Hannah Gosnell Dr. Burke Childrens Literature 30 September 2013 Teaching Resources WEB RESOURCES: 1.

Random House Childrens Books > Random House Teachers and Librarians > Resources http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/resources/ Bertelsmann This site has multiple links about teaching resources that vary from educator guides and book talks to reading group guides and interactive whiteboards. 2. Scholastic > Resources & Tools http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/ Scholastic Inc. This site is good for teaching childrens literature because it is by a childrens book company. There is a whole section just for resources and tools but even the other sections are helpful, for example strategies and ideas, and student activities. 3. HarperCollins Childrens > Teachers & Librarians > Teaching Resources http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/ HarperCollins Publishers This site is different from the previous sites because it lists the book titles in alphabetical order with the author and then teaching resource to go along with that specific book. I feel that this is a great and easy way for teachers to get resources for any childrens book. 4. TeachingBooks.net http://www.teachingbooks.net/ TeachingBooks.net LLC This site is simple in the fact that all you have to do is type in the title of a book, the author and illustrators, subjects, or booklists and awards, and you get resources from tons of different sites. 5. Children's Literature: Lesson Plans and Resources http://www.eds-resources.com/edchildrenslit.htm Edmund J. Sass, Ed.D.

This site lists multiple teaching resource sites while also having units for different grade levels. There are also different genres of books such as, Native American Childrens Literature and Puerto Rican Folktales. NON-WEB: 1. A Critical History of Childrens Literature Cornelia Meigs, Anne Thaxter Eaton, Elizabeth Nesbitt, Ruth Hill Viguers Macmillan Pub Co; Revised edition (October 1969) 708 Pages A general overview of the history of childrens literature, though gives the modern reader insight into early children's literature. Said to be Absolutely outstanding and invaluable! It's the best history of pre-20th century children's literature. 2. Children's literature : a reader's history, from Aesop to Harry Potter Seth Lerer Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. 385 Pages Seth Lerer here explores the iconic books, ancient and contemporary alike, that have forged a lifelong love of literature in young readers during their formative years. Along the way, Lerer also looks at the changing environments of family life and human growth, schooling and scholarship, and publishing and politics in which children found themselves changed by the books they read. This ambitious work appraises a broad trajectory of influences--including Shakespeare's plays, John Locke's theories of education, Darwin's On the Origin of Species, and the Puritan tradition--which have each shaped children's literature through the ages as well. 3. The Story of ourselves : teaching history through children's literature Edited by Michael O. Tunnell & Richard Ammon. Portsmouth, N.H. : Heinemann, c1993. 196 Pages The Story of Ourselves, focuses on the need for a stimulating history curriculum with the application of children's trade book literature as an indispensable ingredient for such a curriculum. QUALITIES TO LOOK FOR IN A WEBSITE: 1. Plenty of resources not just a few resources about a few select books. I came across a few of these that were not very helpful. 2. Usually if the site is popular that means that it is a good site to use for whatever it is that youre searching for because a lot of people have used the same site so it must be alright. 3. Easy to find and navigate the site. 4. A known company is usually best to use. Ex: Scholastic. So that you know that the information you are getting isnt false.

5. FREE. If you can get things for free rather than join a membership for a website always go with the free stuff. Some of the free sites are made BY teachers FOR teachers because they want to give other teachers the opportunity to teach to their utmost ability without having to spend money that they dont have.