Last week Durham had it's annual TL conference and I went to one session by the bookstore "Magic Suitcase". It's owner, Judy Halpern, presented a great session called "Show and Tell: Visual Literacy in Picture Books" where she featured picture books that could be used to launch many units (especially in the area of Science). As an added bonus she presented her online book store where she has categorized her books by curriculum area. I have found her site to be a great resource when looking to pull books for units I am teaching, or when a teacher asks me to pull materials for them. I'm not sure about everyone else, but I find sometimes when I search my own database, books that could be used for various topic areas are not listed, even though they fit. I am also not able to search by writing traits or comprehension strategies, areas she has resources listed. I usually find a couple of titles on her list that I have in my own library, and many more on my list of "want to haves"!! You can find her at:
www.magicsuitcase.ca
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