K-3 Book Resources

These are links to book resources I have shared with clients that focus on boo resources.  Hope you find them helpful too.

Blog Posts
500+ Read Aloud Books for the 2016 African American Read-In

Big Bold Books for Beginning Readers
Primary Grade Text Set: 60+ Winter Read Aloud Books, Part 1,  Part II

Diverse Early Literacy Books for Social Studies by Jane M. Gangi K-4 Books about Women Scientists & Mathematicians: 2015 - 2016 Early Literacy Series #2: Shared Reading Resources for Preschool and Kindergarten Seeing Red! My 10 for 10 Picture Books Spring into Spring with 30 Pre-K - 3 Books 10 Nonfiction Picture Books I Cant Live Without #nf10for10 Celebrate Black History with 30 Children's Books Without Words: 20 Wordless Picture Books Published Recently

Links to Book Lists "Best..."

New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books 2016
The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2015
The New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2014
The New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2013
The New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2012
The New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2011
The New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2010

Outstanding Science Trade Books 2016
Outstanding Science Trade Books 2015
Outstanding Science Trade Books 2014
Outstanding Science Trade Books 2013
Outstanding Science Trade Books 2012
Outstanding Science Trade Books 2011
Outstanding Science Trade Books 2010


Websites for Reviews of Children's Books

The Brown Bookshelf

Mirror Windows Doors

Global/International Literature and Diverse Perspectives  by Jane Gangi

We Need Diverse Books

Favorite Independent Book Publishers of Children's Literature

1. Annick Press
2. Arte Público Press and Piñata Books
3. Boyds Mills Press
4. Chronicle Books
5. Cinco Puntos Press
6. Enchanted Lion Book
7. Fifth House
8. Fitzhenry & Whiteside
9. Groundwood Books
10. Just World Books
11. Kids Can Press
12. Lee & Low Books
13. Orca Book Publishers
14. Shen Books
15. Tara Books
16. Tilbury House
17. Tradewind Books
18. Tundra Books
19. Wings Press

A Few Influential Articles/Posts/Videos

1. Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors - Rudine Sims Bishop 

2. Paul Laurence Who? Invisibility andMisrepresentation in Children's Literature and Language Arts Textbooks  -Mary Jackson Scroggins & Jane GangiAfrican American Literature: Books to Stoke Dreams - Jane Gangi & Aimee Ferguson

3. The All-White World of Children's Books - Nancy Larrick

4. The Importance of  Diversity in Library Programs and Material Collections for Children - ALA

5. Why Hasn’t the Number of Multicultural Books Increased In Eighteen Years? (Lee & Low Blog)

6. Recommendations for YA Blogs & Literature - Kate Hart

7. Ted Talk by Grace Lin: The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child's Bookshelf

Here are a 30 blog posts where I recommend books.

1. 250+ Children's Books Featuring Black Boys and Men
2. Raising Activists: 100+ Books to Read in K-12
3. Children's Books Focusing on Special/Exceptional Needs, Strengths and Graces
4. Children's Books about the Middle East
5. K-3 Global Multicultural Poetry for Shared, Choral, Paired, & Echo Reading
6. Global Multicultural K-8 Books Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Legacy
7. New Global Picture Books
8. 97 Page Book of Primary Grade Comprehension Lessons With an Emphasis on Multicultural Books
9. Forget the Stop Watch and Tune into Literature: Recommended Global Multicultural Texts for Developing Fluency (and a Love for Reading)
10. Global Multicultural Books for Comprehension Instruction in Kindergarten
11. Poetry Books for Grades 3-5
12. Global Books for the First Grade
13. Sensational Second Grade Books
14. Global Multicultural Picture Books: Teaching Reading Comprehension in Grade 3
15. Global Books for Grade 4
16. Fabulous Global Books for Fifth Grade
17. Books for Grade 7
18. Books to Teach Writer's Craft with in Middle School
19. Global, Multicultural Poetry Texts (Print and NonPrint) for Grades 7 - 12
20. Reading Memoir in Grades 8-12
21. Recommended Nonfiction for Middle School Learners
22. Exploring LGBT Books for Children & Teens
23. Cultural Characters: Or Why My Color Doesn't Wash Off -  Book & Instruction Suggestions
24. 30 Children's Books about Standing Up and Making Change
25. Latino/a Books for Elementary Children, Part I
26. Latino/a Books for Elementary Children, Part II
27. Latino/a Books for Elementary Children, Part III
28. Books about Labor and Unions for 4th -12th Graders
29. Selecting Read Aloud Books in K-5
30. Updated 2014 Global Back to School Books

A Few Posts about Representation

1. Troubling the Narratives
2. Guest Blog: Children of Color and the Poor Left Way Behind in the National Governors Association and State Education Chiefs Common Core State Standards Initiative: “Text Exemplars” for Kindergarten through 5th Grade
3. White Privilege, Classroom Discourse, and Being Other