Children's Lit.

 

Association for Library Service to Children-
        ·This division of the American Library Association supports providing "the best library services to our nation's children."

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature-
        ·On this Web site, Carol Otis Hurst, an author and language arts consultant, and her daughter Rebecca Otis, and author and computer consultant, provide a collection of book reviews, curriculum ideas, themes, and professional topics that will especially appeal to teachers.  A quarterly children's literature newsletter is available by e-mail, and past issues are archived.

Child_Lit & the Classroom-
        ·Created in late 1994 by Michael Joseph of Rutgers University, Child-Lit is a forum for engaging and often spirited discussion of topics related to the theory and criticism of literature for young people. Its subscribers, at times numbering over a thousand, include librarians, K-12 teachers, college and university professors, publishers, authors, illustrators, and parents.

(CBC) Children's Book Council
        ·This nonprofit trade association of children's book publishers and packagers and producers of related literacy materials for children sponsors National Children's Book Week each November.  The site includes an online catalog of support materials and original articles of interest written by specialists.

Children's Literature: Beyond Basals-
        ·Created by the authors of this article, the site features links to hundreds of in-depth "book guides" useful for curriculum implementation in K-12 classrooms.  Additional information and links are provided for general children's literature Web sites, curriculum support, picture books for older readers, reluctant readers, and the Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award program.

The Children's Literature Web Guide-
        ·David K. Brown, from the Doucette Library of Teaching Resources at the University of Calgary, has created a gem that may be the most comprehensive general children's literature site.  From here you can access a wide variety of information, such as current news in the field, children's book awards around the world, author information, children's stories online, and lists of recommended books, lesson plans, electronic journals and book review sites, etc..

Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)-
        ·The School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison maintains this Web site.  The center's no circulating collection provides and excellent research library for adults with an interest in children's and young literature.

Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature-
        ·The special feature of this site is the organization of discussions from the children's literature listservs, making it easy for researchers to access past topics.  Fairrosa, the pseudonym for Roxanne Hsu Feldman, a school in New York City, also inculddes thematic booklists, awards, numerous links to dragon book lists and Internet sites, reviews, ect.

Kay Vandergrify's Special Interest Page-
        ·A large site with information about youth literature, genre fiction, women's studies, and related topics is maintained by this noted Rutgers University children's literature professor and author.  The general categories with hundreds of links include children's literature, history  of children's literature, linking literature with learning, young adult literature, Snow White, research and feminist studies.

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)-
        ·This site for YA librarians is sponsored by the American Library Association and contains numerous "best" lists for books, films, and videos; news; and information about grants and publications. 

 


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