Chaminade University of Honolulu				        Winter 2005
ED 613 Children’s Literature				 (webCT online course)
Gale S. Warshawsky							(3 Credits)
Phone: 262-9924
E-mail: gw_chaminade@yahoo.com
Office hours: By appointment

GOAL

The goal of this course is to create an enthusiastic appreciation of Children’s Literature and to develop competence in using, interpreting and evaluating Children’s Literature. In order to meet this goal the following objectives have been established:

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Reflect on a wide variety of books from different genres written for children from birth through grade twelve. HTPS 4

1.	Develop and apply criteria for selecting and evaluating quality books to share with children. HTPS 4 & 5

2.	Evaluate children’s books as they relate to the developmental needs, reading preferences and interests of children at different ages. HTPS 1, 6 & 7

3.	Evaluate children’s literature’s importance in the elementary, middle school, and secondary school curriculum. HTPS 4, 6 & 7

4.	Evaluate the issues and trends in children’s literature through class discussion and sharing of picture books, poetry, novels, information books and biographies. Multicultural stories and issues will be included in each genre. HTPS 3, 4, & 7.

5.	Review educational journals, resource books and other professional materials relating to children’s literature. HTPS 9 

STUDENT OUTCOMES

1.	Student will develop the ability to apply criteria for selecting and evaluating quality books to share with children.

2.	Student will demonstrate the ability to evaluate children’s books as they relate to the developmental needs, reading preferences and interests of children at different ages.

3.	Student will demonstrate the ability to evaluate children’s literature’s importance in the elementary, middle school, and secondary school curriculum.
4.	Student will demonstrate the ability to evaluate the issues and trends in children’s literature through class discussion and sharing of picture books, poetry, novels, information books and biographies. Multicultural stories and issues will be included in each genre.

5.	Student will develop the ability to review educational journals, resource books and other professional materials relating to children’s literature.

CATALOG DESCRIPTION

Examines the values and criteria for choosing and using literature at various stages of child development from preschool through twelfth grade; in-depth study of genres in children’s literature; focus on the child and teaching literature-based program; practical uses of child and adolescent literature in the curriculum.

Assumptions:

It is assumed that all participants in this online course are already adept at using the following:

•	Microsoft Word
•	Microsoft Excel
•	PowerPoint
•	Microsoft Internet Explorer and/or Netscape Navigator (web browsers)
•	Downloading .pdf Adobe Acrobat files from the Internet. Students will need to have a copy of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on their computer. It is available from http://www.adobe.com/ and then click on the icon to Get Acrobat Reader and follow the instructions.
•	Attaching files and downloading files in webCT email
•	Conducting searches on the World Wide Web (WWW)
•	All course participants must be able to send and open/read attached files from all course members. Therefore, for the Excel bookfiles – SAVE AS Microsoft Excel 97 – Excel 2003 & 5.0/95 workbook.xls  (That is one of the choices in the pull down box in Excel when you select SAVE AS).

Course Methods:

Readings
Reflection Papers
Response Papers
Learning Group Discussions
Excel Bookfile
Lesson Activities
Information retrieval
E-mail
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Specific Course Requirements

1. Required Materials
A.	The text book is available from the Chaminade book store.  
(808) 735-4798: Children’s Literature in the Elementary School, Eighth Edition. Charlotte S. Huck, Susan Hepler, Janet Hickman, Barbara Z. Kieffer. Brown & Benchmark, Publishers. 2004.
B.	Refer to the last page of this syllabus for the required and suggested reading book titles for older readers.
C.	Excel software. Students MUST be able to access and use a computer that has Excel software on it. This is what will be used to document information in the Bookfile which will contain 80 books selected by each student to read and document.

2. Basic Learning Experiences (ALL THREE MUST BE COMPLETED)
A.	Logging into webCT at least twice a week, participation and book sharing online
B.	Personal Reading Autobiography. What memories do you have of your early reading? Did either of your parents read to you? Do you recall any of the books they read? Did any teachers or librarians read aloud to you? What books did you own as a child? What were your favorites? Do you recall any that you did not like? Do you know why? Were there any you read and reread? What qualities of the story appealed to you? Your paper should be typed, double spaced, and a maximum of five pages in length.
C.	Excel Bookfile (Download this from the webCT Course Contents Area.) Students will select 80 books to read. Students will enter information about their books in this Excel Bookfile. (Refer to the Schedule in this Syllabus for due dates.)

