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Week 3: Poetry, Concept Books, and Picture Books


 * Introduction to this Week:**

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 * Tasks for this week**
 * Post your responses to the four picture books to your small group by Tuesday morning
 * Read this handout on Molly Bang's principles of design in book illustrations to extend your discussions about this week's picture books. [[file:LIS 401 Molly Bang principles of design handout.doc]]
 * Post your concept book annotation to the eClass discussion site
 * Contribute your voice to the class poetry sharing Voicethread (see detailed information on eClass about how to do this)
 * Read, read, read!


 * Concept Books**

Click on the link below for some notes on concept books for children.




 * Poetry for Children**

The LIS 401 students from the fall, 2010 class created a Voicethread to share their favourite poems for children. Enjoy!

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See below for more resources about poetry for children from LIS 401.

Click on the link below for some notes on poetry for children. [|Poetry Notes.doc]


 * Poets for Children**


 * Jack Prelutsky **


 * Dennis Lee **


 * Shel Silverstein **


 * J. Patrick Lewis **


 * Sample Poems**

Concrete Poetry: Click here for some sample concrete poems.

Narrative Poetry:

The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear

The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service Text of poem

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Picture Books

//**Where the Wild Things Are**//

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[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Sendak]

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First Chapter to the novelization of the Dave Eggers/Spike Jonze Where the Wild Things Are film script. []

//**Voices in the Park**//

uthor Profile from his British publisher: []

Wikipedia entry for Anthony Browne: @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Browne_(author)

Anthony Browne recently named the UK Children's Laureate. [|Click here for an interesting interview with him.]


 * //Chester//**

Melanie Watt's Website

Publisher Website for Melanie Watt

Blogger review of Chester by Cheryl Rainfield


 * //Shi-Shi-Etko//**

// Nicola Campbell : Aboriginal Artists' Perspectives on Vancouver's Eastside //

// Story about Nicola Campbell on CBC when the second book about Shi-Shi-Etko was published. //

// Review from CM Magazine //

// Review from Wide Mouthed Blog //

// Movie version of Shi-Shi-Etko: IMDB //

// **Background Information about Native Residential School System in Canada** //

// ** A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools from CBC Archives ** //

// ** Indian Residential Schools [|FAQ] ** //

// ** Alberta Encyclopedia: Residential Schools: The Background ** //