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Database of Award Winning Children's Literature ActivityDatabase of Award Winning Children's Literature Activity
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Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

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This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won a particular award. The site includes information and links to book awards from the major five English-speaking countries.

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books, children's literature, colors, counting, fairy tales, fantasy, fiction, historical fiction, legends, literature, mythology, nonfiction, picture books, poetry, realistic fiction, british literature, french literature, japanese literature

Additional Tags

alphabet, animal stories, art, beginning reader, book lists, chapter book, children's authors, children's books, cumulative, folk tale, folklore, how-to, math, multicultural, story without words, theater, ala best books for young adults, ala notable, african-american literature, amelia frances howard gibbons award, american bookseller's book of the year award, american institute of physics children's science writing award, asian literature, australian children's book of the year award, australian literature, boston globe horn book honors, caldecott honor, caldecott medal, canadian library association book of the year for children, canadian literature, caribbean literature, carnegie medal, chinese literature, coretta scott king award, coretta scott king honor, east indian literature, edgar allan poe juvenile award, edgar allan poe young adult award, ester glen award, german literature, golden kite award, golden kite honor, governor general children's english language, guardian award for children's fiction, italian literature, jane addams book award, jane addams honor book, jewish literature, kate greenway medal, latin american literature, national book award, native american literature, new york times best illustrated, newbery award, newbery honor, notable social science trade book, orbis pictus award, orbis pictus honor, phoenix award, pura belpre award, pura belpre honor, russell clark award, russian literature, sibert information book award, siebert information book honor, smarties award, sydney taylor award, whitbread children's book of the year, william allen white children's book award, biography, history, music, mystery, social studies

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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