Marie Lederer

Professor Burke
Childrens Literature
Site 1:
Title; Childrens Literature
Url: http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~emchen/CLit/Teaching.htm
Party Responsible for the site
Instructor: Chi-Fen Emily Chen, Ph.D. Department of English, National Kaohsiung First
University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Russell, D. L. (2009). Literature for children: a short introduction (6 edition). Boston:
Pearson.
Carroll, L. (1865). Alices adventures in wonderland.
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References:
Hunt, P. (2001). Childrens literature. Oxford: Blackwell.
Lukens, R. J. (2003). A critical handbook of childrens literature. Boston: Pearson.
Nodelman, P. & Reimer, M. (2003). The pleasures of children's literature. Boston:
Pearson.
Tomlinson, C. M. & Lynch-Brown C. (2005). Essentials of childrens literature. Boston:
Pearson.
Site 2
Title

This website describes Childrens literature and the many ways it can be used in the classroom
It also talks about ways that teachers can effectively help students learn to read through using
childrens literature. This site explains that literature is more of an experience then it is taught.
This site encourages children to be free thinking and have their own ideas when they read.
Title Childrens Literature Resources for teachers;
URL:http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/rteacher.html
Party Responsible for the site
Wednesday, November 6, 1996
Copyright 1994-96 David K. Brown. All rights reserved
The Children's Literature Web Guide
This site gives links to other sites all with useful information for teachers about teaching
childrens literature. It provides links to potential lesson plans and ideas for lesson plans. This
site provides a wide variety of information of links to particular sites that give good information
about childrens literature and how it can be used in a classroom setting.

Title: Teaching Childrens Literature RDGED 703 Children's Literature in the Reading Program
(grades K-5)
URL:http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/childrenslit.cfm
Responsible Parties;
Contact Us: School of Education
Online Professional Development
University of Wisconsin - Stout
Menomonie, WI 54751
Phone: 715-232-2693
This site gives a good explanation and good detail for why childrens literature is important. It
also stresses the importance of having a variety of genres of childrens literature to chose from
such as folklore. This site describes the development of elementary school students and how to
choose literature that is appropriate for their age and how to teach childrens literature properly
with regards to age and maturity level.
Title: Planning Engaging Lessons Using Childrens Literature
URL:http://www.wholechildeducation.org/blog/planning-engaging-lessons-using-childrensliterature
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June 10, 2014 by Tisha Shipley
This site contains information about the importance of childrens literature. This sites also gives
interesting and exciting activities you can do potentially with your students. This site also gives
some great information about what sort of books to include in your classroom library. This site
is very useful if youre looking to get ideas for activities you can do in your classroom with your
students.
Title: Nonfiction for Kids
URL:http://www.readingrockets.org/books/nonfiction-for-kids
Parties responsible for this site: Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project that offers a
wealth of research-based reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young
children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and
other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
skills.
Copyright 2015 WETA Public Broadcasting
This site provides good information on how to select good childrens literature specifically non
fiction. This site gives good insight into what goes into selecting books for children. This site
also discusses ways in which to use these books. This site explains the importance of teaching
childrens literature and how to do that effeectivley.
Title: Pathways to affective accountability: Selecting, locating and using childrens literature
books in elementary school classrooms.
Authors Nancy L. Williams and Patricia T. Bauer
Responsible Party: 2006 International Reading Association:pp14-22

This journal is valuable because it details the accountability teachers. This journal also details an
explanation of how to select childrens books in an elementary school classroom. . This journal
discusses quality childrens literature and effective application when teaching literacy to children
and using childrens literature.

Title:Using Childrens Literature across the Curriculum A handbook of Instructional Strategies

Authors: Catherine M. OCallaghan, Patricia Antonacci, Lucy Murphy, Florence D. Musiello,
Eugene Wolfson
Responsible Parties: Iona College published in 2011 as Allyn & BacoN 501 Bolyston street,
Boston Ma,
This book talks about how to use childrens literature across the curriculum so in subjects such as
science and math and history as well as reading and literacy programs. This book gives good
ideas on how to incorporate childrens literature into every subject and how to effectively chose
childrens literature. \
Title:A Handbook of Reading Research: Childrens Literature
Authors: Lee Galda, Gwynne Ellen Ash, Bernice E Cullinan
Responsible Parties: University of Minnesota, University of Georgia, New York University
Lawrence Erlbaum Associate Publishers year 2000 London, Mahwah New Jersey.
This section of the book is about childrens literature and childrens preferences. This section of
the book is about . It discusses the research on childrens literature and which teaching methods
are applicable to certain scenarios and what children enjoy to read.
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3. Is a website that belongs to a college or university or a school system
4. Doesnt have any ads
5. Isnt a generalized site where people can edit information like wikipedia.
What I am looking for in a site is reliable useful information that gives good insight into what the
topic I am searching for is about. Also is the information mostly relevant to the topic I am
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