Evaluating Electronic Children's Literature

This is the accompanying web site for an independent project on On-line Literature for a course in Children's Literature at Tufts University. Given the subject matter, it seemed most appropriate to construct a venue for interactive examples. Most of the following are taken from the Internet Public Library not only because of the quality of the books, but also because of the welcome lack of commercialization of the site.

Key Elements of the Genre:

1. Access to peripheral information and use of interactive elements
   • Banph Adventures
   • Spectrum pages' Harry Potter Activities
   • Shakey Snake
2. Unique Possibilities for Visual Representations
   • Molly Whuppie
   • Mousie
   • The Fisherman's Wife
   • It's Magic!

Picture Storybooks

1. Text
   • Brandon's Cat
   • Up in the Sky
2. Visual Elements
   • Molly Whuppie
   • Brandon's Cat
3. Composition
   • Jimmy and the Golden Gate
   • Shakey Snake
4. Good Overall Design
   • Shakey Snake
   • June the Prune