1. Children’s Literature (H-810F) Elementary school Instructor Lolly Robinson (Charlotte Robinson) robinslo@gse.harvard.edu Larsen 613 Teaching Fellow Christina Dobbs cld403@mail.harvard.edu Larsen G10 Teaching Fellow Michelle Bellino mjb033@mail.harvard.edu

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

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

4. Children’s Literature (H-810F)

6. Film premier: Library of the Early Mind (recommended but not required) Askwith Education Forum October 19, 2010 5:30 p.m. Book sale, film, Q&A, book signing, reception Panel: Lois Lowry, Lesléa Newman, Jerry Pinkney, Roger Sutton, Padma Venkatraman

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

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

9. 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.)

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

11. 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 http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html for more ideashttp://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html

12. 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.

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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

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

18. Course website http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k72475

19. 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

20. Horn Book  Receives 4000+ 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)

21. 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 www.hbook.com and www.hornbookguide.comwww.hbook.com www.hornbookguide.com

22. Horn Book office

23. Horn Book: incoming books

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

25. Horn Book editors (editing review section)

26. Horn Book covers David Wiesner 2002

27. Horn Book covers Maurice Sendak 2003

28. Horn Book covers Tomie dePaola 2007

29. Horn Book covers Laura Vaccaro Seeger 2008

30. Horn Book covers Lane Smith 2009

31. Horn Book covers Jerry Pinkney 2010

32. Questions?