Library Field Trip Tutorial

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Library Field Trip Tutorial

Children's Literature

SEGL 484

Camille McCutcheon, Librarian

2008

On the library field trip you will be searching for a variety of information that is available

in the library concerning and supporting children's literature.

The information that you

will be gathering is information that will be used in your classroom as well as for this

course assignment.

There is a wealth of information available with more being added

each day.

As a teacher, your children will find the library a valuable resource. There is

no better friend to make in the school where you will be teaching than the librarian. This

assignment will get you started on effectively utilizing the library.

Use the

Library Resources for

Children's Literature Handout

to familiarize yourself

with titles and call numbers of the reference books in the USC Upstate Library.

I. Newbery/Caldecott Awards

These questions relate to your unit on the Newbery and Caldecott Awards.

a. Choose one author/illustrator who has received a Newbery or Caldecott award.

Find and photocopy the acceptance speech that was given.

Find and photocopy

biographical information for the winning author/illustrator.

Give complete citations

for the sources used.

To answer this question, you will need to find a listing of the Caldecott and Newbery

award winners first, in order to select an award winning author or illustrator. Select the

book,

Children's Books: Awards & Prizes

, which has a complete listing of award

winners through 2005. If you are looking for a list of the winners from 2001 through the

present, click here to go to the American Library Association's

John Newbery Medal

home page

or the

Caldecott Medal home page

to get this information. Remember to write

down the year that the recipient received the award and the title of the award winning

book.

Once you have the name of the author or illustrator in hand, you will next need to find a

copy of the acceptance speech. If your author received the Newbery Award between the

years 1922 – 1955, then select

Newbery Medal Books 1922 - 1955

. If your illustrator

received the Caldecott Award between the years 1938 – 1957, then use

Caldecott Medal

Books 1938 - 1957

. If your author or illustrator received either of these awards between

the years 1956 – 1965, then use

Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books 1956 – 1965

. If

your author or illustrator received either of these awards between the years 1966 – 1975,

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then use

Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books 1966-1975

. If your author or illustrator

received either of these awards between the years 1976 – 1986, then use

Newbery and

Caldecott Medal Books 1976 – 1985

.

If your author or illustrator received either of these awards between the years 1986 –

2000, then use

Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books 1986-2000

.

If your author or illustrator received the Newbery/Caldecott Medal after 2000, the

July/August issue of

The Horn Book Magazine

will contain the acceptance speech. The

USC Upstate Library subscribes to

The Horn Book Magazine

and has issues from 1960

through the present time. Issues that were published between 1960 –

1999 are located in

the Microfilm section of the library. Issues published from 2000 through the 2006 are

located in the Bound Periodicals section of the library. Issues published in 2007 are

located in the Current Periodicals section of the library. Ask for assistance at the

reference desk if you are unfamiliar with locating periodicals in the library.

Use the

Something about the Author

(

SATA

) series to find biographical material on

your author or illustrator. Select the last volume that contains an Author Index from the

reference shelf. For titles covered in

Volumes 1-177

, consult the Author Index located in

Volume

177

.

If I wanted to find biographical information on Marcia Brown, I would look in the Author

Index located in Volume

177

. Turn to the index at the very back of the book. Look up

your author by last name. The index will give you a volume number for the book which

includes biographical information on your author or illustrator.

Here is an example.

Brown, Marcia

(Joan) 1918 - .........................

47

Earlier Sketch in

SATA 7

47

refers to the volume number in the

Something about the Author

series where the

most recent biographical information on Marcia Brown can be located. If you look in

Volume 7, biographical information that was published several years ago on Marcia

Brown can be found.

Some of the most recent Newbery Medal winners may not be featured in the

Something

about the Author

series. As a result, you may want to look in

Winning Authors:

Profiles of the Newbery Medalists

to see if your author is included.

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b.

Identify a professional journal that includes reviews of children's literature.

Cite

the journal and include a photocopy of a review for a children's book.

Use the series

Children's Literature Review

to discover what professional journals have

reviewed your book title. Look up your book title in the

Children's Literature Review

Annual Cumulative Title Index

in order to determine which volume(s) your review will

be included. For titles covered in

Volumes 1-120

, consult this title index. For titles

covered in

Volumes 121-129

, consult the title index at the back of each volume.

If I wanted to find a review of Beverly Cleary's book,

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

, I would

look in the

Children's Literature Review Annual Cumulative Title Index

under the

letter "

R

" until I found a listing for

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

.

Here is an example.

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

(Cleary)

8

:57;

72

:73, 91-2, 94, 97-8, 105, 132, 139, 142-43

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

is the title of the book. Cleary is the author's last name.

