USING LOCAL LIBRARY
Visit a public library I encourage all of you to visit a public library as soon as possible and get a library card. Three Oaks Library is less than ½ mile from campus and it has a rich children’s literature department! And when you are there, your search for books should get easier once you find your secret weapon: a good librarian.
I highly recommend initiating a conversation with the children's librarian. If your interest is books for adolescents, you should talk to both the children's librarian and the YA or teen room librarian. These are people whose job is to know what is new and notable AND what they have that's older but perfectly suited for certain kids. Talk to them about your assignment, explain your topic, and let them help you. This is not cheating. This is a colleague and ally you should get to know, both for the semester and for your future professional life.
If you choose the Lee Country Library you will find the subscribe to the Novelist – a wonderful database of excellent reading choices for children NOVELIST K-8 (http://www.ebscohost.com/novelist/ ) NoveList, EBSCO'S subscription database, to which your school or public library might already subscribe. Go to your public library's website, look for Online Databases, and see if NoveList is listed there. If it is, you're in for a real treat with a resource that will amaze you.
What is "Desperate Librarians"? It's an annotated resource list of children's books with lots of meaty ideas for quick and dirty lessons you can use in your library or classroom. What is NoveList? From the NoveList site: "NoveList® K-8, a fiction database of over 50,000 titles, is aimed at helping younger readers find the books they want to read - whether in a school setting or in public library children's' rooms.
Full-text reviews from sources like School Library Journal and Booklist are available for many titles. NoveList K-8 has all of the searching features contained in NoveList and allows users to search by author, title, series, theme or topic. With the "Describe a Plot, Topic, or Unit" search, you can use natural language to search the product's full-text reviews for titles of interest.
Bookstores Bookstores seem to have large and enticing collections and the sales people tend to be friendly and knowledgeable. But be aware that even the best independent bookstores don't have anywhere near as much variety as libraries.
THE CLASSICS Published since 1995 in categories
Remember the Classics List you read during the course beginning? Why not select some of the classics published after 1995 for your annotated bibliography?
Fantasy 19 total 7 Harry Potter books
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (1997)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (1999)Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (1997)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (1999)
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (1997)
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (1995)
The Giver by Lois Lowry (1994)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2008)
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (2006)
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan (2006)This Australian series of books is sold worldwide and makes a good pick for reluctant boy readers
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riodan (2005)
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo (2004)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (2007)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling (2000)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (2003)
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (2009) (sci-fi)
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (2004)
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (2003)
Realistic Fiction (30 books)
Holes by Louis Sachar (1998)
Frindle by Andrew Clements (1996)
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (1999)
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck (1998)
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (1999)
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (1996)
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg (1996)
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (1997)
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (2000)
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (2005)
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (2007)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2007)
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt (2011)
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, A Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo (2003)
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker (2006)
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (2009)
Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles (2005)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (2007)
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger (2010)
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen (2001)
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (2001)
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (2005)
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (2000)
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (2007)
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (2001)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2008)
Historical Fiction
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (1995)
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (1999)
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (1998)
Traditional
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (1997) retelling Cinderella
Diversity
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (1995)Wonder by R.J. Palacio (2012) Put this in every school library everywhere, please! Every library anywhere, really from review
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (2009)Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson (2001)
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (2007)
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