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 PATHFINDERS   top
 Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA 
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety of media on a 
topic they are researching. They provide a head start for students as they begin their 
research project.

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Destiny (the online catalog) located on the MHS Media Center Web page.  Type in the topic you want to research. 

Children' Literature; Children's Literature--Authorship; Children--Books and reading
Picture books for children.  ALSO search under an author's name.

 For books about how children learn, you may want to try the following subject terms:
Child Development; Infants--Development; Child Psychology; Infant Psychology
Learning, Psychology of; Psychology; Early childhood education
Try looking under specific psychologists such as Jean Piaget, or Eric Erikson, etc

Some titles we have are:

155.4
HER		 Herschkowitz, Norbert. A Good Start in Life : Understanding Your Child's Brain and Behavior. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 2002.
649
EIN		 Einon, Dorothy. Dorothy Einon's Learning Early.  New York: Facts on File, 1998.
813
CAM		 Cameron, Eleanor. The Seed and the Vision : On the Writing and Appreciation of Children's Books. New York: Dutton, 1993.
810.9
MAS		 Mass, Wendy. Great Authors of Children's Literature. San Diego, CA: Lucent, 2000.
REF
028.5
SPI		 Spitz, Ellen Handler. Inside Picture Books. New Haven, CT: Yale, 1999.
REF
150
PSY		 Psychology. ( 4vol.) Danbury, CT: Grolier, 2002.
REF
150
GAL		 The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology. Detroit: Gale, 1996.
REF
150.92 PSY		 Psychologists and Their Theories for Students. (2 vol.) Detroit: Gale, 2005.
 
REF
808.899
CHI		 Children's Books and Their Creators. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.


SELECTED WEB SITES
   Literature:

Great Web Sites for Kids
 http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
Under the Literature & Languages section you will find links to authors and illustrators, an awards section that includes the Caldecott Medal winners and the Newbery Medal winners. This site is maintained by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
 

The Children’s Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
Many great links to Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults.
 

Boston Public Library Kid’s page
http://www.bpl.org/kids/index.htm
 Links to great sites for kids and their families
 

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/arts/artlit.html
Great websites for Literature and Language Arts.

 International Children's Digital Library
 http://www.icdlbooks.org/
"A collection of online children's literature that contains thousands of digitized historic and contemporary children" books in dozens of languages."

Storyline Online
www.storylineonline.net
guaSponsored by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, has many well-known picture books read by celebrities."

RIF Reading Is Fundamental
 http://www.rif.org
Contains lots of information for parents and educators. 
On the main page take a look at the RIF favorites or click on RIF Reading Planet section. From here choose one of 4 hyperlink buttons:
The Activity Lab Button allows you to choose and illustrate a story; the Game Station Button contains reading and writing activities; Book Zone lets you browse booklists, rate & review books, listen to stories, meet favorite authors and illustrators; clicking on Express Yourself you can share your opinions.

Embracing the Child
http://www.embracingthechild.org/index.html
Tons of information on recommended books for various ages and on numerous subjects along with related educational links.

Merriam Webster Word Central
http://wordcentral.com/
Designed for young children. "Includes Merriam Webster's online student dictionary, as well as two fun interactive games." (SLJ)

   ARTICLES: 
10 Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Racism and Sexism
   (from the Early Childhood Equity Alliance)
http://www.teachingforchange.org/files/033-A.pdf

Notes for the Analysis of a Picture Book  
 Created by SCILS. Rutgers
 http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/Syllabus/pictureanalysis.html

Art in Children’s Books
 (created by Dr. Marilyn H. Stauffer, USF)
 http://nosferatu.cas.usf.edu/lis/lis6585/class/art.html

Picturing Childhood

The Evolution of the Illustrated Children’s Book
  (created by Cynthia Burlinghan  UCLA)
http://unitproj.library.ucla.edu/special/childhood/pictur.htm

  Child Development:

Developmental Guidelines from University of Maine early education site
 http://www.umaine.edu/eceol/guide.html
Links to child development sites.

The Center on Media & Child Help
http://www.cmch.tv/mentors_teachers/
 "The Center on Media and Child Health at Childrens Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health, is dedicated to understanding and responding to the effects of media on the physical, mental, and social health of children through research, production, and education.".

   ARTICLE:
 Theories of Child Development:  Building Blocks of Developmentally Appropriate Practices
     By Terri Jo Swim, Ph.D.    from Early Childhood News website
 http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=411


 

ONLINE RESOURCES

Infotrac -- contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, & Biography Resource Center.

bigchalk eLibrary -- online reference center including books, magazines, newspapers, pictures, maps & TV transcripts.

Massachusetts Newsstand -- newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 -  current), Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts Newspapers.

Grolier Online -- 2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.  Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant web sites where you can find more information on your topic.

 EBSCOhost -- Literary Reference Center-- Information on authors and their works; includes biographies, literary criticism; plot summaries and book reviews.

REMOTE ACCESS

These databases are also available from home. You can gain access to these resources from 
home by going to the Answers...To Go! web page made available from the 
Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System:

http://www.nmrls.org/answers/dbmvlc.html

and enter your public library card number (from Methuen or any MVLC member 
library) where you are prompted for a patron or user number.

CITING SOURCES

Using these links indicates the user is leaving
the district server and that linked material
is not necessarily approved by the district.
Edited by Media Staff
 11/14/08
Date last edited
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