The

numbers in bold,

8

and

72

, refer to the volume numbers in which reviews of this title will

be located.

57, 73, 91-2, 94

, etc. are the pages within these volumes where the reviews of

this title are located.

Since there are several pages listed in volume

72

, and only page listed in volume

8

, you

can assume that you will find more reviews of this title in volume

72

. Therefore, you may

want to begin your search by looking in volume

72

.

The reviews of the children's books featured in

Children's Literature Review

are

excerpts from reviews published in professional journals. Once you have found an

excerpt of a review in which you are interested, ask the reference librarian for assistance

in determining if the library subscribes to the professional journal so that you can obtain a

photocopy of the entire review of the book.

II. Diversity in Children's Literature

These questions relate to your book file on literature representing diverse perspectives.

a. Identify an African American author or illustrator, a British author or illustrator,

and a Canadian author or illustrator. Find and photocopy biographical information

about each individual.

Include a complete citation of the source of the information.

Cite three books written and/or illustrated by each and the library call number for

each book.

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Use the book,

Black Authors & Illustrators of Children's Books:

A Biographical

Dictionary

, to identify an African American author or illustrator.

Use the books,

Dictionary of Literary Biography:

British Children's Writers 1800-1880

(Vol. 163)

or

Dictionary of Literary Biography:

British Children's Writers 1880-1914

(Vol.

141) to identify a British author or illustrator. Use

Canadian Children's Books: A

Critical Guide to Authors and Illustrators,

or

International Companion

Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

to identify a Canadian author or illustrator. The

International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

has a section on

Canadian children's literature in English. Then use the

Something about the

Author

series or the

Dictionary of Literary Biography's

volumes on Canadian writers

(Vols. 53, 88, 60, 68, 92, 99, 160, and 161) to find biographical information on your

author or illustrator.

Ask the reference librarian for assistance if the USC Upstate Library does not own three

books written or illustrated by your author or illustrator.

b. Identify three titles and their authors, if possible, from five of the following

locales: Africa, Australia, the Caribbean (English-speaking), China, Eastern

Europe, France, Germany, the Indian sub-continent, Japan, Mexico and Central

America, Russia, Spain, the Arab World, Turkey, Southeast Asia, the United

Kingdom, and Central and South American and Spanish-speaking Caribbean

countries. Give a complete citation for the reference book used.

International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

provides

comprehensive international coverage of children's literature from a multitude of

perspectives.

Volume two has a section on children's literature around the world.

c. Identify three types of children's disabilities that are discussed in the book,

Children's Literature for the Primary Inclusive Classroom. For each of the three

types of children’s disabilities you select, you are required to read one book.

You

can choose these book titles from Children's Literature for the Primary Inclusive

Classroom or from the Diverse Perspectives Bibliography. The Diverse Perspectives

Bibliography is accessible from the library’s web page. Write a paragraph about the

viability of each book's usage in the classroom.

Or, conduct a keyword search in the library online catalog for Magination Press

and select any three titles of your choice. Write a paragraph discussing the viability

of each book's usage in the classroom.

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Children's Literature for the Primary Inclusive Classroom

provides titles and

descriptions of children's literature featuring children with a variety of disabilities.

III. Unit of Study

These questions relate to your book file on picture books.

a. Select a topic for a unit of study.

List five titles and the authors and illustrators of

picture books on that topic from a reference book.

Select another topic for a unit of

study. List three titles and authors of first reader books on that topic from a

reference book. Cite the reference books used.

A-Zoo:

Subject Access to Children's Picture Books

allows you look up topics and find

authors and titles of books on that topic. For example, turn to the topic index and look up

Dinosaurs

. Underneath this heading of

Dinosaurs

, you see the many different book titles

and authors of the books on this subject. Now, look up a topic of interest for a unit of

study.

Beyond Picture Books: A Guide to First Readers

allows you to look up topics and find

authors and titles of books on that topic. For example, turn to the subject index and look

up

Oceans and Ocean Life

. Underneath this heading of

Oceans and Ocean Life

, you

see the many different book titles and authors of books on this subject. Now, look up a

topic of interest for study.

IV. Reading Aloud

These questions relate to your unit on Reading Aloud.

a. Select four well known characters in children's literature. Identify the story or

stories where the characters appear along with the author's name(s). Do you agree

with the reference book's analysis of the four characters that you have selected?

Why or why not? Identify two or more sources that you could use to find out more

information about your selections. Give a complete citation for the reference book

used.

Characters in Children's Literature

offers critical introductions to more than 1700

characters from 230 works of fiction. The entries include information on the authors, a

brief plot synopsis and analysis of themes and discussions of the major and minor

characters in the stories.

