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Children’s Literature Links
ALA Resources for Parents, Teens and Kids
http://www.ala.org/parents/index.html
Boston Public Library
http://www.bpl.org/www/KIDS/booklists/
The Children’s Literature Web Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site
http://www.carolhurst.com
KidsReads.com
http://kidsreads.com
Vicki Blackwell’s Internet Guide for Educators
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/childrenlit.html
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Children’s Book Awards
Adbooks’ Listing of Award Winning Books
http://www.adbooks.org
The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/
CLCD Awards and Prizes
http://childrenslit.com/award_link.html
Coretta Scott King Award
http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking
Hans Christian Andersen Award ~ Best International Books
http://www.ibby.org/Seiten/04_andersen.htm
Indianapolis Marion County Public Library’s InfoZone
http://infozone.imcpl.org/kids_path_awards_main.htm
IRA Children’s Book Award
http://www.reading.org/awards/children.html
The John Newbery Medal ~ Best Literature in Children’s Books
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
Literature Awards
http://literature-awards.com/childrens_literature.htm
National Association for Humane and Environment Education
http://www.nahee.org/awards
The Randolph Caldecott Medal ~ Best Picture Books
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) ~ Booklists &
Book Awards
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.htm
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Authors and Illustrators
The Author Page (Kidspace@ The Internet Public Library)
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/askauthor/Biographies.html
Authors & Illustrators (Scholastic)
http://www.scholastic.com/titles/authors/index.htm
Author Spotlights (Random House Children’s Book)
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/author/index.html
Authors On the Web (Random House Children’s Book)
http://randomhouse.com/kids/author/websites.html
Authors’ Pages in Carol Hurst’s Children Literature
Site
http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/authors.html
Authors' Web Pages (Adbooks)
http://www.adbooks.org/author.html
Best Children’s Book Authors
http://childparenting.about.com/library/blbooklist1.htm
Children’s Literature Web Guide: Authors and Illustrators
on the Web
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
Internet School Library Media Center’s Index to Author and
Illustrator Internet Sites (ISLMC)
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm
Learning About the Author and Illustrator Pages in Kay E. Vandergrift’s
Special Interest Page
http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/AuthorSite/index.html
Meet the Authors (Harper Children)
http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/author/
Meet the Authors (KidsReads.com)
http://kidsreads.com/authors/authors.asp
Mona Kerby’s the Author Corner
http://www.carr.lib.md.us/authco/index.htm
Yahoo’s Children’s Authors’ Page
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/Children_s/
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Authors’ Pages
Avi
Abbott, Tony
Aliki
Arnold,
Tedd
Arnosky, Jim
Blume,
Judy
Brett, Jan
Byars, Betsy
Capucilli, Alyssa Stain
Carle, Eric
Carlson, Nancy
Cleary, Beverly
Christelow, Eileen
Christopher, Matt
Cobb, Vicki
Dahl, Roald
De Paola, Tomie
Fox, Mem
George, Jean Craighead
Gibbons, Gail
Gurney, James
Gutman, Dan
Hamilton, Virginia
Hutchins, Pat
Jacques,
Brian
Johnson, Crockett
Keats, Ezra Jack
Kellogg, Steven
Kline, Suzy
Lasky, Kathryn
Leedy, Loreen
LeGuin, Ursula K.
L'Engle, Madeleine
Lewin, Ted
Lowry, Lois
Martin, Ann M
Mayer, Mercer
McDermott, Gerald
Most, Bernard
Munsch, Robert
Nixon, Joan Lowery
Numeroff, Laura Joffe
Osbrone,
Mary Pope
Parish,
Peggy
Paterson, Katherine
Paulsen,
Gary
Pilkey, Dav
Polacco, Patricia
Quackenbush, Robert
Ringgold, Faith
Rockwell,
Lizzy
Rowling,
J.K.
Sachar, Louis
San Souci, Robert
Say,
Allen
Scarry,
Richard
Dr. Seuss
Silverstein,
Shel
Simon, Seymour
Snicket, Lemony
Spinelli,
Jerry
Stevens, Janet
Steig, William
Strasser, Todd
Taylor, Theodore
Thaler, Mike
Van
Allsburg, Chris
Wiesner,
David
Wisniewski,
David
Wood, Audrey
Yolen, Jane
Dear
America Authors
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Favorite Children’s Series
Picture Books
Arthur by Marc Brown
Berenstain Bears
by Jan and Stan Berenstain
Black Lagoon by Mike
Thaler
Clifford
the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
Curious
George by H.A. and Margaret Rey
Dr. Seuss Classics
Franklin
by Paulette Bourgeois
Little Critter by
Mercer Mayer
Madeline
by Ludwig Bemelmans
My First
Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Olivia
by Ian Falconer
Peter Rabbit by Beatrix
Potter
Books for Beginning Readers:
Amelia
Bedelia by Peggy Parish and Herman Parish
Biscuit
by Alyssa Stain Capucilli
Henry
and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
Junie B. Jones
by Barbara Park
Little
Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Little
Bill by Bill Cosby
Nate
the Great by Marjorie Sharmat
Step
Into Reading series
Young Cam Jansen Adventures
by David A. Adler
Chapter Books:
A
to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy
Adventures of the Bailey
School Kids by Debbie Dadey
Amber
Brown by Paula Danziger
American Girls Collection
Arthur
Chapter Books by Marc Brown
Baby-Sitters
Club by Ann M. Martin
Boxcar
Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Bunnicula
by James Howe
Cam Jansen Adventures
by David A. Adler
Captain
Underpants by Dav Pilkey
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S.
