Volume 3, Issue 9
September 2004
Search Tip of the Month
This Month's Features
Spreading the News
September means apples to me. My favorite variety of apple is at its best this month. Recently I discovered that Johnny Appleseed's birthday is September 26. Coincidentally (or maybe they already knew about his birth date), many teachers center classroom units around apples during this harvest season. Johnny Appleseed would be a great introduction to many classroom topics: westward migration, folk heroes, environmental concerns, seasonal changes to deciduous trees, humanitarian acts, early American life, voting (go through the process using 2 or more kinds of apple), recipes, expressions and common phrases. The list could continue. Just as "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database each day keeps frustration away as you search for books on these and other topics. Use the CLCD everyday and it is certain to become the apple of your eye.
CLCD has passed another milestone. There are more than 400,000 value added entries in the 1.2 million cataloging records that constitute the database. These entries indicate if a book has won an award or prize; appeared on a "best books list;" has been selected for a state or provincial reading list; assigned a reading measurement value; received a Horn Book Guide Rating; or has a link to an author or illustrator web page. What sets us apart is that all of this information is full text searchable and most of it can be obtained by clicking a hot link. Want to know who won an award in a given year or what books may be on a reading list this year? First find out how the award is listed in the database, then enter the text (cut and paste) in the search box and next you then broaden or narrow your search by looking for specific years. For example, if you enter Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2000 and click exact phrase, it will give you the list of books that meet that criteria which you can then sort by title, author, date, etc.
For many kids, September and Labor Day signify a return to school. WE have a selection of books relating to that very first day of school. The database will also provide you with books for older kids that relate more to moving into a new school and all of the issues that kids face trying to become part of a "new" crowd.
Last month we announced a feature about Pam Turner and her book Hachiko. This month, we have a feature about the illustrator of her book—Yan Nascimbene. He has enjoyed success in Europe and the US and the ups and downs in his life do prove that fact is indeed stranger than fiction.Elizabeth Levy writes books that make kids laugh, and we have also featured her this month. A couple of her books might bring comic relief to those still concerned about starting back to school.
Our monthly newsletter is now available to everyone within an organization, not just the Our monthly newsletter is now available to everyone within an organization, not just the primary contact. A feature at www.childrenslit.com will provide you with a form allowing you to sign up for just the electronic newsletter. Discover for yourself what Karla Schmit, Professor, Library Department, Librarian Laboratory School, Shippensburg University says about the CLCD, -"Every author, every title, every time."
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