children's libraries

A treasury of folktales and learning activities based on folktales, including original songs, chants, action rhymes, and art projects, suitable for use in kindergarten through third grade classrooms.

Profiles more than 1,200 of the most popular children's fiction series, describing each series' appeal, genre, characters, location, original publisher, and grade level.

Suggests ideas for using literature in K-5 classrooms.

A collection of twenty traditional folktales for use with children between the ages of eight and twelve.

Designed primarily as a collection of scary fare for adults to tell elementary-age children, the tales may be read and some even told by children. Also contains notes on the stories.

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.

A collection of 16 book programs, each offering a selection of activities, projects, recipes, poetry and games.

Offers advice to teachers on how to make reading meaningful to students through active engagement and socially interactive projects, featuring over fifty project ideas in the categories of entertainment, active participation, control and choice, and technology.

Contains passages from two hundred books published between 2000 and 2008, appropriate for reading aloud to children and teens, and includes advice on how to prepare for a read-aloud, subject and grade-level indexes, and an annotated bibliography.

Presents a comprehensive manual designed to develop and implement effective reading programs for Preschool through seventh grade and contains information on storytimes, booktalks, writing, drama, and more.