nonprint media such as computer software or video for children and young adults are also included. |
| | | The Pura Belpré Award
(http://www.ala.org/alsc/belpre.html)
The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. It is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA), an ALA Affiliate. |
| | | Coretta Scott King Award Discussion Guide
(http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/cskawgd.html)
For thirty years now, books by African American writers and artists have been honored by being named Coretta Scott King Award winners or CSK Honor books. After three decades, a marvelous and rich collection of books to delight and to instruct young people can be found under this banner. |
| | | The Children's Literature Web Guide
(http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html)
The Children's Literature Web Guide is an attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults. Much of the information that you can find through these pages is provided by others: fans, schools, libraries, and commercial enterprises involved in the book world. |
| | | Christopher Award Winners
(http://www.christophers.org/awards2.html)
First presented in 1949, the Christopher Awards salute media that remind audiences and readers, of all ages and faiths and of no particular faith, of their worth, individuality and power to positively impact and shape our world. To date, 1,196 films, broadcast TV and cable programs, and adult and children's books and their 3,174 creators have received Christopher Awards. |
| | | 700 Great Sites for Kids' Books
(http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html)
The banner for this site reads: "Amazing, spectacular, mysterious, colorful websites for kids and the adults who care about them." |
Children's Book Awards and Other Literary Prizes
| Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/lists/awards/scott-odell.html/)
Established in 1981 by Scott O'Dell, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Newbery Medal, and many others, this award recognizes outstanding works of historical fiction. The criteria require that the book be published in English by a U.S. publisher and that it be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America). Winners receive $5,000. | | | | Online Reference Desk
(http://www.bravemonster.com/references.htm)
This site from bravemonster.com provides online resources for teachers, students, and writers. | | | | Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature
(http://www.dalton.org/libraries/fairrosa/)
The purpose of these pages is not to entertain children or child readers. It will delight Fairrosa greatly if any child finds the collection of stories to their liking and if educators use the content in conjunction with their literary curricula. However, these pages are simply humble offerings to grown-ups who find deep satisfaction in the studying and exchanging discourses of the art of children's literature. | | | | de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
(http://avatar.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/)
This site provides another comprehensive source of children's literature information. | | | | The Children's Literature Web Guide
(http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/)
An offering of Internet resources related to children's literature that has a reference section of book awards, best books, children's bestsellers, and an index of teaching ideas for children's books. | | | | Barahona Center for the Study of Spanish for Children and Adolescents
(http://www.csusm.edu/csbs/)
The information at this site is presented in both English and Spanish. Superb resource for reading materials for Spanish-speaking students and includes helpful links. | | | | Doucette Index
(http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/)
A useful teacher's resource that includes K-12 literature-based teaching ideas. | | | | Drama in the Classroom--a Resource
(http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/drama.htm)
Teachers can gather information and ideas from different segments in this site: storytelling, drama, creative dramatics, reader's theater, and puppetry. Find teaching ideas within each category. | | | | Kidzsing Garden of Songs
(http://members.home.com/veeceet/index.html)
Young children and second language learners will both enjoy and learn from this site where nursery rhymes are presented along with musical accompaniment. | | | | Myths and Legends
(http://www.best.com/~swanson/creation/cstorymenu.html)
Contains a growing collection of creation stories and myths from around the world developed by a teacher and her sixth grade students. | | | | Peggy Sharp's Website
(http://www.peggysharp.com)
This site is filled with creative ideas for using books with children and how to get those books. | | | | Reader's Theatre Edition
(http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html)
This site has a bounty of scripts adapted from stories by Aaron Shepard and others including humor, fantasy, and retold tales form a variety of cultures. Copying, sharing, and performing the scripts are permitted for any educational, noncommercial purposes. The scripts are geared for grades 3-9. | | | | SCORE Cyberguides
(http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyk3.html)
Described as the best site on the Internet for immediate classroom integration of literature experiences with Internet resources. Units are available complete with objectives, activities, additional related websites, and rubrics for assessment. | | | | Kay Vandergrift's Author and Illustrator Pages
(http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/author.html)
A valuable site that links readers to over 500 author sites. | | | | Vandergrift's Literature Page
(http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/childlit.html)
This is a treasury of information on children's literature for teacher and student alike. | | | | Web-Travelers ToolKit: Essential Kid Lit Websites
(http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/general.html)
Here is an exciting site designed specifically for writers divided into useful sections so that browsers can go directly to an area of personal interest. |
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