Children’s Literature

A research guide: books, articles, web sites, & videos

Finding Books

· How to Find Books in the ODU Library: Search in the ODU Library Catalog.

· How to Find Books in Other OhioLINK Libraries:
Search in the OhioLINK Library Catalog, or start your search in the ODU Library Catalog and then click on the OhioLINK button at the top of the results screen to search statewide.

· To Help You Search in the Catalogs:
Guides and video tutorials are available online from the library’s Research Help page or in print by the library Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler.

Reference Books—A Selection

Reference books provide a good starting point for your research. Reference items are located in the Library’s Reference collection, behind the Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler.

Biographical Profiles and Bibliographical Works – Look in the 011s, 015s- 016s, 028s, and 809s-811s.

For biographical sketches of the life and works of children's authors and illustrators, as well as lists of works by subject, author, title, or reading level, consult the sources that follow.

· 60 Years of Notable Children’s Books. R 011.62 A85y

· 100 Best Books for Children. R 011.62 S399

· 100 Most Popular Picture Book Authors and Illustrators. R 810.9 M153o

· A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children’s Picture Books. R 011.62 L732a, 1998

· Against Borders: Promoting Books for a Multicultural World. R 011.62 R679a, 1993

· The Art of Children’s Picture Books: A Selective Reference Guide. R 001.62 M325a

· Best Books for Children: Preschool through Grade 6. R 011.62 G4126b, 2002

· Best of Latino Heritage: Guide to the Best Juvenile Books about Latino People and Cultures 1996-2002. R 016.98 S651i, 2003

· Black Authors and Illustrators for Books for Children and Young Adults: A Biographical Dictionary.

R 809.892 M951b

· Black Books Galore!: Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Boys.

R 015.7306 R153b

· Black Books Galore!: Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Girls.

R 015.7306 R153g

· Black Books Galore!: Guide to More Great African American Children’s Books. R 015.73 R153b

· Children's Catalog. R 028.5 W748c (2001, 2002 and 2003 supplements)

· Fifteen Centuries of Children’s Literature: an Annotated Chronology of British and American Works in Historical Context. R 028.52 B613f, 1980

· Great Books for African-American Children. R 028.1 T6493g

· Great Books for Boys. R 028.1 O23gb, 1998

· Great Books for Girls. R 028.1 O23gg, 1997

· Latina and Latino Voices in Literature: Lives and Works. R 016.810 D331L

· Many Peoples, One Land: A Guide to New Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults.

R 016.8108 H3664m

· Multicultural Picturebooks: Art of Illuminating Our World. R 011.62 M325p

· Neal-Schumann Guide to Recommended Children’s Books and Media for Use with Every Elementary Subject. R 011.62 M431n

· Open the Books and See all the People. R 011.62 O23b

· Our Family, Our Friends, Our World: An Annotated Guide to Significant Multicultural Books for Our Children and Teenagers. R 011.62 M648o, 1992

· Plays for Children and Young Adults: An Evaluative Index and Guide. R 016.812 K18p, 1991

· Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age. R 809.8928 D7731r

· Seventh Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators. R 809.8928 S27b

· Something about the Author. R 928.1 G152s

· This Land is Our Land: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults.

R 016.81 H366l

· The Undergraduate’s Companion to Children’s Writers and Their Web Sites. R 810.9928 S475u

· Venture into Cultures: A Resource Book of Multicultural Materials and Programs. R 011.623 V567c

· WWII in Literature for Youth: A Guide and Resource Book. R 016.94053 W416w, 2004

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

· The Children’s Literature Dictionary: Definitions, Resources, and Learning Activities.

R 809.89 L354c

· Continuum Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. R 809.892 C762e

· International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. R 809.8928 I828c 2 vols.

Literary Awards

· The Coretta Scott King Awards: 1970-2004. R 016.81 C8127s

· Newberry and Caldecott Medal and Honor Books: An Annotated Bibliography. R 028.5 P485n, 1982

· The Newberry and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books. R 011.62079 N534c

· The Newberry Companion: Booktalk and Related Materials for Newberry Medal and Honor Books. R 028.5 G4126n

Literary Criticism

· Children’s Literature Review. R 028.5 C5361 Multiple vols.

Subject Indexes to Children’s Literature

· A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children’s Picture Books. R 011.62 L732a, 1998

· Children’s Catalog. R 028.5 W748c, 19^th ed.

· Crossing Boundaries with Children’s Books. R 028.5 C8845b, 2006

· Plays for Children and Young Adults: An Evaluative Index and Guide. R 016.812 K18p, 1991

· The Storyteller’s Sourcebook: A Subject, Title, and Motif Index to Folklore Collections for Children.

