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Genrefication: Making Children's Collections Accessible, Kurt Axt
Genrefication: Making Children's Collections Accessible, Kurt Axt
Resources
[From Introduction]
Most people who have home libraries have no need to classify their collections. They have one or maybe several bookcases, perhaps separating fiction from nonfiction, grouping fiction by genre or format, nonfiction by subject. They may even keep their Outlander books together and not mix them up with their Alex Cross books. But only a rare bird would alphabetize their fiction by author or organize their nonfiction by the Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress (LC) classification systems. Likewise, if their small child has a bookcase in his or her bedroom, it is probably an unsorted mass of …
Molly And The Mathematical Mysteries: Ten Interactive Adventures In Mathematical Wonderland, B P. Barger, P Bloem, D W. Cueto, A Francis, J Graff, N Johnson, Sara K. Parrish, I Larison, W Stephens
Molly And The Mathematical Mysteries: Ten Interactive Adventures In Mathematical Wonderland, B P. Barger, P Bloem, D W. Cueto, A Francis, J Graff, N Johnson, Sara K. Parrish, I Larison, W Stephens
2022 Faculty Bibliography
No abstract provided.
Diversity In Children's Literature, Kendra Fix
Diversity In Children's Literature, Kendra Fix
Education: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
Teachers have the opportunity to make small, yet important decisions to incorporate materials and methods in their current classrooms to support students who are underrepresented, and to minimize the disconnect between the changing student population and the teacher population. While there are programs, websites, and statements about these materials, one of the easiest implementations for current teachers is through the books in classroom libraries. In 1990, Rudine Sims Bishop described books to be windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors for young people. Children need to see themselves reflected in books like a mirror. On the other hand, children need books …
Avril, Lynne, B. 1951 (Sc 2630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Avril, Lynne, B. 1951 (Sc 2630), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2630. Color illustration for two pages of The Pirate of Kindergarten, by George Ella Lyon, with illustrations by Lynne Avril (Atheneum Books, 2010). The book received the Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award from Western Kentucky University Libraries in 2012.
Lyon, George Ella, B. 1949 (Sc 2629), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lyon, George Ella, B. 1949 (Sc 2629), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2629. Color page proofs and book jacket proof for The Pirate of Kindergarten, by George Ella Lyon, with illustrations by Lynne Avril (Atheneum Books, 2010). The book received the Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award from Western Kentucky University Libraries in 2012.
Children's Book Update For 2011, Gregory A. Martin
Children's Book Update For 2011, Gregory A. Martin
Library Faculty Presentations
This bibliography was used for a presentation for the Xenia (Ohio) Community Schools Elementary Librarian and Library Aides on children's books published during 2011.
Children's Book Update For 2010-2011, Gregory A. Martin
Children's Book Update For 2010-2011, Gregory A. Martin
Library Faculty Presentations
Most colleges and universities with teacher training programs have collections of children's books. In many cases, the librarians who are responsible for selecting these books have a number of other responsibilities as well. The workshop for which this bibliography was prepared was designed for those busy librarians who are not always able to devote the time they would like to the selection of children’s books. It explored selected “best” picture books published during 2010 and 2011.
(Re)Storying Obama: An Examination Of Recently Published Informational Texts, Laura A. May, Teri Holbrook, Laura E. Meyers
(Re)Storying Obama: An Examination Of Recently Published Informational Texts, Laura A. May, Teri Holbrook, Laura E. Meyers
Early Childhood and Elementary Education Faculty Publications
American publishers have published numerous children’s books about Barack Obama over the past several years; most take the form of informational biographies. This article reports on a research project aimed at how these books incorporate sociohistorical narratives, particularly those related to the civil rights movement. Though the features of the books might cause the reader to presume political neutrality, the books link readers to distinct Discourses (Gee, 1996), suggesting particular ideologies. In this article, we identified the following differences: (1) specific happenings from Obama’s life were included in some texts while omitted in others; (2) when the events were included, …
Reading And Responding To Children’S Books About Bullying, Kathy Everts Danielson, Jan Labonty
Reading And Responding To Children’S Books About Bullying, Kathy Everts Danielson, Jan Labonty
Teacher Education Faculty Publications
Which of the following scenarios is an example of bullying?
A. Older boys repeatedly steal a second-grader’s lunch money.
B. A group of girls start and perpetuate vicious rumours about a shy classmate.
C. On a daily basis, a boy makes fun of a peer’s old-fashioned clothes.
D. During recess, bigger kids push, shove, and taunt smaller children.
E. All of the above.
If you guessed E, you not only know a lot about test construction, you also understand the classic definition of bullying: “Bullying is a deliberate attempt to hurt another that is repeated over time,” (Craig, 1997, p. …
Children’S Choices For 2008: A Project Of The International Reading Association And The Children’S Book Council, Wilma Kuhlman, Kathy Everts Danielson
Children’S Choices For 2008: A Project Of The International Reading Association And The Children’S Book Council, Wilma Kuhlman, Kathy Everts Danielson
Teacher Education Faculty Publications
Each year 12,500 school children from different regions of the United States read and vote on the newly published children’s and young adults’ trade books that they like best. The Children’s Choices for 2008 list is the 34th in a series that first appeared as “Classroom Choices” in the November 1975 issue of The Reading Teacher (RT), a peer-reviewed journal for preschool, primary, and elementary levels published eight times a year by the International Reading Association (IRA). This list is designed for use not only by teachers, librarians, administrators, and booksellers, but also by parents, grandparents, caregivers, and everyone who …
Picture Book Update, 2006-2007, Gregory A. Martin
Picture Book Update, 2006-2007, Gregory A. Martin
Library Faculty Presentations
Most colleges and universities with teacher training programs have collections of children's books. In many cases, the librarians who are responsible for selecting these books have a number of other responsibilities as well. This workshop, designed for those busy librarians who are not always able to devote the time they would like to the selection of children’s books, will explore selected “best” picture books published during 2006 and 2007. Correlations to curricular content areas will be mentioned when applicable, and a bibliography will be provided.
Review Of A To Zoo: Subject Access To Children's Picture Books, Kathyanne W. Dobda
Review Of A To Zoo: Subject Access To Children's Picture Books, Kathyanne W. Dobda
Michael Schwartz Library Publications
This article is a book review of A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books, by Carolyn W. Lima and John A. Lima
The Best Children's Books For 2005, Gregory A. Martin, Thomas L. Sweigard
The Best Children's Books For 2005, Gregory A. Martin, Thomas L. Sweigard
Library Faculty Presentations
No abstract provided.
Review Of Best Books For Middle School And Junior High Readers, Kathyanne W. Dobda
Review Of Best Books For Middle School And Junior High Readers, Kathyanne W. Dobda
Michael Schwartz Library Publications
This article is a book review of Best Books for Middle School and Junior High Readers by John T. Gillespie and Catherine Barr.
Literature For Children, Gertrude Sarah Fison
Literature For Children, Gertrude Sarah Fison
Student and Lippitt Prize essays
Essay which details the history of children’s literature and the importance of selecting quality books to encourage an appreciation of reading.