Welcome. This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of
ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics. We've taken many of Carol Hurst's back articles and sections from her professional books for teachers and librarians and reformatted and interlinked them to create an interactive collection of information. Find a starting place in the list of sections below and dig in!
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Carol Hurst's Consultants, Workshops and inservice for teachers in the language arts;
writing workshops and storytelling sessions for students;
And
Didax Educational Resources, Publisher of Carol Hurst's Literature Booksets
Children's Books:
- Featured Books
Great books for kids with reviews, activities, links to related books and
subjects on this site and links to other online resources.
- All Reviewed Children's Books
This section has all the featured books above plus many more recommended books. We have reviewed each of them and linked them to related areas of this site. This list is arranged by title,
author,
type of book, and
grade level.
Subjects in Children's Books:
- Curriculum Areas
We've taken subjects such as MATH and HISTORY and integrated them with the
language arts and other areas of the curriculum. Here you'll find recommended
children's books, activities and approaches for the curriculum areas. (For more
professional topics see the Professional Resources section below.)
- Themes and Other Subjects
Ideas for themes, topics and other subjects around which to
focus class work, research projects, and discussion groups. Naturally, these
subjects overlap with the above curriculum areas. Each subject, such as Trains or Colonial America, contains children's book titles, activities, links to related areas of this site and links to other sites on the internet.
Professional Resources:
- Professional Topics
Language arts topics such as Children's Literature, Reading and Writing, with
articles, classroom activities, professional book excerpts and links to related
Internet resources.
- Free Newsletter
A quarterly children's literature newsletter available by e-mail or as a
hypertext document on this web site. Our current issue is the October 1996 Issue.
- Carol Hurst's Books and Services
Professional books on using children's literature in the classroom, selected
children's booksets, consulting services and more. If you've always wondered how to keep up with Carol Hurst's latest professional book releases and where to obtain her books and other products or how to get her to come to your area;
here's the place.
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