R 016.3982 M135s, 1982

· Subject Index to Poetry for Children and Young People. R 016.80881 S645s, 1977

Additional Books in Print

Extension Activity Books in the Curriculum Resources Room

For extension activities to enrich and supplement a unit of study on an author's book, consult our Curriculum Resources Collection, searchable through our ODU Catalog, and located in the first floor of Spangler.
A selection of those works follow:

· 450 More Story stretchers for the Primary Grades 372.64 R155f, 1994

· Exploring the Environment through Children’s Literature: An Integrated Approach. 372.3570 B989e

· Making Nonfiction and Other Informational Texts Come Alive. 372.6 P6356m

· More Science through Children’s Literature: An Integrated Approach. 372.35044 B989m

· Story Stretchers for the Primary Grades. 372.64 R155s, 1992

· Teaching U.S. History through Children’s Literature: Post World War II. 016.9739 M6192t

· Tell-It-Again! Easy to Read Stories with Activities for Young Children. 372.677 R155t

· Modern Curriculum Press Phonics: Grades K-3. 372.465 M7205p, 2003

· Teaching Reading Sourcebook: For Kindergarten Through 8^th Grade. 372.4 H7578t

Reference Resources Online

Literary Reference Center

Provides full-text access to many reference resources online, including:

Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature;
Beacham's six-volume Research Guide to Biography and Criticism;
Continuum’s encyclopedia’s of American, British, and children’s literature;
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics and The Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story;
The Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature; The Literary Encyclopedia;
Masterplots and Masterplots II;Cyclopedia of World Authors, Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, and Magill's Literary Annual;
The Harold Bloom series of over 500 books; and additional resources of information on notable authors of long and short fiction, poetry, drama, and philosophy.

Oxford Reference Online

Full-text dictionaries and other reference books in one searchable database. Includes literature guides. Example: Find an entry on the children’s author Eloise Greenfield in The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature.
To access: From the library homepage, click on Books, and select Oxford Reference Online.

eBooks

NetLibrary

Full-text ebook database. Search among 15,000 ebooks from multiple disciplines, including reference books, other nonfiction, and fiction—including books about children’s literature Search by keyword, title, or author. To access: From the library homepage, click on Books, and select NetLibrary.

Finding Articles and Book Reviews

· Use an online research database to find articles in scholarly journals, general magazines, and newspapers.

· To access the databases below, from the Library’s Articles in Databases page, select the Education or English Language & Literature category, or choose from the A-Z index near the top of the page.

· To Help You Search in the Databases:
Guides and video tutorials are available online from the library’s Research Help page or in print
by the library Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler. If you need additional assistance,
ask a librarian.

Recommended Databases

Articles and Essays

Academic Search Complete

Contains peer-reviewed journal coverage from more than 3,400 scholarly publications. Covers many academic areas of study, including language and linguistics, as well as arts and literature.
Updated daily.

Humanities International Complete
Covers articles, essays and reviews, as well as original creative works including poems, fiction, photographs, paintings, and illustrations—all in the disciplines of the humanities.

Education Research Complete

Includes scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education, including curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. Coverage includes journals, books, and conference papers. Some publications indexed as far back as the beginning of the twentieth century.

ERIC

ERIC is the U.S. Department of Education's Educational Resource Information Center database, containing citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals and full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information. Updated quarterly.

MLA International Bibliography

Citations only. Indexes books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
Updated 10 times per year.

Articles Designed for K-12 Readers

Middle Search Plus
Covers topics from over 140 general reference, health and science magazines for middle and junior high school students. Updated daily.

Primary Search
Includes coverage from 50 children’s magazines and over 100 children’s pamphlets, designed for the elementary school student. Updated weekly.

Book Reviews

Academic Search Complete

Contains peer-reviewed journal coverage from more than 3,400 scholarly publications. Covers many academic areas of study, including social sciences, humanities, education, language and linguistics, and arts & literature. Updated daily.

Finding Periodicals in this Library

How Do You Find Out if a Periodical Exists in this Library?

· Use the ODU Library Catalog to search for the title of the journal or newspaper you’re trying to find.
Choose a TITLE search and type in the title of the journal or newspaper you desire.

· The library's journals and magazines are located:

(1) In print in the Periodicals section on the top floor, arranged alphabetically by title
(2) Back issues in print (usually prior to 1960) in the Back Issues Room on the bottom floor
(3) In microfilm in cabinets behind the Periodicals section

A microfilm reader/printer (with free printing!) is also available on the top floor.
For more information, see the ODU Library Microfilm/Reader page at:

http://www.ohiodominican.edu/library/tour/microfilm/default.asp.

· If you are looking for a specific article in a periodical, be sure to match issue number and YEAR/MONTH of the article to the information listed in our library catalog to make sure we have the specific issue of the journal/magazine you need.

Activity Magazines

Listed below are some activity magazines available in the ODU Library. Activity magazines are periodicals with practical ideas for bulletin boards, learning centers, thematic units, and literature-based activity ideas.

These fun-filled activities span all curricular areas for K-6 students and are available in the Periodicals or Microfilm sections in the ODU Library.

Finding Web Sites

A portal to Internet search engines and directories is available on the ODU Library’s Internet Search page.