3. Selected Learning Experiences (SELECT TWO FROM THE FOLLOWING TO  
    COMPLETE):
A.	Author/Illustrator Research paper. Research an author or illustrator of children’s literature. Report on his or her life and writings. Research the literature for speeches or articles about the author as well as biographical information. Prepare a written report which is typed and double spaced. Reports are expected to be 5-6 pages long.
B.	Lesson Activities. Write 5 Lesson Activities based on Lesson Ideas listed in your Bookfile. No more than one Lesson Activity may be submitted per genre. Type each Lesson Activity on a separate page. Lesson Activity write ups are expected to be approximately 1-2 pages long. (For an example of a Lesson Activity based on a Lesson Idea, refer to Sarah Plain and Tall--Story Quilt, located in the Course Contents Area of webCT.)
C.	Travel Buddy Projects. Report on travel buddy projects, such as Flat Stanley. Include in your report how other teachers/schools use Flat Stanley (or other travel buddy projects), and how you would use such projects in the grade level you teach or want to teach. (Travel buddy project reports are expected to be 5-6 pages long.
D.	Author/illustrator web site visits. Visit five authors or illustrators web sites and write a reflection paper on each. (Refer to the Excel file on Author’s Web Sites located in the Course Content Area of webCT.) The reflection paper is expected to be approximately 1-2 pages in length for each of the 5 web sites visited.

4. Final Exam. 
The exam will be placed on webCT in the Course Contents Area on Monday of Week 8 (2/28/05). It is to be emailed via webCT to the professor, and is due on Thursday, 3/17/05 by 11 PM.

5. Grading
Participation online: 7 Reflection Papers based on chapters (3 pts each)	 21 points
			7 Response to Group Papers (3 pts each)		 21 points
Personal Reading Autobiography							   3 points
Excel Bookfile(80 books)					 			 20 points

CHOOSE 2 FROM THE 4 LISTED BELOW  (10 POINTS EACH):				 (5 points for posting the 2 selections + 5 points for response to group)	10 points
A.	Report on a well-known children’s author or illustrator	 
B.	Write 5 Lesson Activities based on Lesson Ideas listed in your Bookfile
C.	Report on travel buddy projects, such as Flat Stanley
D.	Visit five author/illustrator web sites and write a reflection paper on each 
Final Exam										25 points
								Total points	         100 points
93-   100 = A
85 –   92 = B
77 -    84 = C 	not usable towards graduation credit
69 -    76 = D 	not usable towards graduation credit
68 and below = F 	not usable towards graduation credit

ED 613 - webCT Classroom Management (How the course will be conducted.)

Introductions
This shall be posted to the appropriate Learning Group in the Discussions Area of webCT. The professor will send all students email via webCT to tell them which Learning Group they have been assigned to. As soon as you have registered for this webCT course, log into webCT, print this syllabus, and check your email to find out what Learning Group you have been placed in. Then answer the 5 questions (refer to the schedule) and post your introduction to your Learning Group.

Personal Reading Biography 
This shall be posted to the appropriate Learning Group in the Discussions Area of webCT.

Excel Bookfiles (total of 80 books)

•	About the books to be read: Each student will read 80 books appropriate for use with children ages birth to fourteen. Twenty or more of these books are to be books for the more mature reader. The purpose of this Bookfile is for you to have a ready reference file of books that you personally enjoyed and would be enthusiastic about sharing with children. It is wise to select books which span a wide range of ages and interests. This Bookfile should be a work in progress as so many new books are published each year. Have fun and enjoy the wonderful world of children’s literature.

