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EDU 330: Reading and Writing Processes and Instruction in Grades PK-3: Children's Lit File and Genre Presentations
Library Catalog - Special Searches
Databases for Children's Lit Info
- Picture Books DatabaseThe Picture Books Database brings picture books and readers together, helping educators find the best picture books for their intended audience. The service combines data from dozens of online and print sources, thousands of picture books, and countless publisher, author, and illustrator websites. The database tracks hard to find data about picture books, eliminating the need to consult multiple reference books or websites.
- Kids InfoBitsDesigned especially for students in kindergarten through grade five. Complete with a developmentally appropriate graphic interface, reference content and magazines for elementary students.
- Primary SearchContains full text for more than 80 popular elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Also includes the Encyclopedia of Animals™, the American Heritage® Children's Dictionary, 3rd Edition from Houghton Mifflin, and thousands of relevant photos, maps and flags.
- Academic Search PremierAcademic Search Premier is an interdisciplinary database, covering a broad range of subjects. Check here for reviews of picture books.
Web sources
- ALSC Children's Notable ListsEach year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, identifies the best of the best in children's books, recordings, and videos.
- Caldecott MedalThe Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
- Children's Literature Association list of scholarly resourcesIncludes list of children's book awards, multiculturalism and international resources, theme and subject pages.
- Early Multicultural Children's Books: Resources Guide from MSU LibrariesMore award lists, websites, articles, and stories.
- We Need Diverse BooksWe Need Diverse Books™ is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and a grassroots organization of children’s book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry to produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people.
Reference Sources on Children's Books
A to Zoo: Subject access to children's picture books Supplement to 7th Ed.Call Number: Reference Collection Z 1037 .L715 2006Provides an excellent subject index to picture books for young children. Compendium published in 2008.
Best Books for ChildrenCall Number: Reference Coll Z1037 .G48 2010Publication Date: 2010-01-0125,000 of the best fiction and nonfiction for children.Children's core collection
Call Number: Reference Coll PN1009.A1 C5
The children's literature dictionary : definitions, resources, and learning activities by Call Number: Reference Coll PN1008.5 .L38 2002ISBN: 1555704247
The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature by Publication Date: 2015-06-01The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature provides an indispensable and fascinating reference guide to the world of children's literature. Its 3,500 entries cover every genre from fairy tales to chapbooks; school stories to science fiction; comics to children's hymns.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature by Call Number: Online Resource
