Resources for Children’s Literature
Websites
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers
Dick Robinson. Scholastic.
This web site contains a variety of useful resources for students, teachers, parents, etc. I like scholastic because it provides reading recommendations that are leveled as well as comprehensive lesson plans and activities. This web site is for all ages and makes it fun for students.
Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net
Rashmi Sinha, CEO Co-Founder
This is a website designed for people to share slideshows with a variety of information. There is an abundance of great information on this site, but you have to judge wisely and look for credibility within this site. However, there is a vast amount of useful time-saving information on this site and that is important as a teacher. this site is also widely used by educators.
The Norton Anthology of Children’s Literature
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nacl/index.html
Annotated Links: Michael Joseph & Elizabeth Van Houten
English Electronic Media Editor: Eileen Connell
Anthology Editors: Jack Zipes, General Editor, Lissa Paul, Associate General Editor, Lynne Vallone, Associate General Editor
This site has annotated links that cover an in-depth history of children’s literature from a multicultural perspective. The book that accompanies this site is also a great resource for teachers to gain good background knowledge of children’s literature.
Education.com
www.education.com
Gregory Goff, CEO
This website has a variety of useful information, lesson plans, activities and games for students and teachers. They have a great deal of reading and reading related activities as well as content in other subject areas. I have a friend that is a teacher and writes for this website so I can personally say that most all of the people who write for this site are certified teachers.
University Libraries
http://content.lib.washington.edu/childrensweb/index.html
University of Washington. University of Washington Libraries’ Digital Initiatives Program Research Works Service.
This website contains useful information and history about children’s literature as well as digital collections of print material. This website is useful for anyone researching a particular topic or looking for useful activities to use in the classroom.
Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature
http://www.dawcl.com/introduction.html
Lisa Bartle
The purpose of this database is to have access to a tailored reading list of quality children's literature. This site allows you to search by reader age, format, genre, historical period, country and many other features. I think this would be very useful as a teacher when trying to find a book that relates to other content areas. Anyone may make use of it to find the best in children's literature including parents, book store personnel, and children and young adults themselves. This site has over 10,000 records from 112 awards.
Non-web Resources
Picture Book Guide: First and Second Grade
Carol Otis Hurst, Margaret Sullivan Ahearn, Lynn Otis Palmer, VAughn Churchill and Bernard McMahon. Picture Book Guide. McGraw Hill, 1996. (212 pages).
This is a guide book for recommended picture books that contains information about each picture book that teachers would find useful. This information includes how to integrate picture books into other content areas and activities that correspond to each picture book. Further, each author has a speciality in a specific area of children’s literature making the content of this book well-rounded.
Best Books for Children
Catherine Barr and John T. Gillespie. Best Books for Children. Libraries Unlimited, 2010. (1,901 pages).
This guide brings together information on nearly 25,000 of the best fiction and nonfiction for children in preschool through grade 6. Brief annotations, bibliographic data, grade level appropriateness, and review citations help you identify books of high quality, while the book's topical arrangement makes it easy to create theme- and genre-based reading lists.
Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children’s Literature
Donna Norton and Saundra Norton. Through the Eyes of a Child. Boston. Prentice Hall, 2010. (640 pages).
This book is a guide to assist teachers in evaluating children’s books. The book provides a brief history of children’s literature and then explains key points about evaluating the literature. This book is a good general resource to have as a teacher and should be read by every teacher at least once.
Characteristics of Reliable Web Sites
http://usa-document.com/lb/Evaluating%20Websites.pdf
Websites
Scholastic
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers
Dick Robinson. Scholastic.
This web site contains a variety of useful resources for students, teachers, parents, etc. I like scholastic because it provides reading recommendations that are leveled as well as comprehensive lesson plans and activities. This web site is for all ages and makes it fun for students.
Slideshare
http://www.slideshare.net
Rashmi Sinha, CEO Co-Founder
This is a website designed for people to share slideshows with a variety of information. There is an abundance of great information on this site, but you have to judge wisely and look for credibility within this site. However, there is a vast amount of useful time-saving information on this site and that is important as a teacher. this site is also widely used by educators.