•	About the Bookfile: An Excel file has been created for students to download onto his or her computer. It is in the Course Contents Area of webCT. After downloading the bookfile, students need to re-name their bookfile with their own name. Then for each week that the Excel Bookfile is due, the individual student shall submit his or her bookfile as an attachment in a webCT email to the professor. For each submission during the course, the student needs to tell the professor (in the email on webCT), which rows the professor should read in the Excel file for that weeks’ work. By the end of the course, the student will have read and recorded 80 books into this Excel Bookfile.

•	Rational for the Excel Bookfile: The reason for using the Excel Bookfile, is that it makes it so easy to look up a book later on that you may wish to use in your own classroom community. It will provide you with a brief look at the books you have read, and remind you of lesson ideas you associated with your book choices.

webCT Reflection Papers to the chapter readings, to be posted by each student
(7 papers)
Students will write a webCT discussion on the assigned chapters, and post it to WebCT for ED 613 under the weekly discussions area for their Learning Group. 
These reflection/discussion papers are to be at least 2 pages in length. Everyone in a Learning Group must be able to open, read, and respond to each group members’ work. If all group members are using Microsoft Word, then attachments are acceptable. However, if group members are not all using Microsoft Word, then the work of each member of that Learning Group will need to be typed into the Reply in the Discussion Area Window. The purpose of this experience is to emerge students into the wonderful world of children’s literature to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will allow you to make these wonderful books come alive in your own classroom communities.
Note Reflection papers are due on MONDAYS by 11 PM Hawaiian time.

webCT discussions by students based on student reflection papers (7 papers)
Students will participate in webCT discussions related to assigned readings. Students are to post their responses to their Learning Groups’ reflection papers in the Discussion messages part of webCT). All students are expected to log into webCT twice a week to read each other’s reflections and to respond to each other’s reflection papers. A response paper is expected to be at least one page in length with a robust paragraph in response to each member of the group. An example follows. The student responding would type his or her name at the beginning of the response. That would be followed by separate paragraphs beginning with the group member’s name the student responding to. This means that all group members must make every effort to post their reflection paper on time, so that all group members will have ample time to read, and then respond to each of the group members in this manner. The purpose of this experience is to allow us all to learn from each other.
Note Response papers are due on THURSDAYS by 11 PM Hawaii time.

Sample Response Paper

Refer to the image of the Sample Response Paper on the next page.

The xxxx represent the text the responding group member types in. The Student A, Student B, Student C, Student D, etc., represent where the responding group member types in the name of the group member’s reflection that he or she is responding to. There may be as many as 7 people in a group. Each group member has to respond to each of other group members, in the format shown.

Your Name – response to group #

Student A:xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.
xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.

Student B:xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.
xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.

Student C:xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.
xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.

Student D:xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx. xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.
xxxxxxxx.Xxxxxxxx  xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.

In addition please be sure to change the subject line for your response messages in the Discussion Area, so it will be obvious who submitted the response paper.

Such as:
Re: Sandy Smartteacher response Wk 1 to group 1
or
Re: Sandy Smartteacher response Wk 2 to group 1

Etc. for each week of the course, substituting your name for “Sandy Smartteacher s” name.

The selected Learning Experiences
Students select 2 from the 4 Learning Experiences listed in this syllabus. Both of the Selected Learning Experiences are due on MONDAY of week 9 and will be posted to the students’ Learning Group. Then on THURSDAY of week 9 all students in each Learning Group will write their response to the group on these Learning Experiences.

Final Exam  
A written final exam will be posted to webCT Course Contents Area on week 8 of the course. Each student will submit his or her final exam to the professor via webCT email. The final exam is due on THURSDAY night 3/17/05, by 11 PM. No assignments will be accepted for grade points after 3/17/05, at 11 PM.
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Learning Groups

Students will be placed into one Learning Group by the professor as of the first class meeting.  

