Children’s Literature

Children’s Literature

Library Resources

R 011.62 B28b Beyond Picture Books: A Guide to First Readers.

First readers are defined as books intended for children at a first or second grade level that have a recognizable format and generally belong to a series. The books selected and annotated in this resource are well-written, contain accurate information and have stories or subjects of interest to children in the primary grades.

R 011.62 B46b6 Best Books for Children: Preschool through Grade 6.

The primary aim of this work is to provide a list of books that are recommended to satisfy both a child’s recreational reading needs and the demands of a typical school curriculum.

R 011.62B46g3 Best Books for Children: Preschool Through the Middle Grades.

The primary aim of this work is to provide a list of books that are highly recommended to satisfy both a child’s recreational reading needs and the demands of a typical school curriculum.

R 011.62 K52w Worlds of Wonder: Resources for Multicultural Children’s Literature.

The focus of this annotated bibliography is to integrate multicultural literature into an integral part of reading and studies across the curriculum.

R 011.62L62a A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children’s Picture Books.

This resource is designed for the teacher, librarian or parent to open the fantastic world of color and imagination of the child through the use of picture books.

R 011.62L62a5 A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children’s Picture Books. 5^th ed.

This resource is designed for the teacher, librarian or parent to open the fantastic world of color and imagination of the child through the use of picture books.

R 011.62 M61o Our Family Our Friends Our World: An Annotated Guide to Significant Multicultural Books

for Children and Teenagers.

This reference provides children and their parents, teachers, and librarians with evaluations of the large array of fiction and nonfiction on multicultural themes.

011.62 M81 More Exciting, Funny, Scary, Short, Different, and Sad Books Kids Like About Animals, Science, sports, Families, Songs, and Other Things.

This resource in an annotated bibliography of the children’s books that librarians recommend in answering children’s requests for books. For example: “I want a book about…”

R 011.62 Op2c Choosing Books for Kids: Choosing the Right Book for the Right Child at the Right Time.

Books chosen for inclusion are divided by age groups with each chapter giving you the titles of books that especially appropriate for each specific stage of the child’s development. Books selected were made from suggested choices of parents, librarians, literature associations and from children.

R 011.62 P86s The Soviet Union in Literature for Children and Young Adults: An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Books.

The purpose of this book is to offer American children and youth a comprehensive guide to children’s and adolescent fiction, traditional literature and biography dealing with the Soviet Union and published from 1900 through 1990.

R 011.62 R 31 Research and Professional Resources in Children’s Literature: Piecing a Patchwork Quilt.

This resource pulls together the resources to support teachers, librarians, and researchers in their search for previous studies on a research topic, strategies for using literature in the classroom, or books on a particular topic.

R 011.625 B46 Best Books for Junior High Readers.

The primary focus of this book is to assist librarians and media specialists meet curricular needs and the personal interests of their students.

R 011.625. B46c Best Books for Young Adult Readers Grades 7-12.

The primary focus of this book is to assist librarians and media specialists meet curricular needs and the personal interests of their students.

R 011.625 T22 Teen’s Favorite Books: Young Adults’ Choices 1987-1992.

This annotated bibliography contains more than a hundred books appropriate for young adult readers, complete with author and title indexes for easy references. Each book has been teen-tested and recommended by teen readers.

R 011.62544

Sp4i Introducing More Books: A Guide for the Middle Grades.

This book contains plot summaries of books, as well as related materials suggested for reading, viewing or listening. Each of the main titles is divided into these sections: Plot Summary; Thematic Analysis; Discussion Materials and Related Materials.

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B28b2 Beyond Picture Books: A Guide to First Readers.

For inclusion books have to be well-written, contain accurate information, have stories or subjects of interest to children in the primary grades and have illustrations that complement the text and are attractive to children.

R 016.8108 H36t This Land is Our Land: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults.

This book involves books of fiction, oral tradition, and poetry published from 1985 through the end of 1993 suitable for young people from preschool through high school. It deals with four major ethnic groups within the United States African American, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native American Indians.

R 028.1 B35 Beacham’s Guide to Literature for Young Adults.

This multivolume reference will enable the young adult reader to become comfortable with the challenges of language as well as help them learn about the world at large. Each entry discusses the author and includes an overview of the specific work (setting, themes, characters, literary qualities, social sensitivity). Topics for discussion and ideas for reports and papers are included.

R 028.162 B46z The Best in Children’s Nonfiction: Reading, Writing, and Teaching Orbis Pictus Award Books.

