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.
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Children’s Book Council: http://www.cbcbooks.org/
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CCBC Awards and Best-Of-the-Year Lists https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/links/links.asp?idLinksCategory=2
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Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org/
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We Need Diverse Books: https://diversebooks.org/
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https://diversebooks.org/resources/where-to-find-diverse-books/
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TeachingBooks.net: https://www.teachingbooks.net/
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Disability in Children’s Literature http://disabilityinkidlit.com/
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Nerdy Book Club: https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/
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Worlds of Words: https://wowlit.org/
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The Classroom Bookshelf: http://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/
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Welcoming Schools: http://www.welcomingschools.org/resources/books/diverse-families/
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Social Justice Books: https://socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/
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African American Literature Book Club: https://aalbc.com/
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A Mighty Girl’s Diverse List of Books: https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=13481
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CCBC Annual Statistics on Multicultural Literature in Publishing https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/pcstats.asp
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Global Read Aloud: https://theglobalreadaloud.com/
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The Wild Robot Literature Study: https://sites.google.com/view/thewildrobot/home?authuser=0
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Children Book Awards Descriptions: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/childrens-book-awards-other-organizations
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https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/art-and-activism
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https://www.complex.com/life/young-activists-who-are-changing-the-world/
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https://www.biracialbookworms.com/introduce-children-activism/
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https://uiowa.edu/social-justice-resources-k12-teachers/teacher-resources/themes
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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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