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Getting Started with Online Books

Children's Literature by M. O. Grenby
ISBN: 9780748629848
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
This critical guide provides a concise yet comprehensive history of British and North American children's literature from its seventeenth-century origins to the present day.Each chapter focuses on one of the main genres of children's literature: fables, fantasy, adventure stories, moral tales, family stories, the school story, and poetry.
The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. 2d ed. by Daniel Hahn
ISBN: 9780199695140
Publication Date: 2015-06-01
The last thirty years have witnessed one of the most fertile periods in the history of children's books: the flowering of imaginative illustration and writing, the Harry Potter phenomenon, the rise of young adult and crossover fiction, and books that tackle extraordinarily difficult subjects. Over 900 new entries bring the book right up to date. This accessible A to Z is the first place to look for information about the authors, illustrators, printers, publishers, educationalists, and others who have influenced the development of children's literature, as well as the stories and characters at their centre.
The Oxford encyclopedia of children's literature by Jack Zipes
ISBN: 0195146565
Provides brief biographies of more than 300 authors and illustrators, as well as essays on all genres of children's literature, individual works, and prominent trends and themes, including general essays on the traditions of children's literature in many countries throughout the world.
In Defense of Read-Aloud by Steven L. Layne
ISBN: 9781625310422
Publication Date: 2015-01-05
Steven Layne offers significant practical insights to strengthen instructional practice--answering the questions of "Why should we?" and "How should we?"--and provides practical advice about how to use read-alouds most effectively. Leading researchers in the field of literacy provide position statements, authors of professional books share insights on books they have loved, leaders of the largest literacy organizations in the United States write about their favorite read-alouds, award-winning authors of children's and young adult book (Katherine Paterson, Andrew Clements, Lois Lowry, to name a few) share the powerful behind-the-scenes stories of their greatest books, and real classroom teachers and librarians speak about books that have "lit up" their classrooms and libraries around the world. Last but not least, In Defense of Read-Aloud features many great recommendations of books to share with children.

Finding Online Picture Books

To find online picture books in the library catalog, enter the following in the search box:

su:Picture books for children Juvenile fiction

If eBook is not already listed under Current Search, look at Refine This Search (on the left of the screen) and under Format, select: eBook

Online Children's Literature

International Children's Digital Library
A digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world supporting communities of children and adults in exploring and using this literature through innovative technology
Children's Book Selections from the Library of Congress
The collection includes classic works that are still read by children today, and lesser-known treasures drawn from the Library’s extensive collection of historically significant children’s books. The books in this collection were published in the United States and England before 1924, are no longer under copyright, and free to read, share, and reuse however you’d like.
Discovering Children's Books
From the British Library: Explore centuries of stories, poems and illustrations
Storyline Online
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation records well-known actors reading children’s books and makes graphically dynamic videos so that children around the world can be read to with just the click of a Storyline Online video book image. The website currently streams 24 stories featuring celebrity readers.
Project Gutenberg: Children's Bookshelf
Contains books and picture books by Louisa May Alcott, Beatrix Potter, Randolph Caldecott, Edith Nesbit, and many, many others.
Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project
A collection of illustrated antique books on line

Journals

The Horn Book -ncludes reviews of the best children's b Iooks published, articles about children's books, explorations of children's books from every perspective and news of the children's book world.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - devoted to the review of current books for children.

Lion and the Unicorn - "The Lion and the Unicorn is a theme- and genre-centered journal of international scope committed to a serious, ongoing discussion of literature for children."

Children's Literature

School Library Journal

Journal of Children's Literature Devoted to teaching and scholarship in the field of children's literature.

Children's Literature Association quarterly - Each issue features an editorial introduction, juried articles about research and scholarship in children's literature, and book reviews.

Find Biographical Information

Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Provides up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and around the world.
Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

MLA Citation Style

Information about the 8th edition of the MLA Style Handbook can be found in the MLA Style Center, including A Quick Guide to Works Cited, What's New and Ask the MLA

You can also find guidance on using MLA style on the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) website: MLA Formatting and Style Guide