children's literature, american

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

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.

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.

Archival photographs, animation cells, historical references, and first-person accounts examine the lasting impact Mort Schindel and Weston Woods have had on both children's literature and animated films.

Presents over sixty essays in which the authors present opinions and defenses of frequently challenged and/or censored books from the period between 1985 and 2000.

An anthology of poetry and prose by such writers as Carl Sandburg, Willa Cather, Robert Frost, all celebrating aspects of the American landscape.

Discusses the life and works of Theodor Geisel.