children's literature

The tag Children's literature is popular among bloggers who review books for children and by people discussing children's books, such as parents, teachers, librarians, book award committees, and booksellers. The tag is also often used by the authors, illustrators, editors and publishers who create children's literature. There are many web sites, professional organizations, and courses dedicated to children's literature.

It is generally thought that books referred to as children's literature are for readers up to age twelve. Books for young readers ages thirteen and above are referred to as young adult books or YA. Children's literature is categorized many different ways. Some categorize children's literature by genre, such as biography, fantasy & science fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Others categorize children's literature by format, such as board books, chapter books, easy readers, hardcover books, paperback books, picture books, and pop-up books. Children's literature is also categorized by reading level, such as easy readers and middle grade fiction.

Regardless of how they are categorized, many books termed children's literature are read and enjoyed by young adults and adults.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “children's literature”

• Bold and Brave by Horatio Alger/Project Gutenburg

  
  Happy Hearts Homeschooling Library — Authority: 125
  For about 4th through sixth grades. Click here. From HoratioAlgerJr.com" What does the Horatio Alger "Strive and Succeed" philosophy consist of? Are there contemporary versions of it? There are several elements in the Horatio Alger "Strive and Succeed" Philosophy: * hard work * study (informal ...
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• Jesus Storybook Bible Deluxe Edition

  
  Andy Naselli — Authority: 519
  A guest post by Jenni Naselli Our family was recently delighted to obtain  The Jesus Storybook Bible, Deluxe Edition . Here’s what Andy and I wrote last year about this book in our review of theology books for kids : Sally Lloyd-Jones. The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name . ...
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• Pat the Picasso – The ‘Touch the Art’ Board Books for Young Children

  
  One-Minute Book Reviews — Authority: 474
  I haven’t written about board books for a while, in part because the good ones seem to be getting rarer: More and more, these books for babies and toddlers rip-off bestsellers for older children instead of doing what they alone can do. But in today’s Wall Street Journal Megan Cox Gurdon writes about a series ...
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• The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria

  
  Maw Books — Authority: 514
  What is it like to experience colors if you are blind?  This is the question that The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria asks and attempts to answer.  This book of colors is lacking in the color department and that’s a good thing.  Instead, it is completely black with white text and raised ...
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• Take A Look: Roman and London Are Burning, Horrible Histories, Enchanted Hunters, Bird Music, Phantom Towns and More.

  
  crooked house — Authority: 119
  Alas, these firescreens featuring Rome and London burning are only prototypes, not yet for sale. Via BB-blog . Speaking of Rome burning, I ordered a bunch of Horrible Histories , ostensibly for Luke and Sylvie for Christmas. Really, until theyre old enough, theyre for me. I was inspired by When We Were Romans , ...
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• Byatt on Tatar’s Enchanted Hunters

  
  educating alice — Authority: 496
  This is a grown-up book for grown-up people who haven’t forgotten being childhood readers. It satisfies imagination and curiosity, revisiting things you suddenly remember clearly, telling you new things you didn’t know. A. S. Byatt reviews Maria Tatar’s Enchanted Hunters in the Guardian .
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• I rebel, quietly, while nobody is looking

  
  Katyboo1's Weblog — Authority: 133
  It is late and I am putting off reading the last fifty pages of Treasure Island.  Even though, when I have read the last fifty pages of Treasure Island I can dig Child 44 out of the heap by the bedside and hope that returning it to the library by Monday will not leave me with a fine and a fierce telling off from the ...
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• Treasure-house … the American Children’s Rare Books Collection

  
  Sheryl Gwyther - author — Authority: 118
  Thanks to a SCBWI (Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators) bulletin advising their American members to contact the librarians at the Library of Congress Children’s Rare Books Collection in Washington DC and arrange a tour, I did so too – well, I was there and I’m a member of SCBWI’s Australian ...
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• Book Review Podcast: Special Childrens Books Edition

