G1.+Book+Publisher+Resources

Some good resources to author background, teaching strategies. Just remember their rational for being.....

Critique of diversity in children's literature --inclusion still a problem http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/choiceintro14.asp Apartheid literature NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/opinion/sunday/the-apartheid-of-childrens-literature.html?_r=1 Where are the people of color in children's books? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/opinion/sunday/where-are-the-people-of-color-in-childrens-books.html

CCSS publishers specifications for K-2 texts http://www.corestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/Publishers_Criteria_for_Literacy_for_Grades_K-2.pdf

Book finder by topic (Harper Collins) http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Kids/BookFinder/

Authors on the Web http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

__Teaching Large Multilevel Classes__ by Natalie Hess. Full of good, pragmatic ideas and examples.

Also Cambridge sells __AddVentures__, which are multilevel worksheets that go with their textbook (Ventures).

List of publishers http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/sites_publish.html

Some specific publishers

Children's book press (one of my favorites) http://www.leeandlow.com/p/overview_cbp.mhtml

Random House for Teachers and librarians http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/resources/

Scholastic new early reading program

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/?lnkid=stacks/nav/home/main

National Geographic Inside Books ESL programs for older students of lower levels http://www.ngsp.com/tabid/1294/Default.aspx

Connect Cambridge ESL Program (see sample) http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/catalog/subject/project/item2424300/Connect-Product-home/?site_locale=en_US¤tSubjectID=2489423