Additional Resources:
A Potpourri of Children's and Adolesent Literature Resources
WEBSITES & BLOGS OF NOTE:
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The Children's Book Review: A resource devoted to children’s literature and literacy
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Nerdy BookClub: Variety of Bloggers: Authors, Teachers, Librarians, Etc.
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Read more: Nerdy For Life
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The Book Whisperer from Donalyn Miller
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Sharpread from Colby Sharp
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Watch. Connect. Read - Jon Schu
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100ScopeNotes - Travis Jonker
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Fuse#8 Productions - Betsy Bird
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Let's Talk Picture Books - Mel Schuit - A wonderful picturbook-a-palooza!
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What to read to your kids - Book Mommy - Detailed reviews of books for kids!
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The Early Word - The Publisher |Librarian Connection
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The Children's/YA Connection
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More to come...
See Finding Inclusive Books for more bloggers of note.
Authors & Illustrators:
Resources to help you connect with children's and YA lit authors and illustrators:
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Ever wonder how to pronounce an author's name? The Author Name Pronunciation Guide from TeachingBooks.net is for you!
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The New York Times collection of illustrator videos is quite remarkable!
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Great article from Heidi Powell about author's sharing their talents and more!
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More content to come...
GENRE SPECIFIC RESOURCES:
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Fairy Tales
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A project I created from the CLRC and Kerlan Collection Archives exploring The Three Little Pigs - Red Takes on the Tale
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Nonfiction
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Ethics in Nonfiction for kids - via Fuse8
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Is the distinction between F/NF so clear? Consider this article from The Guardian
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Nonfiction for Kids - Reading Rockets
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More content to come...
BANNED & CHALLENGED:
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The 100 most frequently challenged books by decade - from the ALA
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Read about the history of Challenged Caldecotts - especially the recent winner That One Summer. from ALSC.
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12 Banned Books Week Classroom Activities from Teach Hub
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More content to come...