•	Each Learning Group may have between 5-7 members
•	The professor will notify the students via webCT email of their Learning Group number (1, 2, or 3, etc.) for the purpose of the class Learning Group Discussions on webCT.
o	In webCT, click on Mail
o	Click on Inbox
o	Click on the message ED 613 Group Numbers

Each week on MONDAY, students are to please go to the Discussions Section of webCT.
•	Click on Main
•	It will expand to display 10 weeks of discussion sessions that the professor has set up for the course
•	Click on the green triangle. It will expand to show the messages posted by the professor
•	Click on the weekly message from the professor. For example:
o	Week 1 Reading and Writing from Gale Warshawsky
•	Read the message. Print it if you wish.
•	Close the message.
•	Click on the weekly message for your Learning Group to open it. 
For example: 
o	Week 1 Group 1
•	Then click Reply.
•	If the student is using Microsoft Word, then he or she may attach that file for their Reply in the Discussions Area for their group. If the student is using any other word processing software, then he or she will need to type their text directly into the body of the reply message for Week 1 Group 1. It is a good idea to then copy/paste the text and open a word processing file on the student’s computer and paste the text into it. Save that file and keep it for backup. Once the course is over, it is removed from webCT. Therefore, should the student want to retain his or her work, it allows them to have copy of their postings, saved to their own computer.
•	Change the Subject line and type YOUR NAME - Reflection 
•	As everyone in Week 1 Group 1 will do the same thing, the reflections will be threaded and all members in Group 1 will be able to read each other’s reflections.
•	Wait 3 days. On THURSDAY, log into webCT again.
•	Everyone in Group 1 should read each person’s reflection and then reply to them with a response message.
•	Change the Subject line and type YOUR NAME - Response 
•	Click Post.

Students assigned to Group 2 will do the same thing under Week 1 Group 2.
Students assigned to Group 3 will do the same thing under Week 1 Group 3.

And, so it will continue for all the Reflection Papers and Response Papers within each of the Learning Groups to include the two Selected Learning Experiences choices.

At the conclusion of the course, after the student has submitted his or her final exam to the professor by webCT email, please access and print the Course and Instructor Evaluation. It is located in the Course Contents Area of webCT. Students should fill out the Course Evaluation and mail it to Chaminade University of Honolulu. The address is included in the Course and Instructor Evaluation. Thank you.

Below are some useful search engines for conducting on-line research:
•	Copernic http://www.copernic.com/en/index.html  
•	ERIC http://www.askeric.org/Eric/ 
•	Yahooligans www.yahooligans.com
•	Google www.google.com
•	ASCD www.ascd.org

Administrative Requirements

Attendance/Participation:

Participation in on-line class discussions, and posting assignments on schedule are major factors in determining success in this course. Students are expected to log in several times each week to a Chaminade WebCT course and participate in the weekly on-line discussions related to assigned readings, and other topics. Reflection Papers should be posted to webCT for the correct weekly discussions (by Learning Group) by 11PM on MONDAY of each week. And, the Response papers should be posted to webCT for the correct weekly discussions (by Learning Group) by 11 PM on THURSDAY of each week.

In addition the Excel Bookfiles are to be emailed via webCT to the professor. The Bookfiles due each week by 11 PM on THURSDAY nights.

Refer to the Schedule in the Syllabus for all due dates for all assignments. This is a labor intensive course. Students need to be aware that they will be required to do much reading and writing for this course.

In addition to writing and responding to the Reflection and Response papers, students need to log in to view discussions that will assuredly take place as a result of reading each others’ response papers, within your Learning Groups.

Be aware that participating in an online course takes many more hours then participating in a course held in a classroom in a building. Please plan accordingly. Students and the professor typically spend 15-20 hours or more to participate in an online course. And as always, the more you do, the more you will learn. Thank you for your professionalism.

Late Submittals: 
In fairness to students who post their work on schedule, any work submitted late will received reduced grade points. (Minus 1 point for each day late.) Assignments are late if they are not received/posted by 11 PM on the day of the assignment (Monday or Thursday depending on the assignment. Refer to the Schedule in this Syllabus.) Students are urged to click on the UPDATE LISTING button on the top of the Discussions Area to ensure that his or her submittal really made it to webCT.

Incompletes:
Incomplete may be given if the student is unable to complete a portion of the work due to circumstances beyond their control. The student and the instructor must sign the incomplete contract. It will specify when the work must be completed. Usually the work must be completed in 90 days. If it is not, then the incomplete will revert to the grade that the student would have earned that is specified on the incomplete contact.

