Children’s Literature (H-810F)Elementary school

Instructor

Lolly Robinson(Charlotte Robinson)

robinslo@gse.harvard.eduLarsen 613

Teaching Fellow

Christina Dobbscld403@mail.harvard.edu

Larsen G10

Teaching Fellow

Michelle Bellinomjb033@mail.harvard.edu

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?