ENGL 256--Children's Literature, Nartker: Annotated Bibliography

To find award winners and notable books in Children's Literature--

• Note the various awards listed

• Click on the award in the left frame

• Scroll through the winners & notable books for this year

• Note links in left frame for previous years

• Print pages as needed

BIP--Search & Advanced Search

• Use Basic Search for simple inquiries

  • Author

  • Title

• Use the Advanced Search to add limits

BIP--Helpful Advanced Search limiters--

• Search by age group

• Search by fiction or non-fiction

• Limit to reviewed books

• Use additional limiters as needed

  • Status

  • Audience

  • Format

  • Reviewed By

BIP Results--

• Look for bibliographic info

• Consider the age group recommendations

• Read the synopsis if available

• Read reviews

• Note awards

• Identify specific children’s books by section
  • Dewey Decimal Classified non-fiction section
  • Easy Books section (chiefly picture books)
  • Fiction section
  • Story Collections section
• Includes a detailed, combined AUTHOR, TITLE & SUBJECT INDEX
  • The index refers you to the easily identified section of the classified areas
  • PICTURE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN (page 2664) included in the index
    • Consists of a combined listing of picture books by Author & Title
    • Refers you to all relevant sections—Dewey, Easy Books, Fiction

• Part 1-- lists fictional works

• Part 2-- contains a detailed Author, Title & Subject Index