children's literature

Shows how children's literature can be used to teach math concepts including a list of books that may be used.

A selection of 1610 annotated titles arranged alphabetically by author. Includes a list of 200 first readers with indexes for subject, title, illustrator, readability, and series.

Provides an annotated list of nonfiction books, from preschool through young adult, and tips for book activities and reading programs for creative learning.

Explores the life and career of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, through an investigation of his early work, interviews, and writings.

Luke Hayman struggles to deal with sudden fame and keep his family from falling apart after his father, Arthur, author of an obscure series of children's books about the boy Luke Hayseed and the evil Mr. Toppit, is hit by a car and killed, an event witnessed by Laurie Clow, an American tourist in London who uses her position as a radio announcer to make Arthur's books a posthumous success.

Presents a listing of over 11,000 fiction and non-fiction books, for teens in grades seven-through-ten, that have been favorably reviewed by leading review sources, each with a brief summary; covering sixty-eight major subject areas.

Describes the life and literary career of children's author and illustrator Ted Geisel, known as Dr. Seuss.

Provides a survey of some censorship cases and examines causes and reasons for the increase in censorship.

A guide for educators to improve children's informational writing habits that focuses on exposing students in kindergarten through eighth grade to nonfiction children's books as examples from which to learn and be inspired. Includes an annotated list of children's literature.

Leonard S. Marcus interviews twenty-one established authors and illustrators of pictures books, discussing their childhoods, inspiration, mentors, creative processes, and more.