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A guide for locating grade-appropriate children's literature for use in the classroom.
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EDCI 591 – Research in Children’s Literature
Featured Picture Books
The Composition
by
Antonio Skármeta; Alfonso Ruano (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0888995504
Publication Date: 2003-01-30
Those Shoes
by
Maribeth Boelts; Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763624993
Publication Date: 2007-09-11
Shin-Chi's Canoe
by
Nicola I. Campbell; Nicola Campbell; Kim LaFave (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0888998570
Publication Date: 2008-12-02
Shi-Shi-Etko
by
Nicola Campbell; Kim LaFave (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0888996594
Publication Date: 2005-08-09
Fatty Legs
by
Christy Jordan-Fenton; Margaret Pokiak-Fenton; Liz Amini-Holmes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1554512468
Publication Date: 2010-06-03
A Stranger at Home
by
Christy Jordan-Fenton; Margaret Pokiak-Fenton; Liz Amini-Holmes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781554513628
Publication Date: 2011-07-14
How Smudge Came
by
Nan Gregory; Ron Lightburn (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0889951438
Publication Date: 1995-12-12
Shin's Tricycle
by
Tatsuharu Kodama; Kazuko Hokumen-Jones (Translator); Noriyuki Ando (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0802783759
Publication Date: 1995-08-01
Tricycle
by
Elisa Amado; Alfonso Ruano (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0888996144
Publication Date: 2007-05-16
Lily and the Paper Man
by
Rebecca Upjohn; Renne Benoit (Illustrator)
ISBN: 189718719X
Publication Date: 2007-09-01
The Forgiveness Garden
by
Lauren Thompson; Christy Hale (Illustrator); Christine Hale Apostolou (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0312625995
Publication Date: 2012-10-30
My Pen
by
Christopher Myers
ISBN: 1423103718
Publication Date: 2015-03-10
Great Joy
by
Kate DiCamillo; Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763629200
Publication Date: 2007-10-09
Old Turtle and the Broken Truth
by
Douglas Wood; Jon J. Muth (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0439321093
Publication Date: 2003-10-01
Child Soldier
by
Jessica Dee Humphreys; Michel Chikwanine; Claudia Dávila (Illustrator);
ISBN: 1771381264
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
Four Feet, Two Sandals
by
Karen Lynn Williams; Khadra Mohammad; Doug Chayka (Illustrator);
ISBN: 0802852963
Publication Date: 2007-08-01
Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan
by
Jeanette Winter
ISBN: 1481422944
Publication Date: 2014-11-04
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