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Jim Kay Illustrator Study- Katherine Freer

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Jim Kay Illustrator Study- Katherine Freer

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Chamberlyn Marks

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BookMarks: Wilderness Survival Book Talk

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Books about Fear (ages 4-7) - Rebecca Zimmerman

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Books about Fear (ages 4-7) - Rebecca Zimmerman

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https://drive.google.com/open?id=14imKmsp2UPfj2DgXunvB5E9jBjFmEqzJ

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Collective Book Guide - by Katherine Freer by Katie Freer | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for educators, nonprofits, businesses and more

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Rylee Aquilanti, Aspen Chang, Amber Crotts, Sabrina Craddock, Darlena Glenn

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Rylee Aquilanti, Aspen Chang, Amber Crotts, Sabrina Craddock, Darlena Glenn

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We see the world through stories. We fill our lives with stories. It is how we make sense of the world. For children, stories provide an open invitation to experience new worlds, connections, and understandings about who we are and where we live. It provides enjoyment, liberates imagination, encourages empathy, and gives us our identity.

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Outstanding Children's Books by Genre - Rebecca Zimmerman

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Outstanding Children's Books by Genre - Rebecca Zimmerman

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https://www.livebinders.com/b/2439845

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Illustrator Study: Stephen Gammell

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Flipsnack is a digital catalog maker that makes it easy to create, publish and share html5 flipbooks. Upload a PDF or design from scratch flyers, magazines, books and more. Author: Courtney, Catalog: Collective Group Assignment, Published: Nov 13, 2018

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Group 1: Stacie Brown, Ashley Coltren, Chamberlyn Marks, Nina Smith, Michelle Woshner

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Group 1: Stacie Brown, Ashley Coltren, Chamberlyn Marks, Nina Smith, Michelle Woshner

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Children's Literature: A Resource by Genre

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Group 1's Collective Assignment for LIS 617: Materials for Children

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Dragon books that are first in a series - Michelle Woshner

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Dragon books that are first in a series - Michelle Woshner

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e3iha6lEFk&t=22s

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https://ryleeaquilanti.wixsite.com/website-7

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Collective Assignment - Michelle Woshner

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Collective Assignment - Michelle Woshner

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http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=2438979

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Hidden Talents

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"Nothing is Going to Stop Me, so Watch me Soar!"

https://youtu.be/3LwV_EiX1f8

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Self-acceptance/Friendship

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We see the world through stories. We fill our lives with stories. It is how we make sense of the world. For children, stories provide an open invitation to experience new worlds, connections, and understandings about who we are and where we live. It provides enjoyment, liberates imagination, encourages empathy, and gives us our identity.

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Libby Harrold

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Shannon Hearne

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Teaching Guide for Sunny Side Up can be found here:

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Collective Book Lists (juvenile books) - Jared

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Collective Book Lists (juvenile books) - Jared

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I did section for picture books and one for juvenile books. H

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First we'll start out with one of my favorites. This book is diverse in the sense that the lead character was born without arms and one of her friends has Tourette's syndrome.

It seems like juvenile and YA dystopian novels are everywhere and have always been around, but this one was one of the very first. It may also be one of the best, but you'll have to read it yourself to make up your mind.

Here's another book that's diverse. This was featuring an African American lead and it written as a series of poems...a poetry book about basketball? Think more freestyle rap, rather than romantic mushy stuff.

Take a step back in time and learn what it was like to be a migrant farm worker in the 1930's. Esperanza was from Mexico but then had to move to California. This was a tough time for almost everyone but Esperanza was the daughter of a wealthy man, then he passed away and suddenly she learned just how tough things could be. Will she be able to rise above it? I guess you'll have to read and see.

We're stepping back a little further in time to a harrowing ordeal. A non-fiction book filled with photographs and first-person accounts, dive into Titanic: Voices from the Disaster.

If we step back a bit further still, we might just hear Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!

Voices from a Medieval Village

by Laura Amy Schlitz, which is a series of short plays.

If we venture back a bit more, we may just run into some monsters and mayhem. Check out Beuwulf: a Hero's Tale Retold for all the adventure of that old, epic poem...but with less confusing words fewer words overall.

For a little more variety of the silly poetry type, stop by an old inn in A Visit to William Blake's Inn:

Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers

To think of graphic novels as merely frivolous and silly would be an injustice. The following is part memoir, part superhero adventure of the author sharing her journey of becoming deaf as a child and coming to terms with that identity...and sometimes not coming to terms with it.

