children's literature

Provides tools for educators and librarians to incorporate informational reading in the form of nonfiction into their story hours, with topics ranging from animals to cars.

Presents a subject index to the more than six hundred books that have been awarded either the Newbery Medal for writing excellence or the Caldecott Medal for quality of illustrations, arranged alphabetically by subject heading, each with author, title, and date of award; and includes author/illustrator and title indexes.

A collection of animated adventures based on popular children's books. A skeleton band tickles the funny bone.

Includes profiles of people in the writing field who are of interest to young readers.

This volume, written in an A-Z format, presents profiles of the lives and works of authors and illustrators who are writing for young people today. Cumulative indexes for volumes 1 to 99 are included.

This volume, written in an A-Z format, presents profiles of the lives and works of authors and illustrators who are writing for young people today.

Profiles 2,500 fiction and nonfiction primary readers published since 1990, representing a wide range of subjects including animals, holidays, American history, and weather.

"A biography of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder, who is best known for her "Little House" books, plus a chapter of creative writing tips. Find out more about this remarkable writer and the entertaining and unforgettable characters she created. This is an AV2 media enhanced book. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. This book comes alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more" -- Provided by publisher.

Provides annotations of all the Newbery and Caldecott award books, cited for excellence in children's literature and illustration from 1922 to 2000.