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Page history last edited by Lisa Gordis 11 months ago

 

Welcome to the booksforchildren wiki.

 

I developed this site many years ago to allow parents, teachers, and other enthusiastic readers to share ideas about books for children and young adults. As a parent, I was finding that my kids were reading slightly above grade level, and it was challenging to find books that were at their reading level but appropriate to their interests and concerns.

 

This wiki is not very active these days, but I still find it useful as a reference. If you find the site useful, please feel free to leave a comment, as I've had problems with pbworks deleting sites without warning. Also please feel free to add books to the list.

 

You can find books in several ways. You can browse the list of books, which includes links to brief reviews posted by wiki participants. You can search the wiki using the search box at the top right-hand corner of the screen, browse a  list of tags or categories with which the books have been marked (for example, mystery, picture books, New York,  or beginning chapter books), to see which books have been marked with those tags. And you can click on "Recent Activity" in the sidebar to see what's been posted lately.

 

What's your favorite book for children or young adults? Because this is a wiki, you can share your views by editing existing pages and adding new pages. 

 

  • To edit a page, you need to login. Clicking on "Edit page" at the top of the screen will take you to the login screen. If you have a pbwiki account, log in with that account. (Accounts are free, and can be very useful.) I've had some problems with vandalism of the site recently, so have restricted editing to invited members. If you'd like to request an invitation, click on "request access" at the top right of this page. I hope that this will be temporary.

  • Once you've logged in, click on "Edit page,"  type what you like, and then click on "Save" at the bottom of the screen. You can edit existing pages to share your opinions about books listed on the wiki.

  • You can also share your opinion using the wiki's comments feature. Just click on "Comments" above any page to post comments.  (See below for an example.) 

  • Use the wish list page to ask for recommendations from other wiki participants.

 

Please feel free to post as much or as little as you like. But please don't feel that you need to be an expert to post. I'd love to see every visitor post one favorite book, and I welcome postings about both recent books and old favorites.

 

If you have questions or suggestions, please e-mail me. You can also use the "Help" link at the top of the page to reach pbwiki.com's help essay resources. You may also want to check out pbwiki.com's introductory tour and some of their introductory materials for educators.

 

Thank you!
Lisa

 

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Comments (1)

Lois Wyatt said

at 5:25 pm on Jun 29, 2009

I teach a beginning level Listening & Speaking class at NVCC. Every semester I take a field trip to the local public library. Yes, the CC has a library with some ESL materials, but I want them to discover the wealth of low level English materials available for free at numerous branches across the county. For years I gave assignments to check out Smart Readers (high interest/low vocabulary), but the package included small books & cassette tapes. Since students can no longer play tapes, I've been working on a list of CD-book pairings (not packaged together) only 1 CD long. A couple weeks after our visit & first check out, students need to present an oral book report to a small group of students. Stink, A-Z mysteries, Secrets of Doon, Amber Brown series were surprisingly well received. They commented on the humor or imagination of the story. Does anyone have suggestions for other titles for my list?

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