The Orbis Pictus Award was established for outstanding nonfiction for children. This reference includes all Orbis Pictus winners, honor books, and recommended titles for the past ten years.

R 028.062 H14u Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Character Education.

Character has a long history of being passed from elders to the young through stories, which hold the key to life and the important lessons that keep a culture strong. To obtain the drama necessary to illustrate development of good character traits, picture storybook fiction and occasional modern “folktales” has been included in this reference. Each selection has a copyright of 1990 or later.

R 028.162 J98b Building Character Through Literature: A Guide for Middle School Readers.

This resource includes novels with strong plots and themes, in which the characters make good and bad decisions, face and surmount life’s problems, and learn life’s lessons.

R 028.162 T36p Play, Learn, and Grow: An Annotated Guide to the Best Books and Materials for Very Young Children.

This reference will enable parents, caregivers, teachers, and librarians to identify appropriate quality titles to share with infants, toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners.

R 028.5 C68 Collected Perspectives: Choosing and Using Books for the Classroom.

The focus of this resource is to provide information on bringing children and books together in classrooms, school and public libraries and in homes. Each review has been written by practicing, working day-to-day educators who are using books with children and young adults.

R 028.5 C68m2 Collected Perspectives: Choosing and Using Books for the Classroom. 2^nd. Ed.

R 028.5 M81 More Teens’ Favorite Books: Young Adults’ Choices 1993-1995.

This reference includes books appropriate for young adult readers, complete with bibliographic information, annotations, and author and title indexes for easy reference.

R 028.5 N22 The National Book Awards: Forty-one Years of Literary Excellence: Winners and Finalists 1950-1991.

The focus of the National Book Foundation is to preserve the American literary tradition. This resource lists the winners.

R 028.5 C12 Caldecott Medal Books: 1938-1957

R 028.5 N42 Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books: 1956-1965.

R 028.5 N42 Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books: 1966-1975.

R 028.5 N42 Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books: 1976-1985.

R 028.5 N42a Newbery and Caldecott Awards: 2001 edition.

R 028.5 N42 Newbery Medal Books: 1922-1955.

The purpose of this series of Newbery and Caldecott Medal books is to present the acceptance speeches of the authors and artists given at the time of their awards and the biographical material written about them which appeared in Horn Book Magazine. It also gives the perspective of the decade in which the book was written.

R 028.52 Am3s Subject and Title Index to Short Stories for Children.

This reference was written to assist public and school librarians in locating stories on specific or related subjects and in tracing hard-to-find stories. The scope is grade three through junior high.

R 028.52 B29m More Notes from a Different Drummer: A Guide to Juvenile Fiction Portraying the Disabled.

The scope of this book is to assist educators addressing the issue of students who need access to juvenile fiction on impairment. Books included range from infants to adolescents. Picture books and junior novels are included.

R 028.52 D29l The Liberty Cap: A Catalogue of Non-Sexist Materials for Children.

The focus of this book is to educate rather that dictate choices of non-stereotyped literature. It is a selection tool for people who want both literary merit and imaginative humanism reflected in their collections. The focus of this book is to educate rather that dictate choices. It is a selection tool for people who want both literary merit and imaginative humanism reflected in their collections.

R 028.52 D82b The Book Finder: A Guide to Children’s Literature About the Needs and Problems of Youth Aged 2-15.

This reference describes and categorizes current children’s books according to psychological, behavioral and developmental topics of concern to children and young adolescents.

R 028.52 M81 More Kids’ Favorite Books: A Compilation of Children’s Choices 1992-1994.

If children are to learn about the joy of reading and become proficient, lifelong readers, they need to know that books are fun. The book lists about 100 titles that kids have chosen as their favorite books.

R 028.52 M812 More Teachers’ Favorite Books for Kids: Teachers’ Choices 1994-1996.

This book provides a guide for teachers who are seeking outstanding books that students can enjoy in the classroom. Books were chosen because they reflect high literary quality in style, content, structure, beauty of language and presentation.

R 028.52 N21 a2 Adventuring with Books. 2,400 Titles for Pre-K through Grade 8

Fiction, nonfiction, and picture books are chosen on the basis of literary and artistic quality, as well as overall accuracy. Each entry includes basic bibliographic information, recommended age and grade levels and a brief annotation. Books are arranged into broad subject categories.

R 028.52 N21a10 Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K – Grade 6. 10 ed.

R 028.52 Splg9 Good Reading For Poor Readers. 9^th ed.

