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Children’s Literature (H-810F)Elementary school
Instructor
Lolly Robinson(Charlotte Robinson)
Teaching Fellow
Christina [email protected]
Larsen G10
Teaching Fellow
Michelle [email protected]
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)
Children’s Literature (H-810F)
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
Children’s Literature (H-810F)
GUEST SPEAKER
November 1:
Sarah S. BrannenAuthor-illustrator of Uncle Bobby’s Wedding
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
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 http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/current.html for more ideas
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
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k72475
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 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)
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.com
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 Wiesner2002
Horn Book covers
Maurice Sendak2003
Horn Book covers
Tomie dePaola2007
Horn Book covers
Laura Vaccaro Seeger2008
Horn Book covers
Lane Smith2009
Horn Book covers
Jerry Pinkney2010
Questions?
