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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.

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The following links will take you to the UVic Library catalogue. These include print resources from the Curriculum Library as well as McPherson:

Homosexuality - Juvenile Fiction

Children of gay parents

Sex role - juvenile fiction

Featured Picture Books

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson; Peter Parnell; Henry Cole (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780689878459
Publication Date: 2005-06-01
King and King by Linda de Haan (Illustrator); Stern Nijland (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781582460611
Publication Date: 2003-03-01
Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah S. Brannen (Illustrator); Sarah Brannen
ISBN: 9780399247125
Publication Date: 2008-03-27
Mom and Mum Are Getting Married! by Ken Setterington; Alice Priestley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1896764843
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
A Tale of Two Daddies by Vanita Oelschlager; Kristin Blackwood (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780981971452
Publication Date: 2010-04-01
Jacob's New Dress by Sarah Hoffman; Ian Hoffman; Chris Case (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780807563731
Publication Date: 2014-03-01
Keesha and Her Two Moms Go Swimming by Monica Bey-Clarke; Cheril N. Clarke; Aiswarya Mukherjee (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0976727358
Publication Date: 2011-06-13
The Different Dragon by Jennifer Liu Bryan; Danamarie Hosler (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0967446864
Publication Date: 2006-10-01
Donovan's Big Day by Lesleá Newman; Mike Dutton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1582463328
Publication Date: 2011-04-26
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel; Jazz Jennings; Shelagh McNicholas
ISBN: 0803741073
Publication Date: 2014-09-04
All Families Are Special by Norma Simon; Teresa Flavin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0807521752
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
The Harvey Milk Story by Kari Krakow; David Gardner (Illustrator)
ISBN: 096744683X
Publication Date: 2002-05-01
10,000 Dresses by Rex Ray (Illustrator); Marcus Ewert
ISBN: 1583228500
Publication Date: 2008-11-04
My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis; Suzanne DeSimone (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1442429887
Publication Date: 2010-12-21

Featured Novels

Way to Go by Tom Ryan
ISBN: 9781459800779
Publication Date: 2012-04-01
Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin
ISBN: 147670581X
Publication Date: 2014-08-19
Hit the Road, Manny by Christian Burch
ISBN: 9781416928126
Publication Date: 2008-09-23
Keesha's House by Helen Frost
ISBN: 0374340641
Publication Date: 2003-04-02
Lessons learned : a collection of stories and articles about bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender issues.
ISBN: 0889893489
Rethinking Normal by Katie Rain Hill; Lauren Simkin Berke (Cover Design by)
ISBN: 1481418238
Publication Date: 2014-09-30
Some Assembly Required by Arin Andrews; John E. Barrett (Cover Design by)
ISBN: 9781481416757
Publication Date: 2014-09-30
Beyond Magenta by Susan Kuklin
ISBN: 0763656119
Publication Date: 2014-02-11

Last Updated: Jul 21, 2023 1:06 PM
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Subjects: Education

Tags: children's literature, grade appropriate resources, picture books, poetry, poetry for the classroom

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