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Subject Guide - Children's Literature

• Selected Reference Books
• Selected Circulating Books
• Full-Text Books Online
• Print Magazines in Kiefer Library
• Magazine, Journal, & Newspaper Article Databases or Online Periodicals
• Other Library Materials
• Searching the Library Catalog
• Selected Web Resources
• Selected Statistical Resources
• Selected Online Images and Other Media
• Other Library Catalogs

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

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 Distric