Thursday, June 21, 2012

Notables Themes, Categories, and Subjects


Week of June 17, 2012—ALSC Notable Children’s Books
Thursday, June 21, 2012: ALSC Notables Themes, Categories, and Subjects

As I looked through the ALSC list of notable picture books I noticed some categories of topics, subjects, and themes. Now these are just my observations. You could look at the list and spot totally different things. But seeing these topics reminds me that there are universal subjects and themes that continue to be explored in picture books, and there’s new territory yet to explore. (Note: Some books fall into more than one category and so are listed more than once.)

ANIMALS/PETS
A Ball for Daisy
Bring On the Birds
Harry and Hopper
I Broke My Trunk
I Want My Hat Back
Little White Rabbit
Mouse & Lion
Over and Under the Snow
Prudence Wants a Pet
See Me Run
Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Tell Me the Day Backwards
Ten Little Caterpillars
Where’s Walrus?

BEDTIME
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
Naaman and the Ark at Night
Tell Me the Day Backwards

BIOGRAPHY
Grandpa Green
Me…Jane
These Hands
Tia Isa Wants a Car

COMMUNITY
Blackout

COUNTING
Ten Little Caterpillars

FAMILY/HOME
Blackout
Grandpa Green
Little Treasures: Endearments from Around the World
Little White Rabbit
A New Year’s Reunion: A Chinese Story
Over and Under the Snow
Prudence Wants a Pet
Tales for Picky Eaters
Tell Me the Day Backwards
These Hands

FANTASY
King Jack and the Dragon
Stars
Tales for Picky Eaters

FOLKTALES/FABLES
The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred
Mouse & Lion
Naamah and the Ark at Night

FRIENDSHIP
I Broke My Trunk
Should I Share My Ice Cream?

LANGUAGE—IDIOMS
Little Treasures: Endearments from Around the World
LANGUAGE—OPPOSITES
Dot

LIFE TRANSITIONS/CHANGE/DEATH/DYING
Grandpa Green
Harry and Hopper
Who Has What? All About Girls’ Bodies and Boys’ Bodies

MULTICULTURAL/DIVERSITY
The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred
Chirchir Is Singing
Naamah and the Ark at Night
A New Year’s Reunion: A Chinese Story
Tia Isa Wants a Car

NATURE
All the Water in the World
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?
Over and Under the Snow
Stars
Ten Little Caterpillars
Who Has What? All About Girls’ Bodies and Boys’ Bodies

SEASONS
Little White Rabbit

1 comment:

Tina Cho said...

Thanks for sharing your wisdom by analyzing these notable books!