LIS 7210 Library Materials for Children
Instructor Dr. Sarah Park Dahlen
2014 Fall
St. Catherine University
MLIS Program
Most but not all of the books will be available through the St. Kate St. Paul bookstore. Therefore, I encourage you to look for them in local bookstores and libraries, just in case. You are responsible for planning ahead, acquiring and reading the books by the due dates.
Required Readings
- Bang, Molly. (2000). Picture This! How Pictures Work. Chronicle Books.
- Nel, Philip and Lissa Paul. (2011). Keywords in Children’s Literature. New York: New York University Press. (Denoted as Keywords throughout the syllabus.)
Optional Readings
- Nodelman, Perry and Mavis Reimer. The Pleasures of Children’s Literature, 2nd Edition
- Horning, Kathleen. From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books
Required Children’s Texts (Listen to at least one of the books on audio and read at least one as an e-book)
- Bascomb, Neal. The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survives Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi
- Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Cha, Dia. Dia’s Story Cloth
- Coy, John. Hoop Genius
- Creech, Sharon. Love That Dog
- Dahl, Roald. The Witches
- DiCamillo. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
- Dr. Seuss. The Cat in the Hat
- Erdrich, Louise. The Birchbark House
- Floca, Brian. Locomotive
- Frasier, Debra. A Fabulous Fair Alphabet
- Freedman, Russell. Who Was First? Discovering the Americas
- Furgang, Kathy. National Geographic Kids: Everything Money: A Wealth of Facts, Photos, and Fun!
- Harris, Robie. It’s Perfectly Normal: A Book About Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
- Hesse, Karen. Letters from Rifka
- Holm, Jennifer and Matthew Holm. Baby Mouse: Queen of the World!
- Jeffers, Oliver. The Day the Crayons Quit
- Kent, Rose. Kimchi & Calamari
- Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Lai, Thanha. Inside Out and Back Again
- Lindgren, Astrid. Pippi Longstocking
- Lovelace, Maud Hart. Betsy-Tacy
- Lowry, Lois. The Giver
- Manzano, Sonia. The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
- Morales, Yuyi. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book
- Paterson, Katherine. The Great Gilly Hopkins
- Perrault, Charles. Little Red Riding Hood
- Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America
- Richardson, Justin. And Tango Makes Three
- Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- Smith, Cynthia Leitich. The Jingle Dancer
- Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are
- Silverstein, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends
- Taylor, Sydney. All-of-a-Kind Family
- White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House on the Prairie
- Willems, Mo. A Big Guy Took My Ball
- Yee, Lisa. Warp Speed!
I’m posting here the readings for the first 3 weeks so you can get a head start:
Week 1 | Sept 10 | Introduction
Readings
- Keywords. 3 Audience; 8 Childhood; 9 Children’s Literature; 13 Culture; 30 Literacy; 36 Picture Book; 42 Reading; 45 Story
- Bang, Molly. Picture This! How Pictures Work (all)
Novels
- White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web
Picture Book
- Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are
Week 2 | Sept 17 | Publishing
Readings
- Keywords. 10 Class; 11 Classic; 15 Education; 16 Empire; 18 Gender; 19 Girlhood; 26 Innocence; 34 Nature
- Nodelman, Perry. (1992). The Other: Orientalism, Colonialism, and Children’s Literature. In Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 17: 29-35.
- Atkins, Laura. (2010). “White Privilege and Children’s Publishing: A Web 2.0 Case Study” in Write4Children Vol 1 Issue 2. Winchester University Press.
- Elliott, Zetta. (2009). “Something like an open letter to the children’s publishing industry.”
Novels
- Taylor, Sydney. All-of-a-Kind Family
Picture Book
- Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Week 3 | Sept 24 | Popular Children’s Literature
Readings
- Keywords. 5 Boyhood; 7 Character; 12 Crossover Literature; 17 Fantasy; 37 Popular
- Nel, Phil. (2012 May 30). Harry Potter Seriously. Nine Kinds of Pie.
- Sutton, Roger. (2012 April). What Hath Harry Wrought? The Horn Book Magazine.
Novel
- Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Picture Books
- Willems, Mo. A Big Guy Took My Ball.
- Jeffers, Oliver. The Day the Crayons Quit.
Happy reading! 🙂
박사라 Sarah Park Dahlen, Ph.D. 
Thanks for posting this, Dr. Dahlen! Can’t wait to take this course next fall.
Hi April! I’m looking forward to having you in class again! 😀
So excited for this! Thank you for posting the readings. ♥
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