Research Guides: Education: Curriculum Materials/Children's Literature

Curriculum Materials/Children's Literature

Curriculum Materials Center

The Curriculum Materials Center (CMC) supports teacher education students in field experiences and coursework related to teaching methodologies and children’s/young adult literature. The CMC collections include instructional materials, professional teaching resources, NC state-adopted textbooks, big books, and children's and young adult literature.

Please contact Beth McDonough, Research and Instruction Librarian/Education Liaison for consultation, class projects, lesson planning, or tours of the CMC.

Find Curriculum Materials and Childrens Literature

Use this search box to quickly search for children's literature, professional teaching books, and curriculum materials from the WCU Curriculum Materials Center and the ASU Instructional Materials Center.

Jump to the full catalog

The CMC is composed of several collections:

CMC Pro -- Professional Teaching Books (Reading, Mathematics, Classroom Management, Art Projects, etc.)
CMC -- North Carolina State-Adopted Textbooks by Grade and Subject and Sample Curricula
CMC ER -- Leveled Easy Readers
CMC PIC -- Fiction Picture Books
CMC FIC -- Fiction Chapter Books
CMC Children's -- Nonfiction, Poetry, Fairy and Folktales, Counting, and Alphabet Books
CMC Closet -- Puppets, Kits, Math Manipulatives, Storytelling Props, Puzzles, and Games

North Carolina State Adopted Textbooks

The following is a new list of North Carolina Adopted Textbooks.

Use Novelist K-8 to Find Children's Books

Novelist K-8 is a great tool to locate books for use with children in grades K-8. Books are searchable by author, title, series name, Lexile level (reading level), and plot (including character, topic, time period, and setting). Searches will retrieve descriptions, book reviews, discussion guides, and feature articles related to books of interest. It includes lists of award-winning fiction, book lists arranged by genre and subgenre, feature articles, thematic units, teacher resources, and more.

TeachingBooks.net : Multimedia Materials for Teaching Children's Literature

Teaching Books
Features original streaming children’s and young adult author videos and audiobook excerpts, and guides to thousands of titles. Browse by grade level, subject, or genre. Additional content includes booklists, Common Core literacy connections, award lists, curricular applications, and more.