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How to Build a Reading List. How To Build a Reading List Main Page. Website. Composed of 8 sections: Intro Scope Beginning Readers Classic Books Banned and Challenge Books Reluctant Readers Tips/Strategies for Searching Contact your librarian. Searching Strategies and Tips.
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Website • Composed of 8 sections: • Intro • Scope • Beginning Readers • Classic Books • Banned and Challenge Books • Reluctant Readers • Tips/Strategies for Searching • Contact your librarian
Tips and Strategies: Mill Valley • Phrase Searches: • Search for complete phrases by enclosing them in quotation marks. Words Enclosed in double quotes will appear together in all results as typed. • Ex. “World health organization” • Boolean Operators: • Use AND or OR to specify multiple words in any field, any order. Use AND NOT to exclude words. Select the operator you wish to use from the selection list. Parentheses group words together when using Boolean operators. • Ex. stocks and bonds (indian or pacific) and (ocean life and not mammals) • Field Limits: • Field limits may be specified by selecting a field limit from the selection list in the form above. These limits appear before the word or phrase to be searched. A field limit causes the system to search only the specified field for the specified word(s). The following field limits are supported: • Field limit MeaningAuthor: Search only author fieldsTitle: Search only title fieldsSubject: Search only subject fieldsNote: Search only note fields
Tip and Strategies: Internet • You can learn how to search like at pro through Google’s inside search tutorial at this link: • Google Search Tips • If you want a larger library to look into, go to World Cat.org. It is the worlds largest library. You can access their help tips at this linkg: • WorldCat Help
Children’s Literature • To have a complete reading list, a child should have books that are timeless and classic. Tales that have been told for generations and to do that you must look at books that are classic in children’s literature. Here are a list of books that can add to your child’s reading list.
Print • Charlotte’s Web By E.B. White “Charlotte’s Web is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur—and of Wilbur’s dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider who lived with Wilbur in the barn ~ From Barnes and Nobel” • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe By C.S. Lewis “Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter” • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett “A ten year old orhan girl comes to live with her uncle in Yorkshire and discovers a mysterious locked garden“
Print Cont… • Matilda by Roald Dahl “Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security” • Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls “A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country. Old Dan had the brawn. Little Ann had the brains, and Billy had the will to make them into the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. Where the Red Fern Grows is an exciting tale of love and adventure you’ll never forget.”
Print • The Tale of Despereaux • By Kate DiCamillo • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry • By Mildred D. Taylor • Frindle • By Andrew Clements • PippiLongstocking • By Astrid Lindgren • The Borrower’s • By Mary Norton • The Velveteen Rabbit • By Margaret Williams • Winnie The Pooh • By A.A. Milne • The Yearling • By Marjorie Rawlings • Ramona QuimbySeries • By Beverly Clearly • Robinson Crusoe • By Daniel Defoe
Web Resources • Websites on Classics: • If you are wanting to obtain more information about classics, here are few sites to look at. Web Resources The International Children's Digital Library is website that supports the worlds children and offers over several collections of classic books.http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ Here is a that really show books that are over 50 to hundred years old. A great site to show your children how books have changed over the years.http://www.read.gov/books/ Children’s book Council offers this great website to look at classic and vintage reads.http://www.cbcbooks.org/readinglists.php?page=z-curatorswelove Goodreads is a great website to look into to see what other readers may read on their reading list.http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/childrens-classics Information about why children should read classics.http://childliterature.net/childlit/ What makes a children’s book a classic.http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2012/apr/17/what-makes-a-classic
The International Children's Digital Library is website that supports the worlds children and offers over several collections of classic books.http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ Here is a websitethat really show books that are over 50 to hundred years old. A great site to show your children how books have changed over the years.http://www.read.gov/books/ Here are examples of the sites
Web Resources Cont… Databases Novelist K-8 is a wonderful website to research books that are similar to the ones your child may have already read.http://search.epnet.com/cpidlogin.asp?custid=s3341459&ip=yes&group=novelistk8 KidsSearch is a website that is specifically for children. They can research materials in a safe website environment.http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,cpid&custid=s3341459&profile=srck5
Additional Resources • Here are a few encyclopedias that are a general guide to classic children’s literature. • Best books for kids who (think they) hate to read : 125 books that will turn any kid into a lifelong reader by Laura Backes • Best Books for Beginning Readers by Thomas G. Gunning • Book Crush by Nancy Pearl • 100 Best Books For Children by Anita Silvey • These books are a great reference tool that can be located at Mill Valley Public Library. Entering these titles will generate the results of these books and can help the user find more classics then was listed on the websites.
Contact your librarian! Have a question about creating a reading list? You can visit the Mill Valley Public Library website at: http://www.cityofmillvalley.org Contact Mill Valley Public Library today! By Email:refdesk@cityofmillvalley.org By Phone:415-389-4292 By Address:375 Throckmorton AveMill Valley, CA 94941 For any questions about this website, feel free to contact us at markita.dawson@sjsu.desire2learn.com