ISI - LIBS 4300 - Children's Literature for Teacher Librarians
Course Description
Children's Literature for Teacher Librarians will develop students’ basic knowledge and understanding of the field of children’s literature, particularly as it pertains to teacher librarians, with a focus on children ages 2-12. This course will emphasize skills, tools, and insights necessary for effective professional librarianship in the area of services to children.
Learner Outcomes
- Students will be familiar with a range of genres, formats, literary elements and the history in children's literature.
- Students will be able to find and use selection tools for evaluating and choosing literature for a school or public library collection
- Students will be aware of intellectual freedom issues related to children's literature and libraries.
- Students will read a variety of children's literature and be able to write annotations summarizing and evaluating the works.
Required Course Materials
- Vardell, S. M. (2019). Children’s literature in action : a librarian’s guide (Third edition.). Libraries Unlimited, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC.
- This text is available as an ebook in the U of I Library catalog.
- Electronically accessible articles listed and linked in the individual lessons.
- UI Library online article databases to search for reviews and other supplementary information requested in the written assignments. You will first need to log in with your University of Idaho Net ID.
Expected Course Timeline
Most ISI courses are designed so that students can complete them within 3 months to 1 year. If you are attempting to complete a course more quickly than this, please contact ISI to explore your options.
Sponsor Institution
Credits earned for this course are included in a University of Idaho transcript.
This is an INDEPENDENT STUDY IN IDAHO course
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COURSE NUMBER NOTICE
Beginning with the 2025-2026 Catalog year, the University of Idaho transitioned to 4-digit course numbers. As ISI works through this transition, you may continue to see 3-digit course numbers during this time. A crosswalk is available online.
Prerequisites
LIBS 4130 Computer Applications in LibrariesAND LIBS 4140/5140 Reference and Information Services
AND LIBS 4180/5180 Classification and Cataloging
OR permission (submit an ISI Support Request)
Optional Co-requisite: LIBS 4330 Information Literacy for the Teacher Librarian
- EP0018 - ISI - LIBS 4300-4310 Pre-Req T
- ISI - LIBS 4130 - Computer Applications in Libraries (Complete)
- ISI - LIBS 4140 - Reference and Information Services (Complete)
- ISI - LIBS 5140 - Reference and Information Services (Complete)
- ISI - LIBS 4180 - Classification and Cataloging (Complete)
- ISI - LIBS 5180 - Classification and Cataloging (Complete)