Asnuntuck Library: On the Shelves
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The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter
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Call Number: PN1009.A1 M285 2019ISBN: 9781517908010Publication Date: 2019-02-15Original artwork and materials explore children's literature and its impact in society and culture over time. -
Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry
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Call Number: OVERSIZE PS591.N4 A84 1997ISBN: 9780689812095Publication Date: 1997-08-01From Coretta Scott King Award-winning creator Ashley Bryan comes a luminously illustrated primer on celebrated African American poets, from A to Z. "And God stepped out on space, And he looked around and said: I'm lonely--I'll make me a world." --James Weldon Johnson This collection brings together inspiring excerpts of poems by celebrated African American poets and is sure to delight readers of all ages. -
Black Books Galore! Guide to More Great African American Children's Books
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Call Number: 1361.N39 R33 2001ISBN: 9780471375258Publication Date: 2001-07-13Black Books Galore! Guide to More Great African American Children's Books includes the latest reviews along with other exciting new materials. This easy-to-use, illustrated reference guide features the best-written, most positive books centering African American characters. -
Hey! Listen to This: Stories to Read Aloud
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Call Number: PZ5 .H48 1992aISBN: 9780140146530Publication Date: 1992-05-0148 read-aloud selections ideal for parents and teachers to share with children ages five through nine. -
The Oxford Book of Children's Verse in America
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Call Number: 586.3.O94 1985ISBN: 9780195067613Publication Date: 1990-12-13Compiled by the award-winning poet and author of children's books, Donald Hall, this delightful anthology follows in the tradition of Iona and Peter Opie's classic Oxford Book of Children's Verse. Hall brings together poems written specifically for children and also those written for anyone and enjoyed by children and adults alike. -
The Pleasures of Children's Literature
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Call Number: PN1009.A1 N63 1996ISBN: 9780801315763Publication Date: 1995-10-11This text examines literary response to and analysis of the entire field of literary texts written by adults for children. -
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children
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Call Number: S586.3.R36 1983ISBN: 0394950100Publication Date: 1983-09-12"A generous collection with a distinctly upbeat tone, this gives a taste of the best poets writing for children over the last several decades. Lobel's drawings imbue the whole with action and graphic images as inventive as the verse. Successfully geared to meet home, school, and library needs."--(starred)Booklist. -
Talking Like the Rain: A Read To Me Book of Poems
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Call Number: PN6109.97.T34 1992ISBN: 0316488895Publication Date: 1992-04-01Now celebrating its tenth anniversary of publication, Talking Like the Rain is now available in paperback. This fine collection of more than one hundred new and classic children's poems is illustrated with delightful watercolors by Jane Dyer and is just right compilation for adults to share with young readers and listeners.
eBooks
Here is a small selection of some of the available eBooks on the topic of "children's literature". You can explore more e-Books about children's literature by searching Asnuntuck Library's Catalog of digital resources..
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Children's Literature
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ISBN: 9780748649020Publication Date: 2014-04-14Provides a thorough history of British and North American children's literature from the 17th century to the present day. -
Keywords for Children's Literature
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ISBN: 0814758894Publication Date: 2011-05-01The study of children’s literature and culture has been experiencing a renaissance, with vital new work proliferating across many areas of interest. Mapping this vibrant scholarship, Keywords for Children’s Literature presents 49 original essays on the essential terms and concepts of the field. -
Once Upon a Time in a Different World: Issues and Ideas in African American Children's Literature
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ISBN: 9786611394080Publication Date: 2006Once Upon a Time in a Different World, a unique addition to the celebrated Children's Literature and Culture series, seeks to move discussions and treatments of ideas in African America Children's literature from the margins to the forefront of literary discourse. -
Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
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ISBN: 9780199695140Publication Date: 2015-06-01Thousands of authoritative and accessible entries on every aspect of children's literature, covering authors, illustrators, works, characters, genres, and much more. From Mark Haddon to Harry Potter, Raymond Briggs to Maurice Sendak, and Douglas Adams to The Gruffalo. -
What Do We Tell the Children? Critical Essays on Children's Literature
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ISBN: 1443837881Publication Date: 2012-06-01This peer-reviewed collection of critical essays on children's literature addresses contemporary debates regarding what constitutes suitable texts for young audiences. The volume examines what adult writers tell their child readers with particular focus on the following areas: the representation of sexuality, gender and the body; the treatment of death and trauma; concepts of race, prejudice and national identity; and the use of children's literature as a tool for socializing, acculturating, politicizing and educating children.
e-Book Apps
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The Palace Project App
The Palace Project is a platform that gives you access to tens of thousands of digital titles from different publishers and sources. All for free from your local library. Add Connecticut State Community College and/or your local public library to the app to browse and borrow the collections. -
Libby App
Libby is a mobile app as well as a website that supports users in accessing library eBooks. Use your public library card to login and borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines from your local public library.
A note on the differences between The Palace Project and Libby App:
You can browse and borrow from your local public library in both The Palace Project App and the Libby App. There are a couple of differences to be aware of.
First, the Libby App shows you only your library's resources available from a provider called Overdrive. The Palace Project App shows you your library's resources available from several different providers in one place.
Next, the Palace Project App will only show you the resources currently available to be borrowed at the time of viewing. The Libby App shows you resources that are immediately available to be borrowed and resources that may be checked out by another patron. For items that are currently checked out by another patron, you have the option to place a hold on the item.