David and Lorraine Cheng Library - Curriculum Materials - Children's and Young Adult Literature

ALSC: Association for Library Service to Children: Lists current and past winners of the Newbery and Caldecott medals, as well as other notable books and media for children. Also features "700+ Cool Sites for Kids."
http://www.ala.org/alsc/
Author Study: A guide to strategies and resources to help create an author study.
http://www.wpunj.edu/library/currmats/authorstudy.shtml
Caldecott Award: The Caldecott Medal, established in 1938 by the American Library Association, is awarded annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Here is a list of winners, available with call numbers, identifying titles available in the Curriculum Materials Center.
http://www.wpunj.edu/library/currmats/caldecott.html
Carol Hurst's Children's and Young Adult Literature Site: Reviews of children's books, and how to use them in the classroom. Booklists for particular subjects, curriculum areas and themes, and information about authors and illustrators.
http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html
Children's and Young Adult Literature Web Guide: Maintained by David K. Brown, The Children's and Young Adult Literature Web Guide is a directory to Internet resources for Children's and Young Adult Literature. This site provides annotated guides to resources for parents, teachers, and storytellers, as well as general information on Children's and Young Adult Literature resources.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
Children's Book Council Online: With the goal of encouraging reading, the Children's Book Council (CBC) has a special teachers page with information about Children's Book Week, booklists on special topics, and links to authors and illustrators.
http://www.cbcbooks.org/
Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University: This site offers a database with abstracts of over 4500 children's picture books, accessible by keyword or subject search screens. Especially useful for identifying children's historical fiction books, via the Social Studies/History subject heading links.
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/search/heir/
Coretta Scott King Award: The Coretta Scott King Award, established in 1969, is awarded annually to both an African-American author and illustrator, for distinguished contributions to American Literature for children. Here is a list of Coretta Scott King Award winners, with call numbers, identifying titles available in the Curriculum Materials Center.
http://www.wpunj.edu/library/currmats/cskbib.html
Exploring Cultures through Music and Literature: A selection of resources to help teach about different cultures through the use of literature and music. The lesson plan resources and children's books listed are available in the Curriculum Materials Center of the David and Lorraine Cheng Library.
http://www.wpunj.edu/library/currmats/culture_music.shtml
Literature Resource Center: Search by author, title, literary theme, historical period, etc. for full-text biographies and criticism of major children and adult authors. Available to William Paterson community only.
http://ezproxy.wpunj.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitRC?&u=LRC&u=CA&u=CLC&u=DLB
Newbery Award: The Newbery Medal, established in 1922 by the American Library Association, is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for children. Here is a list of Newbery winners, available with call numbers, identifying titles available in the Curriculum Materials Center.
http://www.wpunj.edu/library/currmats/newbery.html
Notable Social Studies Books for Young People: Organized by broad subject categories, this annotated list highlights the past year's notable children's books (K-8) that explore cultural issues. A cooperative venture of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and Children's Book Council (CBC).
http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/notable/
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12: A cooperative effort between the National Science teachers Association (NSTA) and Children's Book Council (CBC), this annotated list describes outstanding science books for kindergarten through eighth grade published in the last year.
http://www.nsta.org/ostbc