The Norton Anthology of Children’s Literature
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nacl/index.html
Annotated Links: Michael Joseph & Elizabeth Van Houten
English Electronic Media Editor: Eileen Connell
Anthology Editors: Jack Zipes, General Editor, Lissa Paul, Associate General Editor, Lynne Vallone, Associate General Editor
This site has annotated links that cover an in-depth history of children’s literature from a multicultural perspective. The book that accompanies this site is also a great resource for teachers to gain good background knowledge of children’s literature.
Education.com
www.education.com
Gregory Goff, CEO
This website has a variety of useful information, lesson plans, activities and games for students and teachers. They have a great deal of reading and reading related activities as well as content in other subject areas. I have a friend that is a teacher and writes for this website so I can personally say that most all of the people who write for this site are certified teachers.
University Libraries
http://content.lib.washington.edu/childrensweb/index.html
University of Washington. University of Washington Libraries’ Digital Initiatives Program Research Works Service.
This website contains useful information and history about children’s literature as well as digital collections of print material. This website is useful for anyone researching a particular topic or looking for useful activities to use in the classroom.
Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature
http://www.dawcl.com/introduction.html
Lisa Bartle
The purpose of this database is to have access to a tailored reading list of quality children's literature. This site allows you to search by reader age, format, genre, historical period, country and many other features. I think this would be very useful as a teacher when trying to find a book that relates to other content areas. Anyone may make use of it to find the best in children's literature including parents, book store personnel, and children and young adults themselves. This site has over 10,000 records from 112 awards.
Non-web Resources
Picture Book Guide: First and Second Grade
Carol Otis Hurst, Margaret Sullivan Ahearn, Lynn Otis Palmer, VAughn Churchill and Bernard McMahon. Picture Book Guide. McGraw Hill, 1996. (212 pages).
This is a guide book for recommended picture books that contains information about each picture book that teachers would find useful. This information includes how to integrate picture books into other content areas and activities that correspond to each picture book. Further, each author has a speciality in a specific area of children’s literature making the content of this book well-rounded.
Best Books for Children
Catherine Barr and John T. Gillespie. Best Books for Children. Libraries Unlimited, 2010. (1,901 pages).
This guide brings together information on nearly 25,000 of the best fiction and nonfiction for children in preschool through grade 6. Brief annotations, bibliographic data, grade level appropriateness, and review citations help you identify books of high quality, while the book's topical arrangement makes it easy to create theme- and genre-based reading lists.
Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children’s Literature
Donna Norton and Saundra Norton. Through the Eyes of a Child. Boston. Prentice Hall, 2010. (640 pages).
This book is a guide to assist teachers in evaluating children’s books. The book provides a brief history of children’s literature and then explains key points about evaluating the literature. This book is a good general resource to have as a teacher and should be read by every teacher at least once.
Characteristics of Reliable Web Sites
- Who is the author?
- The author’s name is very important to know, any good author with reliable a creditable information is going to want credit for their hard work. Always look for the “About Us/Me” page.
- How recent is the information? When was it last updated?
- In today’s technologically inclined world, changes are made often and need to be due to the rapid advancement in some areas. A website that has not been updated for ten years is likely to be invalid and unreliable as a source of good information for teachers.
- Who is the publisher?
- Published resources have to go through several extra steps in order to check the validity of the work. Typically, but not always, if something is published by a publishing company then the work is more likely to be valid and credible.
- What is their purpose? Who is writing this information and why? Is there any ulterior motive?
- Often, advertisers make a lot of money advertising on websites. This can lead to the interest of the advertiser creating a bias on a particular website. Users should always question why the author created the site. If there is any motive that conflicts with what you are looking for or seems unfairly biased in any way it is probably not a reliable source.
- What is the website’s domain?
- Domains often tell you about the type of web site you are dealing with, which can be very important depending on the type of information you are looking for. “.edu” means that it is an educational site, “.gov” indicates that it is a government sponsored website, “.com” is a commercial website and “.org” is an organization website. “.com” websites are usually the ones you need to be most weary of because often they are paid by advertisers and can be out to sell something or have a biased opinion. his caution should be taken with all websites.
http://usa-document.com/lb/Evaluating%20Websites.pdf