ELEM: K-1 Encyclopedia suggestions

[Kelly Houck <diskit318@YAHOO.COM>]

Hello all,

I am a K-1 librarian with a library created just last year.  We have a large 
selection of picture books and I am slowly building up our nonfiction section.  We 
do not have a reference section at all.  I am researching dictionaries, 
encyclopedias and especially atlases as that is covered quite heavily in our 
curriculum.  I use Follett titlewave and just subscribed to Children's Library 
Resources www.clrbooks.com.  Using these two resources I compared My First 
Britannica and Heinemann's First Encyclopedia.  CLR lists these resources as 
appropriate for K-2, however Follett suggest grade 3 and up.  What is your 
professional opinion?  More importantly, what reference sources do you use with 
your kinders and first graders?  Thanks in advance, and I can post a HIT if there 
is interest.

Kelly Houck
Dorothy Nolan Elementary School
Saratoga Springs NY




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