Academic Honesty:
Plagiarism is a serious offense.
Plagiarism is the offering of work of another as one’s own and may include but is not limited to the following:
•	Complete or partial copying directly from a published or unpublished source without proper acknowledgment to the author. Minor changes in wording or syntax are not sufficient to avoid charges of plagiarism. Proper acknowledgment of the soured of the text is always mandatory.
•	Paraphrasing the work of another without proper author acknowledgement.
•	Submitting as one’s own original work (however freely given or purchased) the original exam, research paper, manuscript, report, computer file or other assignment that has been prepared by another individual.

Classroom Deportment (Please refer to the Student Handbook).

Freedom of Expression (Please refer to the Student Handbook):
•	Students are free to express different opinions and views than those presented in the course but these diverse views must be grounded in research. Students are required to know the material presented in the class whether or not they agree with the specific bodies of knowledge set forth in the course.
•	Students are expected to maintain academic standards set forth on the course syllabus.

Chaminade University of Honolulu				        Winter 2005
ED 613 Children’s Literature				 (webCT online course)
Gale S. Warshawsky							(3 Credits)
Phone: 262-9924
E-mail: gw_chaminade@yahoo.com
Office hours: By appointment

SCHEDULE: ED 613
Winter 2005
 
Children’s Literature

Welcome!  Please keep up with the assignments. This is a labor intensive course with much reading and writing. Thanks for your professionalism.

Week 1 
1/10/05

•	Log into webCT and check your webCT email to find out what Learning Group you have been placed into.
•	Print out the Syllabus! 
•	Download the Excel files from the Course Contents Area of webCT. Rename the Excel Bookfile with YOUR NAME.

•	Introduce yourselves. Answer the following 7 questions: Due MONDAY 1/10/05
1.	Name
2.	Where you teach
3.	The grade level you teach
4.	Computer experience
5.	Tell us about something you enjoy doing
6.	What is your favorite children’s literature book?
7.	What was the last children’s literature book you read?

•	Read the Preface and Chapters 1-3 for next week.

Week 2
1/17/05

Write and post your Personal Reading Biography to your Learning Group. Share with your group members your memories about reading when you were a child, what you enjoy reading, and what you hope to get out of this course.  DUE MONDAY 1/17/05.
(Continued on next page)
Based on the reading of the Preface and Chapters 1-3:
•	Write your reflection paper to the Preface and Chapters 1-3. Post to your Learning Group in the Discussions Area. DUE MONDAY 1/17/05.

•	Write your response to your Learning Group. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area DUE THURSDAY 1/20/05.

•	Attach your Excel Bookfile (books from Ch 1-3) in a webCT email and submit it to the professor. DUE THURSDAY 1/20/05

•	Read Chapters 4-6 for next week.

Week 3

Based on the reading of Chapters 4-6:
•	Write your reflection paper to Chapters 4-6. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area. DUE MONDAY 1/24/05.

•	Write your response to your Learning Group. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area DUE THURSDAY 1/27/05.

•	Attach your Excel Bookfile (books from Ch 4-6) in a webCT email and submit it to the professor. DUE THURSDAY 1/27/05

•	Read Chapter 7-8 for next week.

Week 4

Based on the reading of Chapter 7-8:
•	Write your reflection paper to Chapter 7-8. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area. DUE MONDAY 1/31/05.

•	Write your response to your Learning Group. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area DUE THURSDAY 2/3/05.

•	Attach your Excel Bookfile (books from Ch 7-8) in a webCT email and submit it to the professor. DUE THURSDAY 2/3/05

•	Read Chapter 9 for next week.

Week 5

Based on the reading of Chapter 9:
•	Write your reflection paper to Chapter 9. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area. DUE MONDAY 2/7/05.

•	Write your response to your Learning Group. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area DUE THURSDAY 2/10/05.

•	Attach your Excel Bookfile (books from Ch 9) in a webCT email and submit it to the professor. DUE THURSDAY 2/10/05

•	Read Chapter 10 for next week.

