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Children's Literature Resources

Below are 20+ resources for educators to use in finding and researching children literature to be incorporated into a classroom. Along with these informational websites, there are additional blogs by fellow peers so that educators can glance at varying opinions and perspectives on children literature. 

  1. Children’s Book Council: http://www.cbcbooks.org/

  2.  CCBC Awards and Best-Of-the-Year Lists https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/links/links.asp?idLinksCategory=2

  3. Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/

  4. We Need Diverse Books: https://diversebooks.org/

  5. https://diversebooks.org/resources/where-to-find-diverse-books/

  6. TeachingBooks.net: https://www.teachingbooks.net/

  7. Disability in Children’s Literature http://disabilityinkidlit.com/

  8. https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/about/

  9. Nerdy Book Club: https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/

  10. Worlds of Words: https://wowlit.org/

  11. The Classroom Bookshelf: http://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/

  12. Welcoming Schools: http://www.welcomingschools.org/resources/books/diverse-families/

  13. Social Justice Books: https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/

  14. African American Literature Book Club: https://aalbc.com/

  15. A Mighty Girl’s Diverse List of Books: https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=13481

  16. CCBC Annual Statistics on Multicultural Literature in Publishing https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/pcstats.asp

  17. https://www.usbby.org/

  18. Global Read Aloud: https://theglobalreadaloud.com/

  19. The Wild Robot Literature Study: https://sites.google.com/view/thewildrobot/home?authuser=0

  20. Children Book Awards Descriptions: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/childrens-book-awards-other-organizations

  21. https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/art-and-activism

  22. https://www.globalonenessproject.org/

  23. https://www.complex.com/life/young-activists-who-are-changing-the-world/

  24. https://www.biracialbookworms.com/introduce-children-activism/

  25. https://littlefreelibrary.org/

  26. https://www.learningtogive.org/get-started

  27. https://www.globaledguide.org/projects/

  28. https://uiowa.edu/social-justice-resources-k12-teachers/teacher-resources/themes

  29. https://www.dosomething.org/us/campaigns

  30. http://www.usingtheirwords.org/childrens-literature/

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More Blogs!

Below are the blogs of all my peers that are completing this course in analyzing diverse children literature. As you see while viewing each blog that each one of us add to the same or different topics related to teach text sets. 

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Beth Frye: https://bfryeasu.com/ 

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Alyssa Scarfato: https://scarfatoaa.wixsite.com/blog

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Madison Sivret: https://sivretmr.wixsite.com/blog 

 

McKenna Wild: https://mswildsthoughts.school.blog/

 

Laura Swaringen: https://swaringenlr.wixsite.com/readwithmss 

 

Lauren Brackett: https://laurenhbrackett.wixsite.com/read 

 

Halie Hamilton: https://hamiltonhe.wixsite.com/blog

 

Alana Nottage: theartofreadingandwriting.home.blog 

 

Sarah Jones: https://childrenslitbooks.weebly.com 

 

Meredith Price: https://pricema3.wordpress.com/

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Megan Laws: https://lawsme.wixsite.com/website

 

Grace Schmidt: https://msschmidt.school.blog/

 

Emorie Estep: https://estepee.wixsite.com/readersgonnaread 

 

Amber Mathis: https://ambermariemathis.wixsite.com/mysite/blog

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