Did I make it sound like graphic novels are serious? Yeah, maybe some of them are, but El Deafo mixes a lot of humor in with the seriousness. It's the same with the following, a lot of it is silly and about how ridiculous (and sometimes boring) it is to get sent to your grandfather's retirement community for the summer, but it also deals with why she was sent. There's some not so subtle hints of it near the beginning, so it won't be too much of a spoiler to say Sunny's older brother is dealing with drug addiction. Sunny is sent away while her parents help her brother work through that ordeal.

Perhaps most lighthearted of these three is Roller Girl. But again, it's not all fun and games. Roller Girl is mostly about roller derby but most deeply it's about developing your own passions and identity, even when those new things steer us away from old friends who we thought we'd always be best friends with.

Well, I hope this sampler gave you an idea of the incredible variety that's out there and that it helped you to find your next awesome for yourself or for someone else.

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A Sampling of Juvenile Literature (historical non-fic, historical fic, poetry, diverse, and graphic novels)

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Click on each image to expand* First we'll start out with one of my favorites. This book is diverse in the sense that the lead character was born without arms and one of her friends has Tourette's syndrome. It seems like juvenile and YA dystopian novels are everywhere and have always been around, but this one was one of the very first.

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Bullying Books and Resources- Book Trailers and Resource website. 

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Bullying Books and Resources- Book Trailers and Resource website. 

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Shannon Hearne

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Okay, okay, I admit it, that's exactly what some picture books are about and here's one of the cutest examples of that stereotype that you'll ever find.

A sick day for Amos McGee is about a zookeeper who has a special knack for giving the animals just what they need (company, a tissue for a runny nose, a storybook for bedtime, etc.) but one day he doesn't show up for work. His animal friends are worried about him and so venture out to visit him at home.

The following picture book also has a cute animal but he's cute and wise. Mr. Panda introduces his human neighbors to the idea of Zen through a series of interactions and stories.

The next title has an animal but though he may try to look cute and harmless, you probably shouldn't believe the act. In this retelling, which through exquisite pictures recaptures a bit of the Grimm-ness of the original tale, we follow Little Red into the woods to visit grandma.

The following is a seemingly simple book which introduces ideas of multiculturalism. This is one of those books that could be used with the very young for just a fun story or you could read it for 6 and 7-year-olds to introduce a conversation about emotions and how complicated they can be.

Our last book in this sampler is another diverse one which celebrates all the identities we can have, being a son, a writer, a runner and more. It makes a great read aloud for ages 4-9 (though the youngest ones may need to take a break to get through it).

I hope you got a few ideas of the wide variety that's out there. Unfortunately the book publishing world is still primarily telling stories about whites, particularly white males...but it's slowly getting a little better. Your interest in diversity will help support it more.

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You mean picture books aren't just silly stories about cute animals? A brief picture book sampler.

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Click on the images to view a larger version* Okay, okay, I admit it, that's exactly what some picture books are about and here's one of the cutest examples of that stereotype that you'll ever find.

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Children's Picture Books about Imaginative Characters

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Exploring Genres, Topics, and Formats in Children's Literature - Cameron Beaty, Joanne Piazza, Hallie Yamamoto, and Alicia Clinton

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Exploring Genres, Topics, and Formats in Children's Literature - Cameron Beaty, Joanne Piazza, Hallie Yamamoto, and Alicia Clinton

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Exploring Genres, Topics, and Formats in Children's Literature

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https://sites.google.com/uncg.edu/r-n-harris-media-center-starrg/home

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https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cFX23prhiF

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what to read after Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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Exploring Genres, Topics, and Formats in Children's Literature- 

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Exploring Genres, Topics, and Formats in Children's Literature- 

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Cameron Beaty, Alicia Clinton, Joanne Piazza and Hallie Yamamoto

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Exploring Genres, Topics, and Formats in Children's Literature

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You don't have to like dogs to like these books, but I think you will!

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You don't have to like dogs to like these books, but I think you will!

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by Darlena Glenn
Pt. 1:  A Dog's Life
Pt. 2:  Because of Winn Dixie
Pt. 3:  How to Steal a Dog

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Website by Clarissa

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Clarissa Otey

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17W4Q1w5wtW_glTEfP7ZebDpj9tbqCMSjphiwwgQHfdg/edit?usp=sharing

Tiffany Williams