MCCC Library Guides: ENGL 256--Children's Literature, Nartker: Children's Literature Awards

BOOKS IN PRINT--REFERENCE DATABASE

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Find descriptions and reviews of millions of books, audio, and video titles. Search by awards won, target audience (scholarly, trade, juvenile), format, and more.

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CREDO--REFERENCE DATABASE

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ALA WEB SITE AWARDS

Newbery Medal/ALA Web Site
History and criteria for Newbery Medal in children's literature. List of winners and honor books by year.

Newbery Medal Info--

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Belpré Award
History and criteria for Belpré Medal in children's literature. List of winners and honor books by year.

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AUTHOR WEB SITES

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Thanhha Lai
Award winning children's author born in Saigon, Vietnam, immigrated to Montgomery, Alabama after the war in 1975 and currently lives north of New York City.
Pam--Pam Muñoz Ryan
Author's web site--contains list of books, biographical info, teaching suggestions, etc.

ENGL 256--Children's Literature, Nartker: Children's Literature Awards

AWARD WINNERS--INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN + ESPERANZA RISING

Books in Print Database--

Bibliographic information

Professional reviews & author information

Credo Reference Database--

Online reference books

Use for overview info, definitions, history, etc.

ALA Web Site--Pura Belpré Award Award & Newbery Award

Background info about the award

Lists of winners & honor books by year

Author's Web Site

Author info & interviews

Publications

BOOKS IN PRINT--REFERENCE DATABASE

BIP--Search & Advanced Search

Use Basic Search for simple inquiries

Author

Title

Use the Advanced Search to add limits

BIP Results--

Look for bibliographic info

Consider the age group recommendations

Read the synopsis if available

Read reviews

Note awards

CREDO--REFERENCE DATABASE

Credo--SEARCH TERMS FOR Esperanza Rising + Inside Out and Back Again

Children and Death

Friendship

Racism

Great Depression

Migrant Workers

Vietnam War

Enter terms in the Basic Search Box, click on Search button

Topic Page is often the first entry, followed by reference entries

Browse the entries

Click on the title to see the article

Click on PRINT icon to print the article

Article opens in a PDF

MLA & APA citations print on separate page

ALA WEB SITE AWARDS

Newbery Medal Info--

Note origin and history

See link in left frame for terms & criteria

Also see links for winners & honor books

Belpré Medal Info--

Note origin and history

See link in left frame for terms & criteria

Also see links for winners & honor books

AUTHOR WEB SITES

Search the web for author sites--

Find works by the author, including recent publications

Note biographical info

Look for special features

Awards

Teaching suggestions

Background info for books

Verify info with other sources

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