Plugged-In+to+Nonfiction


 * __Examples of Nonfiction__**
 * //**Nonfiction Trade Books**//
 * **//Newspapers//**
 * **//Magazines//**
 * **//Editorials//**
 * **//Primary sources (personal accounts, original documents, diaries, journals, etc.)//**
 * [|America’s Story]
 * [|American Memories Project]
 * [|Ben’s Guide to US Government]
 * [|National Archives]
 * [|Our Documents]
 * [|History Matters]
 * [|Digital History]
 * [|Smithsonian]


 * __Electronic Resources Available for Elementary Students__**


 * //Online subscription databases ([|Oklahoma’s Digital Prairie databases]---available free of charge to ALL school libraries).//**
 * [|Searchasaurus]
 * [|Primary Search]
 * [|Kids Search]

Kathryn I. Matthew and Joy L. Lowe ISBN: 1555706886 Publication Date: 2010. This invaluable new guide is an exhaustive, one-stop resource for any librarian or teacher seeking to meet current national educational standards and integrate high-quality children’s literature into everyday learning. Authors Kathryn Matthew and Joy Lowe detail over 1,200 books, videos, software, CDs, DVDs and Web sites.
 * //**Guide to Recommend Children's Books and Media to Use with Every Elementary Subject**//, Second Edition by


 * Nonfiction Resources Online for Lesson Plans and Instruction**

Covers all grade levels and subject areas; "original booklists" takes you to the complete lists which includes books about family, peace and justice, and multiculturalism.
 * **//__[|Children’s Picture Book Database at Miami University]__//**
 * **[|Database of Award Winning Children's Literature (DAWCL)]**The purpose of this database is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards.
 * **[|Explanation of Awards]**given for children's literature throughout the world.
 * **[|Search the Database]** by selecting a variety of fields.
 * **//__[|Picture Books by Theme]__//**
 * **[|Cooperative Children's Book Center]**
 * **//[|Using Folktale Themes in the Classroom]//**
 * **//[|Teacher’s Corner: Thematic Units]//**
 * //**[|Reading Rockets]**//
 * //**[|de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection]**//
 * **//[|Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children]//**
 * //**[|The Kerlan Collection]**//
 * **//[|The Oz Collection]//**
 * **//[|University of Minnesota’s Children’s Literature Research Collection]//**
 * **//[|Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature]//**
 * **//[|Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature]//**
 * **//[|Purple Crayon List of Award-Winning Books]//**
 * **//[|Nancy Keane’s Database]//**
 * **//Nancy Keane’s Literature Wiki//**
 * **//[|International Children’s Digital Library]//**