Newbery and Caldecott Medalists and Honor Book Winners

Newbery and Caldecott Medalists and Honor Book Winners
Author: Muriel Brown
Publisher: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers
Total Pages: 544
Release: 1992
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

This is an enlarged version of the 1982 edition, updated to include the 1991 recipients. It offers the same inclusive listing of Newbery and Caldecott Medal and Honor Books, library collections with significant holdings and background readings on each of the 325 award-winning authors and illustrators. The volume is organised by author/illustrator and identifies the first appearance of each title. It also includes separate listings of Newbery Medal and Honor Books; Caldecott Medal and Honor Books; collections; a background reading bibliography; and an author/illustrator/title index. It has a companion volume, Newberry and Caldecott Medal and Honor Books in Other Media, and the two books are also available as a set at a price of u72.00."

1979-1990

1979-1990
Author: Henryk Sawoniak
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 1284
Release: 2012-02-14
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 3110975068

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics)
Author: Mildred D. Taylor
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2004-04-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101657944

Winner of the Newbery Medal, this remarkably moving novel has impressed the hearts and minds of millions of readers. Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, this is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence in the face of racism and social injustice. And it is also Cassie's story—Cassie Logan, an independent girl who discovers over the course of an important year why having land of their own is so crucial to the Logan family, even as she learns to draw strength from her own sense of dignity and self-respect. * "[A] vivid story.... Entirely through its own internal development, the novel shows the rich inner rewards of black pride, love, and independence."—Booklist, starred review

Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature

Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature
Author: Shelby Wolf
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2011-04-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136913572

This multidisciplinary handbook pulls together in one volume the research on children's and young adult literature which is currently scattered across three intersecting disciplines: education, English, and library and information science.

Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books

Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books
Author: Heidi K. Hammond
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2014-08-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1442239247

Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for librarians, teachers, and others who want to better understand picture book illustration. This book includes many useful components: Short entries about fifty-six books Information on styles and media Artistic analysis of the illustrations Appendixes on selected sources for further reading, Randolph Caldecott Medal terms and criteria, bibliography of entries, and a list of Caldecott winners Glossary of art terms Indexes of author-illustrator-title, media, and style This book, used as a handbook in conjunction with Caldecott Award books, provides readers with ready-to-use information they can share with children and others, while helping to build confidence in one’s ability to talk about art in all picture books.

Child-Sized History

Child-Sized History
Author: Sara L. Schwebel
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2011-11-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0826517943

The classroom canon of young adult novels in historical context

The Grey King

The Grey King
Author: Susan Cooper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2007-05-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416949674

Includes an excerpt from Silver on the tree.

Saint George and the Dragon

Saint George and the Dragon
Author: Margaret Hodges
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1990-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780780703131

Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.

Written for Children

Written for Children
Author: John Rowe Townsend
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 400
Release: 1996-05-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1461731046

This revised and updated edition provides children's and young adult librarians, teachers, literature classes, and library school classes with an authoritative history and analysis of the best British and American children's literature through 1994, with a new 2003 postscript including such recent phenomenons as J.K.Rowling and Philip Pullman. Written for Children traces the development of children's literature from its origins through the beginnings of the multimedia revolution. In effortless and entertaining style, Townsend, a world-renowned authority in the field, examines the changing attitudes toward children and their literature and analyzes the various strands that make up this important field. While examining many well-known American classics, Townsend also looks at British works that American audiences may have overlooked. With illustrations and bibliography.

Dear Mr. Henshaw

Dear Mr. Henshaw
Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061972150

Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Children’s Book Beverly Cleary’s timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh’s life forever. From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse series comes an epistolary novel about how to navigate and heal from life’s growing pains.