Films on Kanopy
- It's Elementary - Talking About Gay Issues in SchoolChasnoff, D. Cohen, H. (Director). (1996). New Day Films. Duration: 1 hr, 55 min.
- It's Still Elementary: Reexamining LGBT Issues in SchoolsChasnoff, D. (Director). (2007). New Day Films. Duration: 47 minutes.
More from the New Yorker
- The New Yorker - digital magazine view available on FlipsterRead issues of The New Yorker from 2015 to the present using Flipster on your desktop or mobile device. See the Flipster Guide for help getting started.
Children's Book Week
Class Readings
Ebooks
- Phantom Tollbooth
Ebook available through our OverDrive collection. Download the Sora app to read on your mobile device. Use this brief guide to the Sora app to get you started.
Phantom Tollbooth (Audiobook available on YouTube) - New Kid by Jerry Craft
Ebook available through our OverDrive collection. Download the Sora app to read on your mobile device. Use this brief guide to the Sora app to get you started.
Articles
- "Banned Bunnies"Greenlee, Cynthia. The New York Times. April 26, 2023.
Note: If you are hitting a paywall, sign up for a free NYT Times PEA student account or access a text only version here. - "As Classic Novels Get Revised for Today’s Readers, a Debate About Where to Draw the Line"Alter, Alexandra and Elizabeth A. Harris. The New York Times. April 5, 2023.
Note: If you are hitting a paywall, sign up for a free NYT Times PEA student account or access a text only version here. - "The Radical Woman Behind 'Goodnight Moon'"Holmes, Anna. The New Yorker, Feb 07 2022.
- "The Gay History of America’s Classic Children’s Books"Please note that this link may no longer work. If so please use alternative access via link below.
Green, Jesse. New York Times, Feb 07 2019.
Books mentioned in article - "The Gay History of America’s Classic Children’s Books"This copy of article is available without its original pictures through our ProQuest collections.
- "Answering Kids’ Questions About the Coronavirus, in Free Picture Books"Publishers and nonprofits are finding ways to get books and information to housebound children worldwide. -- From New York Times
- Broken Kingdom: Fifty Years of the Phantom TollboothNew Yorker, October 17, 2011.
- Mo Willem's Funny FailuresNew Yorker, February 6, 2017. Extra reading & listening on Mo Willems:
Listen to New Yorker's Radio Hour segment on Mo Willems.
Mo Willems official website. - Six Dr. Seuss Books With Offensive Images Will Be DroppedGross, Jenny. "Six Dr. Seuss Books with Offensive Images Will be Dropped: [the Arts/Cultural Desk]." New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast) ed., Mar 03 2021, ProQuest. Web. 15 Mar. 2021.
- Move to Retire Dr. Seuss Books Stirs a BacklashAlter, Alexandra, and Elizabeth A. Harris. "Move to Retire Dr. Seuss Books Stirs a Backlash: [National Desk]." New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast) ed., Mar 05 2021, ProQuest. Web. 15 Mar. 2021 .
- Beverly Cleary, 104, Charmer of Young Readers, via Ramona and Pals, DiesGrimes, William. "Beverly Cleary, 104, Charmer of Young Readers, Via Ramona and Pals, Dies: [Biography]." New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast) ed., Mar 27 2021, ProQuest. Web
Resources for Charlotte's Web
- Some Book! 'Charlotte's Web' Turns 60NPR piece on E.B. White and Charlotte’s Web.
- E.B. White's True Inspiration For 'Charlotte's Web'WBUR Radio Segment, 14 minutes. Features Michael Sims who writes about White's life in Maine in the book: "The Story of Charlotte's Web: E.B. White's Ecccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic."
Find Children's Literature at The Class of 1945 Library
CHILDREN'S COLLECTION - ROCKEFELLER HALL
The Children's Collection is located in Rockefeller Hall. The collection is broken into two parts: picture books for younger readers are located at the front of the building and middle grader readers are near the new books collection. The children's collection contains Newbery and Caldecott award winners as well as additional titles suggested by our students and staff. If you have trouble located a particular title on the shelves, please ask for help at the circulation desk. Please note that the majority of young adult fiction (audience 14-18) are shelved in the general fiction collection on floor 3.
FIND BOOKS USING THE LIBRARY CATALOG
Use the Advanced Search in our library catalog to limit your search to books in the Children's Collection. Use the search box and pull down menus to search by topic, author, title, or subject.
You can also use the following keyword and subject searches to locate children's book by topic or award.
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Phillips Exeter Academy
Class of 1945 Library
Exeter, NH 03833