  
  ArtsBeat — Authority: 793
  This week: A special look at our fall childrens books issue with Adam Gopnik, Julie Just and Ryan Southerland; the pro wrestler Hulk Hogan on his memoir, "My Life Outside the Ring"; Motoko Rich with notes from the field; and Jennifer Schuessler with best-seller news. Sam Tanenhaus is the host.
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• ISSCL Annual Conference, ‘Sound, Image, Text’

  
  Welcome to Library.ie — Authority: 126
  The Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature’s (ISSCL) annual conference,  ‘Sound, Image, Text’ will take place on 5 th /6 th March 2010 in Trinity College Dublin. The ISSCL invites submissions for the conference . Proposals are welcome relating to the above and associated topics in the ...
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• Oh, that Corpse!

  
  educating alice — Authority: 496
  If you aren’t following The Exquisite Corpse Adventure I recommend you do so pronto.  Just to recap, it is based on the game where one person writes a bit of a story and then passes it on to the next person to continue.  In this case the highfalutin people doing the writing and illustrating are having a complete ...
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• Lara Saguisag At Rutgers University

  
  School Librarian in Action — Authority: 122
  Lara Saguisag poet, childrens book writer and of course, Filipina, is featured in Rutgers Universitys website. Hers is a story of dreams fulfilled. Lara is the author of Theres a Dewende in My Brothers Soup(Lampara Books), a book about a girl coping with the pressures of having an autistic sibling. Her book of poetry, ...
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• The Bee-man of Orn and Other Fanciful Tales/Google books

  
  Happy Hearts Homeschooling Library — Authority: 125
  The bee-man of orn and other fanciful tales Author Frank Richard Stockton Publisher Charles Scribners Sons, 1919 Length 193 pages Overview Middle school and up. Includes Old Pipes and the Dryad
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• Boys Adventure Novel: The Aztec Treasure-house/Google Books

  
  Happy Hearts Homeschooling Library — Authority: 125
  We havent read this one, but did see it recommended for the seventh grade in this old childrens resource bibliography. Book overview from Google Books: "The narrator travels in Mexico with a party including a Franciscan monk and an Indian youth, to find a lost race of Aztecs and a hidden treasure of gold, jewels ...
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• November: American Indian Heritage Month

  
  A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy — Authority: 605
  (image from 2009 Indian Health Service Heritage Site ) November is American Indian Heritage Month. Various links of interest, in no particular order: The Creation of National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month (via Indian Health Services ) The National Museum of the American Indian , especially ...
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• Coming Soon: Rita Williams-Garcia’s One Crazy Summer

  
  educating alice — Authority: 496
  My eyes stung. I was spilling-over mad. I couldn’t stop what I had to say, even if she stood over me and became my crazy mother mountain and knocked me down. I was spilling over. It is the summer of 1968 and eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters Vonetta and Fern have been sent from Brooklyn, New ...
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• Perform a Poem

  
  The Reader Online — Authority: 468
  Perform-a-Poem is a unique poetry website, launched this week by Michael Rosen, allows children in London to write, choose, perform, film and edit poems. Perform-a-Poem is a joint project between Michael Rosen , Booktrust and the London Grid for Learning (LGfL), will allow teachers with an LGfL username to ...
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• I Am a Bad Mother

  
  Life Under A Rock — Authority: 422
  So last night I tried to bathe the toilet drinker because it makes his coat all glossy and healthy, and he reacted by clawing me so badly that I bled through my clothes.  And then he pissed all over himself and the tub. …it was not my finest hour as a cat owner.  And no, I will never, EVER do that to him again.  ...
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• “Scarcely Anything in It to Please the Eye”

  
  Oz and Ends — Authority: 470
  Jeremy Dibbell at PhiloBiblos alerted me that the Times of London website had unearthed the paper’s review of MGM’s Wizard of Oz , in connection with some behind-the-scenes footage. It’s apparent that the Times critic didn’t appreciate the art direction: It is presumably to the credit of Hollywood ...
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• like today

  
  Trewz.com — Authority: 126
  Some ol’ books I found in the shed everyones favorite, The Very Hungry Caterpillar written & illustrated by Eric Carle,1969. This a 1988 print editon. The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Written by Judith Kerr 1968 (1991 edition) these books actually give some good life teachings, even for ...
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