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Lesson Plan
Other

The Critical Thinking Consortium: A Teacher's Guide to the Gardener [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart won the Caldecott Honor in 1998. It centres around a set of letters about a young girl who moved from the countryside to the city. In the lessons in this teaching guide, students must make inferences from...
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Lesson Plan
Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Looking Critically at Picture Books

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
This site describes several ideas and activities to use with picture books and intermediate/middle school age young scholars. Specific title to use are also given.
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Activity
Other

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
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Website
Other

Simms Taback: Interview With the 2000 Caldecott Winner

For Students 3rd - 8th
Contains interview of Taback after he won the Caldecott Medal for "Joseph Had a Little Overcoat".
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

David Wiesner: The Origin of a Wordless Author

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a concise and informative biography of David Weisner.
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Handout
Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Arnold Lobel

For Students 3rd - 5th
A comprehensive look at some of the works of Arnold Lobel and their significance in children's literature. Also contains summaries for many of Lobel's books and links to other Lobel sites.
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Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: David Shannon

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about David Shannon's many books for children at this site. There is a brief description of the story as well as the cover illustration.