23. Resources
BOOK TRAILERS:
https://booktrailers4kidsandya.wordpress.com/ (book trailers compiled by a school librarian in New
Zealand)
http://www.scholastic.com/teacher/videos/teacher-videos.htm
Scholastic (videos, books and series)
FIND BOOKS:
Scholastic Book Wizard: www.scholastic.com/bookwizard
Hi-lo (high interest, low readability) book lists (e.g., http://www.ala.org/alsc/compubs/booklists/Hi-
Lo_Booklist)
Jon Scieszka’s http://guysread.com/
James Pattereson’s http://www.readkiddoread.com/
DIGITAL BOOKS:
Tumblebooks: http://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/about_tumblebooks.aspx
Scholastic Storia: http://www.scholastic.com/storia-school/
Unite for Literacy: http://www.uniteforliteracy.com/
WEBSITES FOR KIDS:
Kids Sports Illustrated: http://www.sikids.com/
Kids National Geographic: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
Swaggerty, E. (2015). Selecting texts for upper elementary students who avoid reading or find reading
difficult. In Deborah Wooten and Bernice Cullinan’s (Eds.) Children’s literature in the reading program:
An invitation to read, 4th edition. (p. 150-166). Newark, DE: International Literacy Association.