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of Interest
Caldecott
Medal Winners
Each year awards are given to the artist of the best illustrated book
for children, by a branch of the American Library Association. This is
a complete list of the awards from 1938 to the present from the ALA website.
Childrens'
Notables
A list of award-winning and noteworthy children’s books, recordings,
videos, and computer software from the ALA, with brief descriptions of
each item.
Great
Web Sites for Kids
Another great resource from the American Library Association: "amazing,
spectacular, mysterious, colorful web sites for children and the adults
who care about them."
Louisiana
Children’s Museum
A wonderful resource for parents and children to explore together and
learn through play.
New
Orleans Public Library
Look here for updates on the libraries’ recovery from Katrina, and
a great collection of links (including children’s links) contributed
by parents, librarians, and patrons. Also includes information about donations
to aid the libraries.
The
Parenting Center at Children’s Hospital
A spot where parents can gather and talk while their children play. A
qualified staff is present to answer questions, and classes are available
on various topics.
Planet
Esme
Esme Raji-Codell, a well-known teacher-librarian and author of “How
to Get Your Child to Love Reading”, offers a fun, cheerful site
with book reviews, good links, and other reading-related information for
parents.
Reading
Rockets
This site, associated with a PBS show, has a wide range of helpful literacy
resources – from strategies for working with children at home to
video interviews with well-known children’s authors.
EarlyChildhood.com
This
website hosts Discount School Supply, where you can find good quality,
reasonably priced products for young children (such as children’s
art supplies, toys, manipulatives, furniture, etc).
Johnette
Downing
Johnette Downing is a wonderful, award-winning children’s musician
whose love of Louisiana musical heritage shapes her songs. I enjoy using
her music in the R.E.A.D. classroom.
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