Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Don't Tell the Grown-Ups	Alison Lurie	A collection of essays on great children's literature that relates the lives of the authors to the works themselves.	OL102904W
The collected stories of Lewis Carroll (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Phantasmagoria / Through…	Lewis Carroll	Contains: [Alice's Adventures in Wonderland](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL138052W) Phantasmagoria Through the Looking-Glass	OL138063W
Our raspberry jam	Robert F. Marx	A girl feasts on the wonderful raspberry jam that she and her family have made and remembers that she loves it because they made it together.	OL14859433W
Best books for children	Catherine Barr	"This tenth edition of the classic reference covers approximately 26,500 in-print titles, most of which have been recommended in at least two reviewing journals. Arranged thematically, entries provid…	OL15484684W
Irish children's literature and culture	Valerie Coghlan,Keith O'Sullivan	"Irish Children's Literature and Culture looks critically at Irish writing for children from the 1980s to the present, examining the work of many writers and illustrators and engaging with major genr…	OL15538101W
Dear author	Lois Lowry	A collection of letters from students to an assortment of authors both past and present about the impact of their work on the lives of their readers.	OL15857562W
Contemporary children's literature and film	Clare Bradford,Kerry Mallan	"Bringing together leading and emerging scholars, this book argues for the significance of theory for reading texts written and produced for young people. Integrating perspectives from across feminis…	OL15941985W
Multicultural Literature and Response	Lynn Atkinson Smolen,Ruth A. Oswald	"This compelling book emphasizes the critical role of quality multicultural literature and reader response in today's schools and libraries"--Provided by publisher.	OL16527498W
Literature for Children	David L. Russell	This concise, accessible, popular text focuses on both the genres and current issues covered in Children's literature courses. This updated text gives students a solid understanding of the foundation…	OL17779393W
Talent is not enough	Mollie Hunter	Talent. Person. Discipline. To Mollie Hunter, talent alone is not enough - there must be a disciplined, feeling person behind each book. One of the finest writers of books for young people and the wi…	OL1841967W
Improving comprehension with think-aloud strategies	Jeffrey D. Wilhelm	"With this book, Jeff Wilhelm gets to the heart of what it means to be a passionate teacher and reader, one who not only conveys to his students an enthusiasm for reading, but also shows them ways th…	OL1868334W
Sing a song for sixpence	Alderson, Brian.	To commemorate the centenary of the death of the artist and illustrator Randolph Caldecott, Brian Alderson, noted historian of children's literature and children's book editor of The Times, has prepa…	OL1946494W
L'Enfant, l'image et le récit	Denise Dupont-Escarpit	Compte rendu d'un Séminaire organisé en mai 1974 à la Maison des sciences de l'homme de Bordeaux, sur le thème: L'élaboration du récit par l'image. L'ouvrage présente le texte de onze communications …	OL22634448W
The child that books built	Francis Spufford	"To understand the thrall of fiction, Spufford goes back to his earliest encounters with books, exploring such beloved classics as The Wind in the Willows, The Little House on the Prairie, and the Na…	OL2706776W
Language and control in children's literature	Murray Knowles	Children's literature has in the past received little serious linguistic analysis despite its widely acknowledged influence on the development and socialisation of young people. In this important and…	OL3747947W
The Excellent 11	Ron Clark	Ron Clark’s THE EXCELLENT 11 contains eleven sections, each with a theme directly related to teaching and raising children. In each section, the author gives advice, tells stories of his experiences,…	OL3954511W
Shapes	Sally Jennings	Bear plays with a circle, rectangle, and other shapes around the house. Includes a soft puzzle with pieces representing the shapes illustrated in the book.	OL4487591W
Number Phonics	Karen Louise Davidson	Karen Louise Davidson is a public school teacher, a homeschooling mother to her seven children, and a tutor of remedial reading. She searched for many years for a program that would best help her stu…	OL6029229W
Helping your teen-age student	Marvin Cohn	From the dust jacket: Can parents do anything to help the child who has reached his teens without being able to read or study properly? Dr Cohn says emphatically yes. He begins by showing the true me…	OL6558229W
Annie and the Old One	Miska Miles	A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.	OL6559531W