Libraries Australia/Trove

One of the best places to go when you're stuck and can't find titles to order on a particular topic. I usually use a Subject search and find the appropriate subject heading from our own library catalogue.

http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/

or

http://trove.nla.gov.au/

SchoolStore.com.au

Although intermitently slow at the time of access this site looks like a terrific resource for both fiction and non-fiction for children of all ages. There are a couple of supplier catalogues and lists of titles by subject.

http://www.schoolstore.com.au/Pages/Default.aspx

YALSA's Top Ten Teen Reads

From http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/teenreading/teenstopten/teenstopten.cfmThe 2010 Teens' Top Ten is:

1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
3. Heist Society by Ally Carter
4. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
5. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
6. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
7. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
8. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
9. Fire by Kristin Cashore
10. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Fantastic Fiction

For young adults (and older) this site has everything you need to know about sci fi and fantasy:

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/

Points of View

A list of books from OZTL_NET which portray points of view/different perspectives:


There's a wolf in my pudding - familiar stories told from the protagonist's point of view

The magic Beach - Alison Lester

The Listmaker - Robin Klein

The Franklin stories -

A fine fine school by Sharon Creech

Voices in the Park by Antony Browne

The Enemy - Serge Bloch and Davide Calide

Luke's Way of Looking by Matt Ottley

Books with tiny creatures, like 'The Borrowers' could provide another point of view.

Another great one is Jez Alborough's "Watch out, Big Bro is coming!"

and the new one from Bruce Whatley and Andrew Daddo, "Monsters"

Jasper McFlea Will Not Eat His Tea and Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair

The wrong book nick bland

The little red hen

The story of the three pigs

Earrings - Judith Voirst

Hey little ant - phillip hoose

Old henry - joan w. Blos

I wanna iguana - Karen kaufman orloff

laRue for mayor - mark Teague

Voices in the park - Anthony Browne

My place - Nadia Wheatley



Plus some parodies / different perspectives of classic fairytales:

Snow White: a classic tale; Rumpelstiltskin: a classic tale
Cinderella: a classic tale (all by Dr. Alvin Granowsky - look at the fairytale story from the points of view of two different characters)

The true story of the three little pigs; The frog prince continued (both by Jon Scieszka)

Mike Dumbleton, entitled Granny O'Brien and the Diamonds of Selmore.

Here's where I found some good dvds about teaching Creative Writing and Grammar in the classroom. Unfortunately, although the sites are Australian, none of the dvds are:

marcom.com.au
vea.com.au
classroomvideo.com.au

UKLA

UK Literacy Association (UKLA) Children’s Book Awards longlist has been announced. A great list of books to order:

http://www.ukla.org/awards/ukla_childrens_book_award_2011/
From Random House: "The prestigious longlist has traditionally been a major indicator of the best children books for inclusion in classrooms and schools."