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b. Choose three of the most popular children's authors and the most popular picture

book authors and illustrators. Also select three emerging children's authors or

illustrators. Identify three books written by each of the author/illustrators as well as

at least two sources that you could use to find more information about each of your

author/illustrators. You will be selecting nine author/illustrators in all. Give a

complete citation for the reference books used.

100 Most Popular Children's Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies

provides information about authors read in elementary or middle school. The information

is biographical in nature and is accompanied by a selected list of the authors' works and

suggestions for reading more about the authors.

100 Most Popular Picture Book Authors and Illustrators

provides information about

popular authors and illustrators of picture books. Information is biographical,

accompanied by a selected book list and suggestions for more reading about the author.

Children's Authors and Illustrators Too Good to Miss

provides information about

emerging children's literature authors and illustrators.

These authors are not featured in

100 Most Popular Children's Authors

and

100 Most Popular Picture Book Authors

and Illustrators

. Information is biographical, accompanied by a selected book list and

suggestions for more reading about the author.

c. Imagine that as a teacher, you have been reading aloud to your students about a

particular topic, such as pioneer life. Now that you have finished reading the book,

your students have asked you to tell them the titles of similar books on pioneer life

that they can read by themselves. What reference book do you use to find this

information? Using the Award Index, the Time Period Index, the Geographic Index,

and the Subject Index, select four books on any topic. Then chose one book title

from each index and give the author and title of each book, the age range, the

subject(s), the time period(s), the locale(s) and the titles and authors of three other

books for further reading on that same topic. Give a complete citation for the

reference book used.

What Do Children Read Next?: A Reader's Guide to Fiction for Children

is a

readers advisory tool designed to match readers from grades 1 through 8 with books that

reflect their interests and concerns. The book guides the reader to new authors and titles

for further reading. You can use one of the many indexes to find similar books on your

topic. For instance, if you wanted to find a book title where the setting is the 1770s, you

could use the

Time Period Index

and discover that Jean Fritz’s

And Then What

Happened, Paul Revere?

649

is one of the entries. The "

649

" next to the book title

IS

NOT

the page number where you will find more information about this book title.

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Instead,

649

is the entry number for this book title. Each title in the book has its own

entry number so that if you wanted to find this title by Fritz, you would look for entry

649

.

V. Locating Children's Literature Books

These questions relate to your unit on locating different genres of books in children's

literature.

a. Find an award that is given for children's books.

Identify the award and make a

photocopy of the recipients.

Identify the source with a compete citation.

Children's Books: Awards & Prizes

, has a complete listing of winners of children's

book awards along with information about the awards, retrospective through 2005. Select

an award that interests you and make a photocopy of the recipients.

b. Identify three subsets of fantasy, such as animal fantasy, time travel fantasy,

ghost fantasy, etc. Briefly describe each of the three subsets of fantasy you select.

For each of the three subsets you choose, identify three titles and their authors. All

three titles must be recommended titles, designated by a star, or outstanding quality

titles, designated by two stars. These stars appear next to the information about the

book titles. Once you have identified the titles, read one recommended/outstanding

title from each of the three subsets you choose. Write a paragraph discussing the

viability of each book's usage in the classroom.

Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults: a Comprehensive Guide

is an

annotated bibliography of 7,600 fantasy novels and story collections for children and

young adults in grades 3 through 12.

c. Use Around the World with Historical Fiction and Folktales to familiarize

yourself with highly recommended and award-winning historical fiction and

folktales. Select a chapter from either Part I: American History or Part II: World

History. Choose a grade level within that chapter and read two of the suggested

titles. You will be required in writing to discuss how well each of the two books

define this time period and to describe the usefulness of these books in the

classroom.

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For Part III: Myths and Folktales, select and read one American folktale and one

international folktale. You will be required in writing to describe the usefulness of

these books in the classroom.

Around the world with historical fiction and folktales: highly recommended and

award-winning books, grades K-8

contains a bibliography of highly recommended and

award-winning historical fiction and folk tales.

Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Camille McCutcheon.

Copyright Statement

All pages are copyrighted by Camille McCutcheon and may not be reproduced without

permission.

Non-profit and educational organizations seeking permission to reproduce any portion of

the Library Resources for Children's Literature SEGL 484 handout should contact

Camille McCutcheon,

[e-mail]

.

Usage Guidelines

You may not copy, distribute or resell the Library Resources for Children's Literature

SEGL 484 handout in any form nor charge others to access these materials.

Developed by Camille McCutcheon

January 2000

Modified September 2006, January 2007, August 2007, January 2008

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