Supplemental Links

Ways to find book suggestions for kids (and grown-ups):

Watch. Connect. Read. Mr. Schu, a teacher-librarian for k-5, creates book trailers.

American Library Association (ALA) award winners:

• Newbery Medal (children’s novels)
• Caldecott Winners (children’s/picture books)
• Michael L Printz award (young adult novels)

Find diverse books for all grades

Scholastic

Donalyn Miller (The Book Whisperer) blog

Nerdy Book Club

Common Sense Media

Fairy Tale Sites and Resources:

Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Grimm’s Fairy Tales from National Geographic

Surlalune (beautiful site with images, version of tales, links)

Interview with Guillermo Del Toro on Fresh Air (discusses Pan’s Labyrinth and the role of fairytales)

Aesop’s Fables

Great student created Fairy Tale resource

Poetry Resources:

Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation Children’s poetry resources

Writing with Writers Poetry

Poetry Teachers

Comic Resources:

Many resources for teaching with graphic novels from Scholastic

Reading With Pictures

Storyboard That

Make Beliefs Comix

Pixton.com

Bitstrips

Remixing the Sunday Comics by Kevin Hodgson

Teaching Reading:

National Writing Project’s resources for teaching reading

ReadWriteThink.org

The Book Whisperer

The Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader’s Workshop 

Readicide book

Great resource from The Current about kids’ book talks