Librarian
Locate Books
Use the Whitworth Library Catalog to locate books in the Curriculum Library. In the left column under "Refine My Results," scroll down to "Location." Under "Location," select one of the following to locate books:
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Curriculum Library, Juvenile Fiction = Fiction organized by author last name & first word of title.
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Curriculum Library, Juvenile Literature = Non-fiction & Folktales organized by Library of Congress number
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Curriculum Library, Elementary = Elementary curriculum
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Curriculum Library, Secondary = Secondary curriculum
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Curriculum Library, Secondary (Historical Collection) = Curriculum prior to 2000
- Curriculum Library, Elementary (Historical Collection) = Curriculum prior to 2000
Find eBooks:
- Select Juvenile Fiction or Juvenile Nonfiction under "Browse by Category" in eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Determine Reading Level
- Accelerated Reader Book Finder Searching for books by Accelerated Reader level.
- Lexile Find a Book Search for books by grade, interest, and reading complexity. View a book's most challenging words and create personal book lists that can be shared with others.
- Scholastic Teacher Book Wizard Search by title, author, genre, Grade Level Equivalent, Guided Reading, Lexile, or DRA.
Digitalized Collections of Children's Books
- Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature contains more than 115,000 books and periodicals published in the United States and Great Britain from the mid-1600s to present day. The Baldwin Library is known for comparative editions of books, with special emphasis on Robinson Crusoe, Pilgrim’s Progress, Aesop’s Fables, and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The Library also has the largest collection of Early American Juvenile Imprints of any academic institution in the United States.
- Children's Bookshelf of Project Gutenberg 15 pages of children's literature subjects
- Children's Library of the Internet Archive Provides access to books that are appropriate for children ages 3-13.
- Global Digital Library 5000+ books in 70+ languages
- International Children's Digital Library The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.
- LibriVox LibriVox recordings are Public Domain in the USA. Explore the Children's Fiction and Nonfiction books in this collection.
- Literature for Children Literature for Children is a digital collection of children’s literature published largely in the United States and Great Britain from before 1850 to beyond 1950. This collection is hosted by the State University Libraries of Florida.
- Open Library: Student Library Welcome to Open Library's Student Library, a School Library designed for a k-12 audience.
- Storyweaver A digital repository of multilingual stories for children from Pratham Books. Children have access to stories in his or her mother tongue to read and enjoy.
Activities and Lesson Plans
- PBS Books Storytime PBS has recorded interviews with children's authors.
- Storyline Online Stream videos of celebrated actors reading children's books and explore activities to use in classrooms.
- 68 Free QR Code Read Aloud Cards by Storyline Online Engage students with Read Aloud Books by sharing QR codes. These codes can be sent home, posted on wall, or passed out during reading time.
Books in Bloom by
Now you can thoroughly engage your audience in the quality and spirit of your presentation when you use these "permission granted" plans, scripts, and props that reflect the original works. Books in Bloom outlines the step-by-step process and proves anyone can do it.
Call Number: eBookPub. date: 2003
Folktales Aloud by
A good folktale triggers the imagination, connecting children to a wider world as well as increasing their vocabulary and comprehension skills. In this delightful and easy-to-use book, teacher and storyteller Del Negro gives librarians, teachers, and parents the keys to storytelling success. Including more than a dozen original adaptations of folktales from around the world, tailored specifically for library and classroom use, sheReviews storytelling basics such as selecting a tale and learning the storyOffers tips for dealing with stage fright and reluctant listenersPresents a bibliography of recommended online and print resources, steering readers to more wonderful tales to tellFor young listeners the folktale is a perfect gateway to the exciting worlds of culture and literature, and Del Negro's book invites their engagement with proven techniques and original story scripts that can be used by experienced as well as beginning tellers.
Call Number: eBookPub. date: 2013
Handmade Tales 2 by
Children love seeing ordinary objects such as paper and string transformed into extraordinary things. This book provides a collection of fun make-and-take tales that enable educators and librarians to take storytelling to a higher level. Can something as simple as a handkerchief, rubber band, paper plate, or piece of rope be used to captivate children during a storytelling? An expansion of the original, best-selling Handmade Tales book, author and storyteller Dianne de Las Casas provides 25 more clever handmade tales appropriate for pre-kindergarten to third grade. By following her clear instructions on incorporating inexpensive props comprised of everyday items into these fun make-and-take stories, educators and librarians can exponentially expand the appeal of their storytime efforts. Including different types of make-and-take stories like string stories, draw and tell, paper tales, and stories that use other simple props, the handmade tales in this book are ideal for preschool and elementary school teachers and librarians of all experience levels. Storytellers, scout leaders, camp counselors, and others who work with groups of young children will also find these make-and-take stories and instructions invaluable.
Call Number: Curriculum Library, Elementary ; Z718.3 .D43Pub. date: 2013
Reading with Purpose by
From the authors of the popular blog and resource for teachers, The Classroom Bookshelf, this book offers a framework and teaching ideas for using recently released children's and young adult literature to build a culture of inquiry and engagement from a text-first approach. Reading With Purpose is designed to help K-8 teachers tap into their inner reader, to make intentional text selections for their students, and to create joyful and purpose-driven literacy learning experiences. The heart of the book is organized according to four purposes for selecting and using literature: care for ourselves and one another, connect with the past to understand the present, closely observe the world around us, and cultivate critical consciousness. Each chapter includes classroom stories, accessible research, reasons for why this matters now, and criteria for selecting for this purpose. A final section provides teaching invitations that pair with suggested books but can also be used with any high-quality book teachers may already have in their classrooms. Book Features: Builds on important work from thought leaders, urging teachers to create their own reading identities so they can help their students do the same. Describes a simple, sustainable framework teachers and teacher educators can use immediately to make more purposeful text selections. Provides myriad teaching ideas, narrative anecdotes from diverse classrooms, student work samples, and reflective questions. Offers a list of recommended, recently published children's and young adult literature.
Call Number: MAIN: LB2806.15 .D39Pub. date: 2023
Storytimes for Two-Year-Olds by
More than any other audience, two-year-olds require structures and routines for events to succeed. Storytimes for Two-Year-Olds outlines techniques and programs proven to engage young audiences - ultimately making them lifelong readers. This classic bestseller, first published in 1987 and expanded in 1998, returns in a refreshed third edition.
Call Number: eBookPub. date: 2007
Story Time Success by
Story time is a popular activity in public libraries. Unfortunately, many librarians (and not just children's librarians) are thrust into the role of providing this service have not taken a course or had the necessary experience of performing story times. Story times are so popular that they are now offered to children of many ages, not just to preschoolers. This book will help librarians who have never done story time to learn to promote, plan, and perform story times, and will be useful to experienced librarians to build on their story time repertoires. Because story times are essential components of library service to children and in such demand, in many libraries, even librarians who have never done story time before are being asked to step into that role. Story Time Success: A Practical Guide for Librarians is comprehensive handbook which can help any librarian learn to promote, plan, and perform story times even with no prior training or experience. Key elements include: Customizable planning templates Hints for choosing appropriate books and other materials Suggestions for overcoming performance anxiety Troubleshooting for common story time problems and pitfalls Evaluation rubrics for performers and supervisors Veterans and beginners alike will find many useful pointers for establishing and improving their story time skills and repertoires.
Call Number: eBookPub. date: 201
