Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community:
Emerging Literacy: Linking Social Competence to Learning
Appendix G
| Contents
| Preface
| Introduction
| Module 1
| Module 2
| Module 3
| Module 4 | |
Getting to Know Children's Literature
There are numerous ways to learn about high-quality books for young children. You can find descriptions and lists of recommended books through Internet Web sites, publications of organizations that support literacy, and books for parents and teachers.
Using the World Wide Web to Learn about Children's Literature
Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
The subtitle of this site, Internet Resources Related to Books for Children and Young Adults, clearly describes its purpose. Visitors will find reviews of children's books; updated information on children's book awards; and links to resources for parents, teachers, and storytellers.
KidLithttp://mgfx.com/kidlit/
This site includes reviews of children's books, resources, information about authors and illustrators, and special areas for children and adults.
Vandergrift's Children's Literature Pagehttp://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/childlit.html
Visitors to this site can share information about children's literature, illustrations that depict multicultural images of childhood, and the effect of the media on children's enjoyment of books and reading.
The annotated book lists at this site are divided by age group, including babies and toddlers; three-, four-, and five-year-olds; five-, six-, and seven-year-olds. There are also tips for reading aloud and links to other related sources.
Published Book Lists
American Library Association
HQ Library and Information Center
50 East Huron
Chicago, IL 60611
312-944-6780
Coretta Scott King Award Recipients (annual)
Notable Children's Books (annual)
Randolph Caldecott Medal Winners
Books for Every Child
Many Faces, Many Stories: Multicultural Books for Children
101 Books for Children: A Good Place to Start
You and Me Together: Stories about Friendship
How to Raise a Reader: Sharing Books with Infants and Toddlers
How to Raise a Reader: Sharing Videos and Sound Recordings with Infants and Toddlers
Association for Childhood Education International
11502 Georgia Avenue, Suite 315
Wheaton, MD 20902-1924
800-423-3563
Bibliography of Books for Children (annotations for more than 1500 titles)
Bank Street CollegeThe Child Study Children's Book Committee
610 West 112th Street
New York, NY 10025
Children's Books of the Year (annual annotated guide)
Paperback Books for Children, a Selected List through Age 13
Boston Public Library
Community Service Office
P.O. Box 286
Boston, MA 02117
617-536-5400
Black Is (annual booklist of new and old recommended titles)
Center for Children's BooksUniversity of Chicago Press
P.O. Box 37005
Chicago, IL 60637
Bulletin (each issue includes reviews of more than 70 children's books)
Children's Book Council
568 Broadway, Suite 404
New York, NY 10012
800-999-2160
Choosing a Child's Book (This pamphlet includes a list of selected guides and resources.)
Note: This nonprofit organization encourages the use and enjoyment of books and literacy-related materials. Their catalog includes book-related posters, book bags, bookmarks, and other items.
District of Columbia Public Library
Children's Service Office
901 G Street, NW, Room 432
Washington, DC 20001
202-727-1151
The Afro-American in Books for Children (annotated bibliography)
The Horn Book, Inc.
14 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Children's Classics: A Book List for Parents (favorite titles for infants through young adults)
The Horn Book Magazine (a bimonthly journal about books for children
with a book review section)
Why Children's Books? (a quarterly newsletter for parents about
children's books)
International Reading Association
Children's Book Council Joint Committee
800 Barksdale Road
P.O. Box 8139
Newark, DE 19714-8139
Children's Choices (annual)
Library of Congress
Children's Literature Center
Washington, DC 20540
Order from: Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, DC 20402
Books for Children (annual)
Los Angeles Public Library
Children's Services Coordinator
433 South Spring Street, #804
Los Angeles, CA 90013
213-612-3285
Ventanas al Mundo (an annotated bibliography of children's books by and about Hispanics)
National Association for the Education of Young Children
1509 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1426
800-424-2460
Young Children and African-American Literature (annotated booklist developed by National Black Child Development Institute)
National Black Child Development Institute
1023 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
202-387-1281
African American Family Reading List, 2nd ed. (a booklet listing books
and resources on and by African Americans)
Beyond the Stereotypes: A Guide to Resources for Black Girls and
Young Women (lists of books and audiovisual materials on women and
African-American culture)
New York Public Library
Office of Branch Libraries
455 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
The Black Experience in Children's Books (descriptions of titles about black life in the United States, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean,
and the United Kingdom)
Libros en Español (children's books in Spanish and bilingual books)
Parent's Choice Foundation
P.O. Box 185
Newton, MA 02168
617-965-5913
Parent's Choice (a quarterly newspaper that features reviews of children's books, video games, and toys)
Reading is Fundamental
Publications Department
P.O. Box 2344
Washington, DC 20026
Choosing Good Books for Your Children: Infancy to Age 12, a Guide
for Parents
When We Were Young: Favorite Books for RIF Kids, RIF Volunteers,
and Readers of Renown
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Publication Sales
P. O. Box 7842
Re: Bulletin #1923
Madison, WI 53707-7841
The Cooperative Children's Book Center publishes an annotated bibliography of multicultural titles from 1980-1990. It can be found in most public libraries or purchased from the above address.
Resources for Parents and TeachersM. R. Jalongo, Young Children and Picture Books, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, D.C., 1988.
Eden Ross Lipson, The New York Times Guide to the BestBooks for Children, Random House, New York, 1991.
Reading Is Fundamental, Ruth Graves, editor, The RIF Guide to Encouraging Young Readers, Doubleday, New York, 1987.
Jim Trelease, The New Read-Aloud Handbook, 4th revised ed., Penguin Books, New York, 1995.
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