Week 6

Based on the reading of Chapter 10:
•	Write your reflection paper to Chapter 10. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area. DUE MONDAY 2/14/05.

•	Write your response to your Learning Group. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area DUE THURSDAY 2/17/05.

•	Attach your Excel Bookfile (books from Ch 10) in a webCT email and submit it to the professor. DUE THURSDAY 2/17/05

•	Read Chapter 11-12 for next week.

Week 7

Based on the reading of Chapter 11-12:
•	Write your reflection paper to Chapter 11-12. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area. DUE MONDAY 2/21/05.

•	Write your response to your Learning Group. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area DUE THURSDAY 2/24/05.

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Attach your Excel Bookfile (books from Ch 11-12) in a webCT email and submit it to the professor. DUE THURSDAY 2/24/05

•	Read Chapters 13-14 for next week.

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Week 8

Based on the reading of Chapters 13-14:

•	Write your reflection paper to Chapters 13-14. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area. DUE MONDAY 2/28/05.

•	Write your response to your Learning Group. Post to your Learning Group in the discussions area DUE THURSDAY 3/3/05.

•	Attach your Excel Bookfile (books from Ch 13-14) in a webCT email and submit it to the professor. DUE THURSDAY 3/3/05

•	Complete your two Selected Learning Experiences. This is due to be posted to your group by Monday 3/7/05 by 11 P.M.

•	Final exam will be available to download from the Course Contents Area on 2/28/04. Final exam is due to the professor by webCT email on THURSDAY, 3/17/05 by 11 P.M.

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Week 9
 
•	Post your two Selected Learning Experiences to your Learning Group. 
DUE MONDAY 3/7/05.

•	Write your response to group papers on the Selected Learning Experiences from your group. DUE THURSDAY 3/10/05.

•	Work on Final Exam. Due to the professor by webCT email on THURSDAY 3/17/05 by 11 PM. Early submission of the final exam is permissible.

Week 10  

Final exam emailed to professor by 11 PM on THURSDAY 3/17/05.

All discussions are concluded. 
No work may be submitted for grade points after THURSDAY 3/17/05,
11 PM HAWAII TIME.

Please download the Course Evaluation which may be found in the Course Content area of webCT. Please print the file and fill it in. Then mail the hard copy filled in form to:

Chaminade University of Honolulu
Education Division
3140 Waialae Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96816
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Syllabus will be adjusted to meet the needs of the class.

ED 613 Children’s Literature – Required and Suggested Titles

In this course students will read 80 different books from the various genres listed in our textbook. Although the textbook is geared towards Children’s Literature for elementary school-aged children, this course covers Children’s Literature from Preschool through Secondary School.

Twenty of the 80 books students must read are to be for older readers.

Please select 4 books by different authors from the list below as part of the 20 books for older readers. Students may choose to select the 20 books for older readers from the list below and/or they may select other books for older readers as well. However, a minimum of selecting 4 books from the list below is a requirement for this course. 

	Title						Author
1.	A Wrinkle in Time				L’Engle
2.	A Ring of Endless Light			L’Engle
3.	Tuck Everlasting				Babbit
4.	Island of the Blue dolphins			O’Dell
5.	Sign of the Beaver				Speare
6.	Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry		Taylor
7.	What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin		Fritz
8.	And Then What Happened, Paul Revere	Fritz
9.	Number the Stars				Lowry
10.	The Giver					Lowry
11.	Gathering Blue				Lowry
12.	1984						Orwell
13.	Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl	Frank
14.	Stitching Stars				Lyons
15.	A Wizard of Earthsea			Le Guin
16.	Tehanu					Le Guin
17.	The Fathest Shore				Le Guin
18.	The Tombs of Atuan			Le Guin
19.	The Wind in the Willows			Graham
20.	King Philip The Indian Chief		Averill
21.	Sounder					Armstrong
22.	The Midwife’s Apprentice			Cushman
23.	Julie of the Wolves				Craighead-George
24.	Julie						Craighead-George
25.	Julie’s Wolf Pack				Craighead-George
26.	When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw		Singer