In addition, listed below are web sites that may be of particular use to you in your information search.

Minimum recommended criteria for evaluating websites:

· Accuracy of the information

· Authority of the person or group responsible for the information

· When the information was created and last updated

For more information, view Evaluating Internet Sources & Search Tools on the Internet Search page.

Web Sites—A Selection

Author Sites

· Children’s Book Council—Author and Illustrator Sites http://www.cbcbooks.org/contacts

· The Author Corner http://www.carr.org/authco

· Author Studies, from Scholastic http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorstudies.jhtml

· Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site http://www.carolhurst.com

· Doucette Index to K-12 Teaching Ideas for Literature http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex

· Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children’s Literature http://www.fairrosa.info

Book Awards

· Buckeye Children’s Book Awards http://www.bcbookaward.info

· Children’s Book Awards, from the University of Calgary http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html

· Children’s Book Awards & Other Literary Prizes http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/awards.htm

· Coretta Scott King Award http://aalbc.com/books/related.htm

· Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature http://www.dawcl.com

· International Reading Association Children’s Book Award

http://www.reading.org/association/awards/childrens_ira.html

· John Newbery Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

· Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz,_Michael_L__Award.htm

· Multicultural Awards for Young Readers http://www.ala.org/ala/diversity/versed/versedbackissues/january2005abc/multiculturalawards.htm

· Randolph Caldecott Medal http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html

· Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/sibertmedal/Sibert_Medal.htm

Children’s Book Publishers

· Candlewick Press. http://www.candlewick.com

· Dorling Kindersley http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/

· Golden Books http://www.goldenbooks.com

· Grolier librarypublishing.scholastic.com

· Harcourt http://www.harcourt.com

· Harper Children’s http://www.harperchildrens.com/index.asp

· Highsmith Press http://www.highsmith.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&langId=-1&page=mall

· Houghton Mifflin Education Place http://www.hmco.com/school

· Random House: Kids Catalog http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog

· Scholastic http://www.scholastic.com

· Simon & Schuster’s SimonSaysKids.com http://www.simonsays.com/subs/index.cfm?areaid=183

· Teachers@Random http://randomhouse.com/teachers

Additional children’s book publishers

· Resource Publications, Inc – Catholic Children’s Publishers http://www.rpinet.com/links.html

· Children’s Publishers, from Appleton Public Library http://kids.apl.org/parents/publishers.html

· Children’s Publishers on the Internet http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/publish.html

· Colossal Directory of Children’s Publishers http://www.signaleader.com/childrens-writers

Children’s Literature Sites

· CCBC: Cooperative Children's Book Center http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/

· Children’s and Young Adult Literature http://library.websteruniv.edu/netresearch/childlit.html

· Children’s Book Nook http://www.twbookmark.com/children/authors.html

· The Children’s Literature Web Guide http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown

· Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature http://www.dawcl.com

· Internet Resources for Children’s Literature Research http://kids.nypl.org/parents/childrenslit.cfm

· Kidspace @ The Internet Public Library: The Reading Zone http://www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/rzn0000

· Multicultural Children's Authors http://www.sru.edu/pages/8912.asp

· Teenspace @ The Internet Public Library: What to Read http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/teenread

Professional Organizations for School Librarians and Teachers

· American Association of School Librarians (AASL) http://www.ala.org/aasl/index.html

· Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) http://www.ala.org/alsc

· International Reading Association (IRA) http://www.reading.org

· LM_NET (for School Library Media Specialists) http://www.eduref.org/lm_net

· National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) http://www.ncte.org

· National Education Association (NEA) http://www.nea.org

· Ohio Education & Library Media Association (OELMA) http://www.oelma.org/default.asp

· School Libraries.Net http://www.school-libraries.net/

· Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) http://www.ala.org/yalsa

Note: Additional Internet sites for K-12 teachers and librarians are listed in The Internet Resource Directory for K-12 Teachers and Librarians. The library has two editions:

· 2000-2001 – I n the Reference collection (R 025.06 I886r 2000-20001).

· 1999-2000 – I n the Main Stacks (025.06 I886r 1999-2000), available to be checked out.

Finding Videos

· How to find Videos in the ODU Library:

From the library homepage, click on Audiovisuals & Media, select ODU Library Catalog, and
search the catalog:

· By KEYWORD and limit your search to MATERIAL TYPE: Audiovisuals

· By AUTHOR or TITLE if you are looking for a specific actor, director, or title.

Or from the library homepage, click on Audiovisuals & Media, select List of DVDs and Videos, and browse through the listing.

· How to find Online Videos:

From the library homepage, click on Audiovisuals & Media, select Digital Media Center Databases, select DMC Databases, then scroll down until you see Digital Video Collection and click on OhioLINK Access only. Search by keyword or browse by subject.

Videos—A Selection
All videos are located in the Library’s Audiovisual (A/V) Materials collection on the top floor of Spangler.

Fairy Tales and Folk Tales