Children’s Literature (H-810F) Elementary school Instructor Lolly Robinson (Charlotte Robinson) Larsen 613 Teaching Fellow Christina Dobbs Larsen G10 Teaching Fellow Michelle Bellino

Children’s Literature (H-810F) Kindergarten–4th Grade  Evaluate books  Find books  Learn about book creators  Use books

Children’s Literature (H-810F) Mondays October 25–November 22 5:00–8:00 p.m. Longfellow 319 (?)

Children’s Literature (H-810F)

Film premier: Library of the Early Mind (recommended but not required) Askwith Education Forum October 19, :30 p.m. Book sale, film, Q&A, book signing, reception Panel: Lois Lowry, Lesléa Newman, Jerry Pinkney, Roger Sutton, Padma Venkatraman

Children’s Literature (H-810F) GUEST SPEAKER November 1: Sarah S. Brannen Author-illustrator of Uncle Bobby’s Wedding

Children’s Literature (H-810F) Enrollment  Limited to ~30 enrollees  Submit a statement via by 8 p.m. tomorrow night (8/27)  Language & Literacy students have priority  Will notify via Friday night or Saturday morning  Auditing option

Reading assignments  Required reading 19 assigned children’s books picture books, easy readers, chapter books, poetry, traditional literature, information books From Cover to Cover by K. T. Horning Assorted blogs, short articles  All books in JCRL, on reserve at Gutman, and available at Coop (and Amazon, etc.)

Written assignments and grading  Annotated bibliography (40%)  Picture Book paper (20%)  Group project (20%)  In-class and online book discussion (20%)

Annotated bibliography (40%) Come to first class having chosen a specific focus for your bibliography. Some topics that have worked well in the past: Immigration to the US Food and eating New siblings Music and musicians Quilts The ocean Mexican American culture See syllabus or visit for more ideashttp://

Annotated bibliography (40%)  Picture books and/or chapter books in a range of reading levels  Introductory paragraph  25 books with short annotations 20 must be in your focus topic 5 may be on other related topics  Bibliography shared with class on website  Exemplar available on website At least twenty of the titles must be books you had not read before this course.

Picture book paper (20%)  Three pages  Analyze and evaluate a picture book  Exemplar available on class website

Group project (20%)  Sign up for topic at first class  Wordless picture books  Animals as human stand-ins  Information books  Mischief makers  Gender issues  Poetry

Group project (20%)  Groups of ~five students  Explore a topic relevant to the field Create a page on the course iSite Show your page to the class Tell us about your process

Class and online discussions (20%)  Discussion board on class website In lieu of book journal Password protected Submit a posting about one reading or add to an existing string every week (by 5 p.m. Sunday) Respond to reading, recommend other books, continue topics from previous classes  In-class discussion

Assignment for first class  Bring topic for bibliography  Read two picture books (on reserve, in JCRL, at Coop)

Course website

Lolly’s background  Studio Art, English Literature  M.A. in children’s literature  Worked in publishing since 1985  Freelance writing, reviewing, research, graphic design, illustration  Horn Book Magazine, Horn Book Guide  Taught at Lesley University  Book award committees  Speak on new books, history of children’s literature, Beatrix Potter  Exhibits at Eric Carle Museum, SBMA

Horn Book  Receives new books/year  Horn Book Magazine 6 times a year (bimonthly) articles about children’s books in-depth reviews of top 10%  Horn Book Guide 2 times a year Short reviews of all trade books Rated 1 to 6 Print (6 months of books) and online (20 years)

Horn Book  Notes from the Horn Book 12 times a year Free e-newsletter Targeted toward teachers and parents  Read Roger Editor in Chief’s blog Opinionated, feisty, lots of readers/comments  Websites and

Horn Book office

Horn Book: incoming books

Horn Book Guide: books from one 6-month publishing season

Horn Book editors (editing review section)

Horn Book covers David Wiesner 2002

Horn Book covers Maurice Sendak 2003

Horn Book covers Tomie dePaola 2007

Horn Book covers Laura Vaccaro Seeger 2008

Horn Book covers Lane Smith 2009

Horn Book covers Jerry Pinkney 2010

Questions?