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Internet   Resources   for   Librarians Children's Literature (and Other Wonderful Things) |

PURPOSE

Children's Literature Guide on the Web
A cyber source for children's reading and reading related information:

This site includes more than 11,000 English works in various formats
All are free for personal, noncommercial use
The user can search by:

The Internet Public Library is the first public library of the Internet
Some of the stated reasons for this site are:

Includes a total of 655+ fables, indexed in table format, with morals
listed. Also in this site are:

Folk Tales from Around the Word
The stories in this collection represent a small sampling of the rich
storytelling art that is the common heritage of humanity. Included
are folk tales from:

This is a very nicely arranged site with links to authors and illustators,
booklists, discussions, reviews, on-line books, and much more.

Multicultural Book Review Homepage
The purpose of this page is to create a qualitative list of
multicultural
literature for K - 12 educators and librarians
This site presents more than just lists of books. It presents to its
readers the opportunity to discover more information about multicultural
literature

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
This site is an excellent resource for librarians to be able to reference
for and to teachers
In this site is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of
ways to use them in the classsroom and collections of books and
activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and
professional topics

The Children's Literature Resource
Children's literature is a field of writing intended to be enjoyed by children
up into their early teens and which may have existed since as far back as the 1400's.
As with any genre of literature there are various sub-genres including fantasy stories,
picture books, realistic fiction, biographies, non-fiction, etc.
Many children's stories feature pictures to accompany the tales.
The resources provided here can be used to immerse yourself in the world of children's
literature where you can learn about the authors, learn where to go to begin writing
your own children's stories, and much more.