[LM_NET] TARGET: Best Way Online to match children's books with curriculum

[Susan Uthoff <uthoff@INFIONLINE.NET>]

I got another question from a teacher. Below is the question and my
first response. Any other thoughts?

Sarah S. Uthoff
Reference Librarian
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, IA
uthoff@infionline.net

Question:

>I'm looking for an effective way to show students how to find the best children's 
>books in particular curriculum areas online for their second group project.  The 
>way I find books now seems so haphazard.  For example, I do a Google search and 
>put in "best children's books about math."  That certainly produces some helpful 
>results.  I wonder, though, if there is a better way to approach it.
>
My first reaction:

I'll think about it some more, but my first instinct in cases like this is since 
you can't be an expert in everything, ask those who are. In other words, there are 
curriculum supporting organizations such as National Council for the Social 
Studies, National Council of Teachers of English, National Council of Teachers of 
Mathematics, etc. These have websites and, for example, NCSS comes out with a list 
of the best and most useful trade books to use in teaching social studies each 
year. This webpage gives links to many of those organizations and some other 
educational groups.
http://www.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/othersites/associations.html

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