Lewis
Dear America
Encyclopedia
Brown by Donald J. Sobol
Goosebumps
by R. L. Stine
Harry
Potter by J.K. Rowling
Herbie Jones
by Suzy Kline
Help
I’m Trapped by Todd Strasser
Horrible Henry
by Suzy Kline
Jigsaw
Jones Mysteries by James Preller
Little
House by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Magic
Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Marvin Redpost
by Louis Sachar
Matt Christopher Sports
Maximum
Boy by Dan Greenburg
My
America
My
Name is America
Ramona
Quimby by Beverly Cleary
Redwall
by Brian Jacques
A Series of Unfortunate
Events by Lemony Snicket
Spiderwick Chronicles by
Tony DiTerlizzi
Wayside School
by Louis Sachar
Zack Files by
Dan Greenburg
Nonfiction:
Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out
Science Books
Magic
School Bus by Joanna Cole
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Lists of Best Children’s Books on the Web
The
10 Best Children’s Books No Child Should Be Without! (Epinions.com)
100 Best Books
for Children (TeachersFirst)
100 Best Books of
the 20th Century (Cattermole)
100
Best Books for Children (Anderson’s Bookshop)
Association
for Library Service to Children (ALSC) ~ Notable Children’s
Books
Best
Books of the Year: A Roundup of Annual Books Lists Published on
the Web
The
Best Children’s Books (Very Best Kids!)
Best
Books (Family Education Network)
Best
Books for Young Adults (Young Adult Library Services Association
~ YALSA)
Best
Children’s Books 2001 (SupremeBooks: Librarian’s OnLineSource
for Wholesale Books)
Best
Children's Books of 2003 (Child.com)
Best-Selling
Children’s Books, 2002 (Infoplease.com)
Blackwell’s
Best Children’s Books (Vicki Blackwell’s Internet Guide
for Educators)
Booklist
Editors’ Choice 2003
Children’s
Literature Annual Top Choice List (Children’s Literature Comprehensive
Database – CLCD)
High-Quality
Children’s Books (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
Indianapolis
Marion County Public Library ~ Pathfinder for Kids: Awards, Notables
and Best Sellers
K-12
Education: The Best Children’s Books of the Century: 1951-1999
(ChildFun Family Website)
National
Council for the Social Studies ~ Notable Social Studies Books for
Young People
National Science Teachers
Association (NSTA) ~ Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students
K-12
Outstanding Science Trade Books
for Students K-12 (NSTA: National Science Teachers Association)
Recommend
Book List from ALSC
School
Library Journal ~ Best Books of the Year
Smithsonian
Magazine ~ Notable Books for Children
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Books about Best Children's Books
Backles, Laura. Best books for kids who (think they) hate
to read : 125 books that will turn any child into a lifelong reader.
Roseville, CA : Prima Publishing, 2001.
Barr, Catherine. From biography to history : best books for
children’s entertainment and education. New Providence,
NJ : R.R. Bowker, 1998.
Carter, Betty. Best books for young adults. 2nd ed. Chicago,
IL : American Library Association, 2000.
Gillespie, John T. Best books for children : preschool through
grade 6. Westport, CN : Bowker-Greenwood, 2002.
Gillespie, John T. Best books for young teen readers : grade
7-10. New Providence, NJ : R.R. Bowker, 2000.
Gunning, Thomas G. Best books for beginning readers. Boston
: Allyn & Bacon, 1998.
Gunning, Thomas G. Best books for building literacy for elementary
school children. Boston : Allyn & Bacon, 1999.
Hirsch, E.D. Books to build on : a grade-by-grade resource
guide for parents and teachers. (Core Knowledge series) New
York : Delta, 1996.
Liggett, Twila C. Reading Rainbow guide to children’s
books : the 101 best titles. Secaucus, NJ : Carol Pub. Group,
1996.
Lipson, Eden Ross. The New York Times parent’s guide
to the best books for children. 3rd ed. New York : Three Rivers
Press, 2000.
Odean, Kathleen. Great books about things kids love : more
than 750 recommended books for children 3 to 14. New York :
Ballantine Books, 2001.
Odean, Kathleen. Great books for babies and toddlers : more
than 500 recommended books for your child’s first three years.
