Rosenblatt’s Transaction Theory of Reading and Writing
http://www.bsu.edu/classes/newbold/210/theory2.html
This website lays out Rosenblatt’s transactional theory of reading and writing and how it may help us to read and write.
Transactional Theory and the Teaching of Literature
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed284274.html
This article discusses the transactional theory and how it applies to literary criticism and the teaching of literature, and suggests a “reciprocal, mutually defining relationship” between the reader and the literary text.
Coretta Scott King Award
http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/
This award honors African American authors and illustrators for outstanding contributions to children’s and young adult literature that promote understanding
and appreciation of the culture and contribution of all people to the realization of the American Dream.
Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents.
http://www.csusm.edu/csb/intro_eng.html
Contains a searchable database of “more than 6,000 in print books that deserve to be read by Spanish-speaking children and adolescents (or those who wish to learn Spanish).” Headings and descriptions are bilingual.
Fry and Smog Readability Formulas
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/fry/fry.html
http://www.cdc.gov/od/ads/smog.htm
Descriptions and directions for two popular readability formulas.
