Children's Literature
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Periodicals

Catalog

Reference Books
        Browse Call numbers LB 1140 (teaching), PN 1009, PZ (books for children), Z 1037

Websites

Caldecott Collection and Newbery Collection in Chattanooga State's Library

Lists this library's collection of Caldecott & Newbery prize winners with call numbers.
(http://library.chattanoogastate.edu/research/caldecottmedals.html) (http://library.chattanoogastate.edu/fronk/newberryprizewinners.html)

Association for Library Service to Children

This American Library Association division provides news and current issues, book awards (including Newbery andCaldecott winners), cool sites for kids, and resources for librarians, parents and teachers.
(http://www.ala.org/ALSCTemplate.cfm?Section=ALSC)

The Bookhive

An award-winning site where parents, librarians and children review and recommend hundreds of books. Users can search for books by author, title, reading level, interest area.
(http://www.bookhive.org)

Children's Book Council

The CBC, a non-profit trade organization, sponsors National Children's Book Week as well as this delightful Web site for teachers and librarians, authors and illustrators, publishers, booksellers and parents.
(http://www.cbcbooks.org/)

Children's Choices, Teachers' Choices and Young Adults' Choices Booklists

The International Reading Association annually publishes booklists which have become a trusted source of book recommendations used by teachers, librarians, parents, and children.
(http://www.reading.org/resources/tools/choices_childrens.html)

Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

This academic website offers over 5000 abstracts of picture books for preschool to grade 3. One can search by keywords for topic, concept or skill.
(http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks)

Cooperative Children's Book Center

From the University of Wisconsin's School of Education, this site supports teaching, learning and research related to children's and young adult literature and provides materials for teachers, librarians and child care providers.

(http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/)

Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature

4,500 records from 57 awards for children's books from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, and Ireland.  Also links to a site with scholarly material about children's literature.
(http://www.dawcl.com/introduction.html)

International Children's Digital Library

A public children's literature library for the world, this collection reflects diverse cultures, perspectives, and historical periods in their original languages.

(http://www.icdlbooks.org)

Planet Esme:  A Www.onderful World of Children's Literature

Author Esme Raji Codell and a small group of teachers and web consultants provide recommendations for children's books that are teacher-tested and kid-approved. (http://www.planetesme.com)