Literature+Resources

=== __**Highly Recommended, Notable, and International and National Award Winning Books**__ === [|American Library Association (ALA) Book and Media Awards] [|The International Reading Association (IRA) Children's Choice Awards] [|The International Reading Association (IRA) Teacher's Choice Awards] [|Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction] [|2012 Children's Book Week Choice Awards Finalists]

__**Other Resources for Book Recommendations**__ [|Goodreads] [|Great Kid Books] [|Child Lit Wiki] [|Children's Book Almanac] [|Mr. Schu's Blog] [|Amazon's Best Book of the Month for Kids] [|Banned and Censored Books] [|Storyline Online]

__ **Literature with Math Concepts** __ [|SMaRT Books: Math-related books by math strand] [|Middle and High School Math] [|Living Math Book list] (very useful!)

=== __**Literature about Multicultural/Diverse Populations**__ === [|Multicultural Children's Literature] [|How to Select the Best Multicultural Literature]

=== __**Literary Elements**__ ===
 * [|Story Map] **
 * [|Interactive Story Map] (very cool!) **
 * [|Literacy Graphic Organizers] (lots o'organizers!) **
 * [|Even More Graphic Organizers] (interactive) **


 * Highly Recommended Poetry Books **
 * [|50 Best Poetry Books] **
 * [|Recommended Poetry Books for Kids] **
 * [|National Council of Teachers of English: List of Award-winning Poets for Children] **
 * [|Best Books for Children Who Hate to Read: Top 10 Poetry Books]**
 * [|Books Around the Table: Best Poetry Books of 2011]**