New York : Ballantine Books, 2003.
Odean, Kathleen. Great books for boys : more than 600 books
for boys 2 to 14. New York : Ballantine Books, 1998.
Odean, Kathleen. Great books for girls : more than 600 books
to inspire today’s girls and tomorrow’s women. New
York : Ballantine Books, 1997.
Rand, Donna. Black books galore! Guide to great African American
children’s books about boys. New York : John Wiley &
Sons, 2001.
Trachtenberg, Ellen. The best children’s literature:
a parent’s guide. Los Angeles : Parent’s Guide
Press, 2003.
Trelease, Jim. The Read-aloud handbook. 5th ed. New York
: Penguin Books, 2001.
Wilson, Elizabeth L. Books children love: a guide to the best
children’s literature. Wheaton, IL : Crossway Books,
2002.
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Big Books
Publishers, Vendors, and Distributors
A
to Z Teacher Stuff
Ace
Educational Materials
Benchmark
Education
Book Vine for Children
Education
Works, Inc.
Edumate ~
Educational Materials
ETA
/ Cuisenaire ~ Story Blossoms Big Books
ETA
/ Cuisenaire ~ SunSprouts Big Books
Follett Library Resources
(Titlewave ~ Login required)
Hampton-Brown
Company ~ Content Collections
Harcourt
Trade Publishers
HarperCollins
Children’s Books (type “big book” in SEARCH)
Hummingbird
Educational Resources
Innovative
Educators
IMA
School Supplies and Educational Supplies
Just For
Kids Books
Kaplan
Early Learning Company
KinderKorner
Lakeshore Learning
Materials
Learning
Media / Pacific Literacy
Mariuccia
Iaconi Book (Spanish, English & Bilingual Children’s Books)
MONDO
Publishing
National
Geographic ~ The Teacher Store
Nellie
Edge Resources
Newbridge
~ Nonfiction Shared Reading
Pearson
Learning Group (“Little Celebrations Big Books” and
“For Shared Discovery” in Modern Curriculum Press)
Perma-Bound (Login required)
Rand McNally (People,
Spaces & Places Big Book series; click “Educational Products,”
then click “The School Store” and click “Bargains”)
Richard C. Owen
Publishers, Inc.
Rigby (Harcourt Achieve)
Scholastic
~ Teacher Store
Sosnowski
Language Resources (Big Books in Spanish)
Sundance Publishing (Keyword:
shared reading big book)
Teaching
Heart ~ Order through Amazon.com
Teaching Resource
Center (blank big books only)
Teddy
Bear Press
Wright
Group / McGraw-Hill (Product Search: big book)
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General Information about Big
Books
Big
Books by Theme (Mrs. Sirois’ Country Kindergarten ~ MySchoolOnline)
Big
Books and Children (Child-Reading-Tips.com)
How
to Store and Organize Big Books (Teachers.net)
How
to Use Big Books
Learning
From Books (Early Literacy: A Resource for Teachers, Saskatchewan
Education)
What is
?…. (Bellefonte Elementary School)
Shared
Reading / Big Books (Jordan School District)
Shared
Reading (Clerc Center)
Big Book Displays, Easels, Carts, Storage, and Hanging
Bags
Brodart
Library Supplies & Furnishings
Busy
Kids
DEMCO
Gaylord Bros. (Product
Search: big book)
Highsmith Inc. (Search:
big book)
K-Read
School & Library Promotions
The Library Store, Inc. (Product Locator: big book)
TeachersParadise.com
Teaching Resource Center (Click:
Furniture)
Vernon Library
Supplies (Soft Wall Display Centers)
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Publishers, Vendors, and Distributors
of Deaf-Related Children’s Books, Videos, and CD-ROMs
ADCO Hearing Products, Inc.
Albert Whitman & Company
Alexander Graham Bell Association
for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Amy’s Hearing Depot
BuTo, Ltd. Company
Butte Publications,
Inc.
DawnSignPress
Deaf Life
Press
Deaf Mall Books (list
of the books only)
Deaf Resources
DeBee Communications (Videos)
Gallaudet University
Press
Garlic Press
Hannacroix Creek
Books (Dina the Deaf Dinosaur)
Harris Communications
Hear More, Inc.
HearingExchange
James MacFarlane’s
Linguistic Homepage (list only)
The
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center Catalog
Potomac Technology
Sign Media , Inc./ Linstok Press
SoundBytes
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Resources for Clerc Center Teachers
and Staff
New Titles at Kendall School Library
Summer Reading List for KDES Students
Theme Bibliographies for the Teams at KDES
~ NEW ~ Giant Pandas Word, (74
KB) | PDF (51 KB)
Deaf in Children's Literature Word
(228 KB) | PDF (474 KB)
Election Word, (84 KB) | PDF (181
KB)
Good Books for Teaching 6 + 1 Traits in the Classroom
[ Word, 8 pages ] [
PDF, 22KB ]
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