By Marisa Martinez LIBR 210-Instructor Melissa Wong Spring 2012

How To Build a Reading List Main Page

Website Composed of 8 sections: Intro Scope Beginning Readers Classic Books Banned and Challenge Books Reluctant Readers Tips/Strategies for Searching Contact your librarian

Tips and Strategies: Phrase Searches: Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks. Words Enclosed in double quotes will appear together in all results as typed. Ex. “World health organization” Boolean Operators: Use AND or OR to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use AND NOT to exclude words. Select the operator you wish to use from the selection list. Parentheses group words together when using Boolean operators. Ex. stocks and bonds (indian or pacific) and (ocean life and not mammals) Field Limits: Field limits may be specified by selecting a field limit from the selection list in the form above. These limits appear before the word or phrase to be searched. A field limit causes the system to search only the specified field for the specified word(s). The following field limits are supported: Field limit Meaning Author: Search only author fields Title: Search only title fields Subject: Search only subject fields Note: Search only note fields

Tip and Strategies: Internet You can learn how to search like at pro through Google’s inside search tutorial at this link: Google Search Tips If you want a larger library to look into, go to World Cat.org. It is the worlds largest library. You can access their help tips at this linkg: WorldCat Help

Children’s Literature To have a complete reading list, a child should have books that are timeless and classic. Tales that have been told for generations and to do that you must look at books that are classic in children’s literature. Here are a list of books that can add to your child’s reading list.

Print Charlotte’s Web By E.B. White “Charlotte’s Web is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur— and of Wilbur’s dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider who lived with Wilbur in the barn ~ From Barnes and Nobel” The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe By C.S. Lewis “Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter” The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett “A ten year old orhan girl comes to live with her uncle in Yorkshire and discovers a mysterious locked garden“

Print Cont… Matilda by Roald Dahl “Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security” Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls “A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country. Old Dan had the brawn. Little Ann had the brains, and Billy had the will to make them into the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. Where the Red Fern Grows is an exciting tale of love and adventure you’ll never forget.”

Print The Tale of Despereaux By Kate DiCamillo Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry By Mildred D. Taylor Frindle By Andrew Clements Pippi Longstocking By Astrid Lindgren The Borrower’s By Mary Norton The Velveteen Rabbit By Margaret Williams Winnie The Pooh By A.A. Milne The Yearling By Marjorie Rawlings Ramona Quimby Series By Beverly Clearly Robinson Crusoe By Daniel Defoe

Web Resources Websites on Classics: If you are wanting to obtain more information about classics, here are few sites to look at. Web Resources The International Children's Digital Library is website that supports the worlds children and offers over several collections of classic books. Here is a that really show books that are over 50 to hundred years old. A great site to show your children how books have changed over the years. Children’s book Council offers this great website to look at classic and vintage reads. Goodreads is a great website to look into to see what other readers may read on their reading list. Information about why children should read classics. What makes a children’s book a classic.

The International Children's Digital Library is website that supports the worlds children and offers over several collections of classic books. Here is a website that really show books that are over 50 to hundred years old. A great site to show your children how books have changed over the years. Here are examples of the sites

Web Resources Cont… Databases Novelist K-8 is a wonderful website to research books that are similar to the ones your child may have already read. =yes&group=novelistk8 =yes&group=novelistk8 KidsSearch is a website that is specifically for children. They can research materials in a safe website environment. &custid=s &profile=srck5 &custid=s &profile=srck5

Additional Resources Here are a few encyclopedias that are a general guide to classic children’s literature. Best books for kids who (think they) hate to read : 125 books that will turn any kid into a lifelong reader by Laura Backes Best Books for Beginning Readers by Thomas G. Gunning Book Crush by Nancy Pearl 100 Best Books For Children by Anita Silvey These books are a great reference tool that can be located at Mill Valley Public Library. Entering these titles will generate the results of these books and can help the user find more classics then was listed on the websites.

Contact your librarian! Have a question about creating a reading list? You can visit the Public Library website at: Contact Public Library today! By By Phone: By Address: 555 Ave City, CA For any questions about this website, feel free to contact us at