children's literature, american

Supplies information about Newbery Award-winning authors and books, arranged chronologically from 1922 through 2001, and includes plot summaries, hints on how to introduce the books to young readers, and suggestions for related follow-up reading.

Profiles the writings which have won the NCTE's award for excellence in children's nonfiction over the last ten years and explains how the committee chooses the award-winning books.

Provides annotations of all the Newbery and Caldecott award books, cited for excellence in children's literature and illustration from 1922 to 1996.

Brief biographies of a variety of authors and illustrators from different parts of the world accompany a description of their work.

Presents booktalks designed to help teachers increase their middle grade students' interest in reading nonfiction books that are arranged thematically in seven categories, including American journeys, people to know, animals, science, playing with words, and monsters.

Provides annotations of all the Newbery and Caldecott award books, cited for excellence in children's literature and illustration from 1922 to 2001.

Presents a compilation of hundreds of Web sites of children's authors, illustrators, and storybook characters to help teachers get biographical information and ideas for stories and how to incorporate those books and ideas into the classroom curriculum.

Contains a collection of short stories, drawings, poems, and memoirs from well-known writers of "guy" fiction, written by boys, for boys. Includes pieces by Daniel Pinkwater, Neil Gaiman, Will Hobbs, Stephen King, Gary Paulsen, among other.

An illustrated collection of fables, folk tales, stories, poems, songs, and nonfiction by a variety of authors and illustrators.

Examines the poetry, art, and social messages of Theodor Seuss Geisel's works for children and adults, discusses his impact on language and American culture, and presents an extensive, annotated primary and secondary bibliography.