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Subject Guide - Children's Literature
Compiled by Ellen Willis, Children's Literature LIbrarian Liaison.
Updated 2006.
Selected Reference Books
REF LB15 .E47 2003 Encyclopedia
of Education
REF LB17 .U54 2001 Encyclopedia
of American Education
REF PN 451 .S6 Something
About the Author
REF PS490 .E85 2002 Essential
Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators
PS490 .C68 2005 Continuum
Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
REF Z1037 .G48 2006 Best
Books for Children: Preschool through Grade 6.
Selected Circulating Books
LB 1042 .G84 2000 A
Guide for Super Storytelling Events
LB 1044 .9.P49 47 2003 Picture
Books Plus: 100 Extension Activities in Art, Drama, Music, Math,
and Science
LB 1575 .5.U5 P64 2000 Gifted
Books, Gifted Readers: Literature Activities to Excite Young Minds
LC 149 .B264 2005 Building
Literacy with Love: a Guide for Teachers and Caregivers
of Children from Birth through Age 5
LB 1139. 35.P55 C48 2004 Children's
Play: the Roots of Reading
PN 1009. 5.T43 D74 1999 Radical
Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age
PN 1009 .A1 L96 2005 Essentials
of Children's Literature
PS 153 .N5 S74 2000 Coretta
Scott King Award Books
PS 173.I6 M65 2005 American
Indian Themes in Young Adult Literature
PZ 5 .N655 2005 Norton
Anthology of Children's Literature
Z 1037.A1 M55 2005 Powerful
Magic: Learning from Children's Responses to Fantasy Literature
Z 1037 .H23 1990 Using
Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices
Z 1037 .Y66 2002 Picture
Books by Latino Writers; A guide for Librarians, Teachers, Parents,
and Students
Z 1037.A2 N492 2001 The
Newbery & Caldecott Medal Books, 1986-2000
Z 1037 .C5443 2004 Children's
Catalog
Z1037 .L58 2004 Valerie & Walter's
Best Books for Children
Z 1037 .L715 1998 A
to Z: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books
Z1037 .N39 2001 New
Books Kids Like
Z 1037 .R6 1993 Against
Borders: Promoting Books for a Multicultural World
Z 1037 .S524 1999 More
Rip-Roaring Reads for Reluctant Teen Readers
Z1037 .S575 2004 100
Best Books for Children
Z 1037 .34 2000 Best
books for Young Adults
Z1039.B67 B55 2004 Life
is Tough: Guys, Growing Up, and Young Adult Literature
Full-Text Books Online
NetLibrary
This database includes access to such titles as Children's Books
About Religion, Children's Literature, Popular Nonfiction Authors
for Childre, Raising Black Children Who Love Reading and Writing,
Science Adventures with Children's Literature, Travel the Globe:
Multicultural Store Times, Women Writers of Childrens Literature.
Encyclopedia
of Education | Off-Campus
Access
Articles dealing with historical, philosophical and theoretical aspects
of education
Encyclopedia
on Early Childhood Development
Print Magazines in Kiefer Library
Scholastic Early Childhood Today
School Library Journal
Working Mother
YC: Young Children
The Library’s subscriptions to magazines that are of interest
to our Children’s Literature students are primarily in electronic
format. Full-text articles are available in electronic formats through
online databases. (see below)
Magazine, Journal & Newspaper
Article Databases or Online Periodicals
Academic
Search Premier | Off-Campus
Access
Magazine, periodical, journal and newspaper articlees, in
both full-text and citation format.
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s
Books
Book
Links
Children’s
Book Council
Early Childhood
Research & Practice
Horn
Book Guide
Horn
Book Magazine
LexisNexis | Off-Campus
Access
Newspaper and periodical articles, laws, court decisions, and statistical
data. Full-text documents, from news, business, legal, medical, and
reference publications.
Proquest Research Library | Off-Campus
Access
Magazine, periodical, journal and newspaper articles, in both full-text
and citation format.
School Library Journal (contact
librarian or faculty for online password)
Voice
of Youth Advocates
Other Library
Materials
Video/DVD Check with Media Services
VHS LB1050 .B48 2000 Between the Lions. Leading the Way to Literacy
PN 1972 .F56 C3 Finger
plays
PN 1972 .P8 A4 Puppetry
VHS PN 1995 .9 A 53 Charlotte’s
Web
VHS PZ 7 M652 1998 Goodnight
Little Bear
VHS Z1037 .A2 N493 1999 The
Newbery Award
Searching the Library Catalog
The above titles are just a few of the resources available for you.
The Kiefer Library Catalog, http://tlc.aims.edu/ provides
access to resources available at Aims Community College. Use the
following subjects (Library of Congress) and keywords to search in
the library catalog:
children - books and reading, children's literature, children's
plays, children's poetry, children's stories, children's
literature, children's literature-book reviews, children's literature-history
and criticism, children's literature-study and teaching, juvenile
fiction, juvenile literature, youth - books and reading.
Selected Web Resources
ALA's
Resources for Parents, Teens and Kids
Carol
Hurst’s Children’s
Literature Site
Childhood on Early
Education and Parenting. Popular Subjects
Database
of Award-Winning Children’s
Literature
De Grummond Children's
Literature Collection
ERIC-Educational Resources Information
Center
History
of Children’s Literature
Literature
Learning Ladders
Making
Multicultural Connections Through Trade Books
Parent’s
Choice
Selected Statistical
Resources
National Institute for Early Education
Research
National Institute
of Child Health & Human Development
U.S. Department of Education
Selected Online Images and
Other Media
Digitized Juvenile
Literature Collection
Kid’s
Corner
Literature for Children
Picturing
Childhood
Other Library Catalogs
Colorado State University
Loveland Public Library
Prospector: Colorado Unified
Catalog
University of Northern College Library
Catalog
Weld Library District
Windsor-Severance
Library District
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