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Education - Children's Literature in the Classroom

A guide for locating grade-appropriate children's literature for use in the classroom.

Featured books

The Christmas Giant by Steve Light
ISBN: 076364692X

Publication Date: 2010-09-14
Growing up with Tamales by Gwendolyn Zepeda; April Ward (Illustrator); Gabriela Baeza Ventura (Translator)
ISBN: 1558854932

Publication Date: 2008-05-01
Who's that knocking on Christmas Eve? by Jan Brett
ISBN: 0439559936

Publication Date: 2003
Tree of Cranes by Allen Say
ISBN: 039552024X

Publication Date: 1991-10-28
The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden; Barbara Cooney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0670806226

Publication Date: 1985-10-01
The Christmas Coat by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve; Ellen Beier (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0823421341

Publication Date: 2011-07-29
Father Christmas' ABC by Bodleian Library Staff
ISBN: 1851243259

Publication Date: 2005-12-19
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
ISBN: 0395389496

Publication Date: 2009-09-28
Christmas Eve Magic by Lucie Papineau; Stephane Poulin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1553379535

Publication Date: 2006-09-01
Aunt Olga's Christmas Postcards by Bruce Roberts (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0888995938

Publication Date: 2005-08-10
The Gift by Joseph Kertes; Peter Perko (Illustrator); Joe Kertes
ISBN: 0888992351

Publication Date: 1996-08-26
The Christmas Orange by Don Gilmore; Marie-Louise Gay (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0773731008

Publication Date: 1998-09-01
The best worst Christmas present ever by Budge Wilson
ISBN: 1443128252

Publication Date: 2013
The best Christmas pageant ever by Barbara Robinson ; Judith Gwyn Brown (illustrator)
ISBN: 0571105939

Publication Date: 1974

This copy is located at McPherson Library

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