Identifying Children's Books
- Children's Literature Comprehensive Database This link opens in a new windowMany more ways to search to find children's books, including Lexile ranges. Then you'll need to search our catalog to see if we have them in the library.
- Multicultural Literature (Cooperative Children's Book Center, UW-Madison)Some of the links list books, other links are about using multicultural children's literature.
- NoveList K-8 Plus This link opens in a new window
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Find fiction and non-fiction. In Advanced Search you can enter the author's nationality or cultural identity among other things. Also lists "high interest/low vocabulary" books. - TumbleBooks Library This link opens in a new window
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Contains read-aloud storybooks, chapter books, graphic novels, songs, and National Geographic videos. Books are available in English, Spanish, and French. For access outside of SC, you may need to contact the library for current DISCUS login details.
- Lexile Framework for ReadingNot a library database, but you can enter a Lexile range and then browse categories to identify books. Some of the English Programs for Internationals instructors use this.
Catalog Search
| Classic Catalog Search |
Browse these subject searches to find a specific place or ethnic group
| tales | fables | fairy tales | short stories |
Want to search for books in Thomas Cooper Library's childrens collection? Add sucz to a keyword search. Or add your own words to this search that has sucz in it already.
Identifying Stories, Tales and Myths from Other Cultures
Picture Books for Children by Online, available from ebrary or EBSCOhost
Around the World with Historical Fiction and FolktalesCall Number: Reference Z1037 .A2 Z37 2004Includes recommendations of books with international (African to Welsh) myths and folktales.
Many Peoples, One LandCall Number: Reference Z1232 .H45 2001Lists fiction, oral tradition and poetry of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. Grade level and subject indexes.
Index to Fairy Tales, 1987-1992Call Number: Reference Z5983 .F17 S67 1994
Storyteller's Sourcebook, 1983-1999Call Number: Cooper (level 2), GR 74.6 .M3 2001Includes listings by ethnicity.
