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Children's Book Council: Building a Home Library
The Children's Book Council offers four downloadable lists for different age groups to use for developing a home library or just for finding good books to read.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Books: Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg
This comprehensive teacher's guide for the book "Zathura" by Chris Van Allsburg provides us with an opportunity to examine how writers blend scientific information with a fictional story.
The Book Report
Kids reads.com: The Fudge Books by Judy Blume
This comprehensive site features activities, reviews, and more for Judy Blume's "The Fudge Books." Come and explore this educational gold mine.
International Reading Association
Reading Online: Children's Creating Artists' Books
Do you struggle with reluctant readers? Here are great ideas about integrating reading and visual creativity. This is a effective way to use student interest by creating an artist's book project.
Other
Kid Lit: Book Reviews by Kids
Student reviews of different books they have read. Read through the books listed and submit your own.
Scholastic
Scholastic Lesson Plan: A Chair for My Mother
This extensive lesson plan uses the Children's Literature book "A Chair for My Mother," by Vera B. Williams to teach the concepts of saving and reaching a goal. Primary students are the target for this lesson.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Patterns and Picture Books
CarolHurst.com provides a sample chapter from Picturing Math, which teaches geometric concepts using picture books and activities.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Computation and Picture Books
This sample chapter from Hurst's book Picturing Math is an excellent resource for using picture books and activities for learning computation.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Nelson's Oil Colour Picture Book for the Nursery by Nelson
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Nelson's Oil-Colour Picture Book for the Nursery by Thomas Nelson and Sons (1866), a collection of illustrated nursery rhymes and poems.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Pleasure Books: Story of Hans in Luck by Jacob Grimm
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Pleasure Books: Story of Hans in Luck by Jacob Grimm (1864), a fairy tale.
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Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: The Twelve Days of Summer Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teacher's guide for "The Twelve Days of Summer," a book written by Jan Andrews and Susan Rennick Jolliffe, gives instructions on hand and body movements (both seated and standing) that young scholars can do to accompany a reading of...
Harold D. Underdown
Open Minds: Nonfiction for the Very Young
An interesting article from The Purple Crayon, a website for children's literature. Discusses the recent trend in children's books toward nonfiction and offers terrific insight into the realities of exposing young children to it.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I Can Pick My Own Books
Teaching children how to pick out best-fit books increases their willingness to read.
Other
Rachna Gilmore: Teachers' Guides
Rachna Gilmore, a Canadian author of many children's books, has provided PDF teaching guides for her picture books, early readers, and children's novels. Each guide has themes of the story, discussion questions, and activities.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Bright Thoughts for Little Ones by Edward P. Cogger
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Bright Thoughts for Little Ones by Edward P. Cogger (1883), a picture book of children's stories and letters of the alphabet.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Jolly Youngster Abc
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Jolly Youngster ABC, a children's poetry and alphabet book.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Dame and Her Donkeys Five From Leadenhall Press, Limited
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Dame and Her Donkeys Five from Leadenhall Press, Limited (1888). This is an illustrated story told in verse from the Leadenhall Press Series of Forgotten Books...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Aliki
This resource site for the work of the children's author Aliki includes lesson plans and activities for students reading Corn is Maize, Painted Words, Spoken Memories, My Visit to the Zoo, My Visit to the Aquarium, and Wild and Wooly...
Other
Paul Fleischman's Official Website
Have you ever wanted to know more about the life and work of Paul Fleischman? Use this site to learn more about this famous children's author.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Alphabet of Virtues
A scanned copy of the 1856 publication of The Alphabet of Virtues, an alphabet book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Rosa Bella's Adventures by Palmer Cox
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Rosa Bella's Adventures by Palmer Cox (1883), an illustrated book of children's stories and poems.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Little Object Finders Abc
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Little Object Finders ABC, an alphabet book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Youngster
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of The Youngster by Cousin Daisy, a book of nursery rhymes, children's stories, and children's poetry.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Illustrated Alphabet of Birds
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of The Illustrated Alphabet of Birds, an alphabet and poetry book for children.