There seems to be some interest in my Children's Lit class this semester - particularly the titles of the books I will be reading. So far we have discussed Classic books of Children's Literature, and we were asked to read three off a list of twelve. I chose three that I hadn't read before: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, The Borrowers by Mary Norton and The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. For those interested, the other books on the list were:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maude Montgomery
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
So if you are interested in exploring Children's Literature Classics - here is a very short list of places to start, at least by way of my class. I would have to imagine that every Children's Lit class, of all scholarly levels, would have different lists.
For the next two weeks, we will be looking at picture books. In fact, I am really excited to read Picture This: How Pictures Work by Molly Bang which talks about the ideas behind the illustrations in picture books. They aren't just there to be pretty folks!
As I will be reading a ton of picture books in the next couple weeks, and they are short and everything - I am not going to list and discuss them all here. If you are really truly interested in knowing what titles are being explored for my class (maybe you are interesting in Children's Lit, or maybe you are a parent or special adult in a child's life and would like a place to start), I am going to be really good about listing all of them in my Goodreads account, well at least the ones I am reading. I even have a shelf labelled "grad school" and they will all be tagged as such, along with my text books for other classes. Do you think I should add a new shelf, like "children's lit"? If you want to talk more about a specific title, feel free to contact me there. I'll still try to talk about big topics here... but I hope this works for everyone. THIS is a link to my Goodreads profile.
Sound good?
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9 comments:
Hey, we read that Molly Bang book too! (I mean, when I took the children's lit course in library school.) I loved that class, it was tons of fun. I read Julie of the Wolves for the first time, too.
My instructor had, in a previous life, designed promotional layouts for Kmart. He taught us a lot about using those techniques in a library to help kids find good books.
I grew up with The Wind in the Willows, but I've never read it. I should probably read it!
That book list is FANTASTIC. I've never read Peter Pan, but I've been meaning to for years.
a kiddie lit shelf would be cool!! Most of htose books were my favs as a kid esp. The Borrowers books and Charlotte's Web...how about Island of Blue Dolphins?
That may come more toward the end of the semester. The book choices mature through the semester, so that by the end of April, we'll be ready for the YA Lit class.
Aww, those are actually all books I read as a child. I love them all!
That is a great list! I remember reading The Borrowers and Charlotte's Web when I was younger and just loving them.
Ouw, your list are also include on my reading list this year, I also co-host with friend on RC in Children's Literature this year, so your readings can update mine too, love to see your reviews on children classic. Btw, I never knew there's a picture book anymore, isn't for elemantary grade ?
The classics choices are excellent! I've read most but not all--but will eventually, I think. It sounds like a really interesting and fun class. Have fun!
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