The books included in this reference can be successfully used with reluctant readers. The book also strives to list specific books for children with particular reading abilities, interests and personal problems.

R 028.52 W15d Doors to More Mature Reading.

This resource includes plays, poetry, science and history as well as fiction, biography and travel. The book is an annotated bibliography on adult books for use with young people.

R 028.53 C67w What do Children Read Next? A Reader’s Guide to Fiction for Children.

A reader’s advisory tool designed to match readers from Grades 1 through 8 with books that reflect their interests and concerns. It guides both reluctant and avid readers to new authors and titles for further reading.

R 028.53 K12 Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Books for Grades K-8.

This is an annotated bibliography of selected books about or related to African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic American/Latinos, and Native Americans. It is intended to serve as a resource for teachers who wish to offer children books that reflect something of the diversity of American society.

R 028.53 Sp3w What do Young Adults Read Next? A Reader’s Guide to Fiction for Young Adults.

A reader’s advisory tool designed to match readers from Grades 6 through 12 with books that reflect their interests and concerns. It guides both reluctant and avid readers to new authors and titles for further reading.

R 372.427 F45c A Field Guide to the Classroom Library.

These seven guides (ranging from K-1 through grades 5-6) is an effort to put recommended books and guides together for a multi-purpose collection of materials to enhance reading instruction. The guides will strengthen your teaching and spark students’ interests, match their passions and develop their reading skills.

R 398.8 D37c Children’s Counting-Out Rhymes, Fingerplays, Jump-Rope and Bounce-Ball Chants and Other Rhythms: A Comprehensive English-Language Reference.

This book offers extracurricular aid through exercises, games, and verses; with alphabets, with numbers and with other informational subjects; as well as with rhythms that encourage and enhance both small-muscle and large-muscle development and control.

R 398.8 Op3o The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes.

This collection is principally from oral tradition and is interspersed with notes about the age and origins of the nursery rhymes. The scope of primarily British and American.

R 423.1 EL7b The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide for the Careful Speaker.

This book is one man’s informed opinion, based on a variety of reputable sources, about the pronunciation of a number of problematic words. It is to be used to assist, amuse, and enlighten the reader.

R 423.1 Sp3s Straight from the Horse’s Mouth and 8,500 Other Colorful Idioms.

This dictionary focuses on the user’s need to know the meaning, usage and appropriate contexts for each idiomatic phrase.

R 803 B75d Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.

This resource gives the derivation, source or origin of common phrases, allusions and words.

R 803 C89p4 The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory.

4^th ed.

This source is alphabetically arranged with each term being given a brief description or definition.Some etymologies are included.

R 809 St8l The Literature Teacher’s Book of Lists.

This source is a compendium of useful, whimsical and necessary information for the secondary and college teacher of literature. The lists are resources that spark a multitude of ideas and ways to present literary material. Topics for inclusion range from nursery rhymes to Nabokov and from comics to classics.The stress is on literature for young adults in secondary schools and colleges.

R 809.89282 C22o The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature.

This reference deals with English and American children’s books and authors and includes articles on traditional materials, illustrators, characters from cartoons, films, radio and television. It is a true companion to children’s literature and its wide scope makes it interesting and entertaining

R 809.89282 C23y The Young Reader’s Companion.

This illustrated A to Z short-entry encyclopedia has as its chief purpose the promotion of reading. It contains entries about books that appeal to young people from the fifth grade through high school and beyond. Included are entries about the authors of these books and about subjects that will make reading more interesting and pleasurable.

R 813.009 H36d Dictionary of American Children’s Fiction, 1859-1959.

R 813.009 H36d Dictionary of American Children’s Fiction, 1960-1984.

R 813.009 H 36d Dictionary of American Children’s Fiction, 1990-1994.

R 813.009 H36d Dictionary of American Children’s Fiction, 1995-1999.

These references can serve as a starting point for exploration as well as a guide to pleasurable, imaginative reading. It contains critical comments on books that authorities have singled out for awards or placed on citation lists during each period. The intended audience is for everyone who is concerned with children’s literature in any way.

R 928 C74au Contemporary Authors

This multivolume set provides brief biographical information about writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields.

R 928 So5a Something About the Author. Facts and Pictures about Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People.

This multivolume set covers major children’s writers. Entries give brief biographical information, career information, lists their writings and a brief essay about their works and any forthcoming projects.

Journals for Children’s Literature

Alan Review

Book Links

Book Report

Booklist

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Calliope

Cobblestone

Horn Book Magazine

Library Journal

Mailbox

Publishers’ Weekly