Children's
Services
(L4L)
- Associations and Organizations
- Notable Library Web Pages for Children
- Online Resources: Children
- Future SLP Themes
Associations and Organizations
Association
for Library Services to Children
This site not only offers information about ALSC, but also links to some wonderful
resources for librarians, parents, teachers, and children. The time you take
to explore this site will be generously rewarded.
Children's
Book Council
Ordering materials from CBC is only one of the things you can do here.
There are links to information about authors and illustrators, author and
editor dialogs about the process of creating a children's book, essays
on topics of interest to children's books and librarians (Perspectives),
and more.
Cooperative
Children's Book Center
In Wisconsin we all know the people at the CCBC and the value of the services
they provide. Check out what's new, the book of the week, archived talks by
well-known authors, the Virtual CCBC, or the link of the month. You might decide
to join the listserv too after you've read a sample discussion.
Notable Library Web Pages for Children
A selection of sites with lots of possibilities for you to adapt to your own web page or children's programming. If you know of others you'd like to share with your colleagues, send the URLs in, and we'll post them.
- Multnomah Public Library Kids Page
- New York Public Library's On-Lion for Kids
- Colorado Virtual Library for Kids
Online Resources: Children
ABC
Teach
"This site is a place to get ideas, whether you are a teacher, a soon-to-be
teacher, or a student. Parents and Homeschoolers, there are ideas for you too.
The purpose of abcteach is to provide educationally sound suggestions that help
with learning and teaching. abcteach will provide easy, online materials for
immediate use by kids, student teachers, teachers, parents and other visitors
to the site. The material can be printed directly from the screen; no downloads
necessary." Librarians too!
Carol
Hurst's Children's Literature Site
"This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways
to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular
subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics."
Authors
and Illustrators on the Web
An extensive set of links to pages by and about children's authors and illustrators,
past and contemporary. The particularly valuable sites, in the estimation of
the page author, are marked with bouquets. In addition, there are links to
information about series books and other sources of author information, as
well as to the author's page on folklore. A useful compendium of sites to visit.
This site is part of Canadian
David K. Brown's Children's
Literature Web Guide, which is well worth exploring.
Collection
of Children's Literature Resources
Includes links to current periodicals reviewing children's books, each
of which has online reviews, lists of good books, articles, or other
features; reviews of software and CDs; and book review indexes. Don't
overlook the link to S-Collection Periodicals Guide, which includes
links to "scholarly magazines" like Five
OWLS and information about children's magazines. The site is maintained
by the Education and Social Science Library at the University of Illinois.
Guys
Read: A Literacy Program to Connect Boys with Books
By Jon Scieska. A small site currently, but with a list of some favorite books
for boys in various age groups, why boys need special consideration if they
are to become readers, some things adults can do to help, a couple of downloadable
graphics, and a biography of Scieska with a list of the books he's written.
What
Librarians Want to Know about Homeschooling
From the National Home Education Network, a helpful article in the form of
questions and answers about homeschoolers. Note in particular the section on what
homeschoolers want from libraries and the article Library
Sweet Library.
Sites
for Teachers
Lots of reproducible games, coloring sheets, crossword puzzles, etc.,
many for preschool and/or ESL children, along with ideas for thematic programs.
The
Story Connection
Put together by Dianne de Las Casas, a storyteller in Louisiana, this site
has many resources on storytelling from story time activities to listings of
books, audios, and videos to storytelling links.
Story
Arts
Articles,
links, examples, lesson plans and activities, a free newsletter are
some of the features on this site by storyteller and author Heather
Forest. It's done for teachers, but applies as well to librarians.
Vandergrift's
Children's Literature Page
If you like children's books, this is a page to browse and learn. There
are bibliographies, background pieces, help with interpretation and analysis,
information about authors, articles on censorship and sensitive issues--all
of this and more with delightful illustrations from the library school
at Rutgers University.
Webtime
Stories
An annotated collection of excellent sites on children's literature.
The major sections are Storytime; Myths, Fables and Fairy Tales; Great
Books; Young Adults; Just for Fun; and Resources. Some of the sites are
for children, some for adults. Some include reviews by adults and kids,
others include lists of award winners or best books. There are suggestions
for bringing the old and the classic to life, and directions for crafts
and games. Spend a little time browsing here, and you're likely to find
something unusual and useful.
Future SLP Themes
2008 Children: Catch the Reading Bug
2008 Teen: Metamorphosis @ Your Library
2009: The general theme for summer 2009 will be music and the arts.
Supporting public libraries in Outagamie and Waupaca counties