Creator: State University System of Florida | visit site
Grade Range: K - 7
Though this site is now archived, the links and information are still good. This is a true on-line digital library, with information about the books searched presented in a library-type (MARC) format; items include title, author, keyword, subjects, notes, content vocabulary etc. Links to the digitized texts are offered in both pdf and jpeg form at the bottom of the page. The collection covers children’s literature from 1850 to 1950 and more, only those items found in the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature at the University of Florida. While not a comprehensive library in the sense of offering the classics of children’s literature, the approach is instructional and the offerings well presented. Items are searchable by keyword, author, and title.
In the Classroom
If you know of an older piece of children’s lit that is out of print, this is a way to find the text to read to your children. You can also search by subject to find stories on a certain topic. Why not use some of these texts to highlight parts of speech or main ideas of paragraphs on an interactive whiteboard?
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