CIED 3133: Children's Literature: Picture Books
Resources for educators who use children's literature with elementary and middle schoolers.
How Do I Find Picture Books?
To see if the library has a book, you can go to the OSU Library Catalog online and put the title or subject into the search box. Once you have done a search, you can narrow your results by using the options on the left side of the screen.
In the ETL, most of our picture books have a call number that starts with jE, followed by the first three letters of the author's last name. For example, if the author's last name is Smith, the call number would be jE Smi.
Some picture books cover biography, science, or other areas are are listed as non-fiction. They will have a call number from the Dewey Decimal System.
For example, I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark, a picture book biography, has a call number of j921G493L.
The ETL has many bibliographies of different genres and subjects available for you to use if you need a suggested title.
Your textbook also has lists of high-quality children's books. You can search the catalog to see if the ETL has a title you need.
Examples of Picture Books
Fry Bread by Call Number: Reserve Collection jE MaiISBN: 9781626727465Publication Date: 2019-10-22Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time. It brings families together for meals and new memories. Fry bread is nation. It might look or taste different, but it is still shared by many, from coast to coast and beyond. Fry bread is us. It is a celebration of old and new, traditional and modern, similarity and difference. Fry Bread is a story told in lively and powerful verse by Seminole Nation member Kevin Noble Maillard, with vibrant art from Pura Belpre Award winner Juana Martinez-Neal.
Last Stop on Market Street by Call Number: Reserve Collection jE DeLISBN: 9780399257742Publication Date: 2015-01-08Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty and fun in their routine and the world around them. This energetic ride through a bustling city highlights the wonderful perspective only grandparent and grandchild can share, and comes to life through Matt de la Pena's vibrant text and Christian Robinson's radiant illustrations.
Finding Winnie by Call Number: jE MatISBN: 9780316324908Publication Date: 2015-10-20A #1 New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the 2016 Caldecott Medal
Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. And she was a girl! In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war. Harry Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a remarkable friendship and an even more remarkable journey--from the fields of Canada to a convoy across the ocean to an army base in England... And finally to the London Zoo, where Winnie made another new friend: a real boy named Christopher Robin. Here is the remarkable true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh.
Truman by Call Number: jE ReiISBN: 9781534416642Publication Date: 2019-07-09An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Times Best Children's book of 2019 A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019 A School Library Journal Best Picture Book of 2019
After his best friend Sarah leaves for her first day of school, a tortoise named Truman goes on an adventure across the living room and learns to be brave in this thoughtful and heartwarming twist on a first experience story. Truman the tortoise lives with his Sarah, high above the taxis and the trash trucks and the number eleven bus, which travels south. He never worries about the world below...until one day, when Sarah straps on a big backpack and does something Truman has never seen before. She boards the bus! Truman waits for her to return. He waits. And waits. And waits. And when he can wait no longer, he knows what he must do. Even if it seems...impossible!
Wave by Call Number: jE LeeISBN: 9780811859240Publication Date: 2008-04-16In this evocative wordless book, internationally acclaimed artist Suzy Lee tells the story of a little girl's day at the beach. Stunning in their simplicity, Lee's illustrations, in just two shades of watercolor, create a vibrant story full of joy and laughter.
The World Belonged to Us by Call Number: jE WooISBN: 9780399545498Publication Date: 2022-05-10Two children's book superstars--#1 New York Times bestseller Jacqueline Woodson, the author of The Day You Begin, and Leo Espinosa, the illustrator of Islandborn--join forces to celebrate the joy and freedom of summer in the city, which is gloriously captured in their rhythmic text and lively art.
It's getting hot outside, hot enough to turn on the hydrants and run through the water--and that means it's finally summer in the city! Released from school and reveling in their freedom, the kids on one Brooklyn block take advantage of everything summertime has to offer. Freedom from morning till night to go out to meet their friends and make the streets their playground--jumping double Dutch, playing tag and hide-and-seek, building forts, chasing ice cream trucks, and best of all, believing anything is possible. That is, till their moms call them home for dinner. But not to worry--they know there is always tomorrow to do it all over again--because the block belongs to them and they rule their world.
