Area of Discipline / Professional Expertise
- Children's literature
- Lloyd Alexander
- Use of children''''s books in teaching and learning
- Ed.D., Language Education and Children's Literature, University of Georgia, 1978
- M.A.T, English Education, Stanford University, 1970
- B.A., English, American, and Comparative Literature, University of Utah, 1968
- Elementary Education - Primary
- "From Peasant to Princess: A Standards Conversion Story with a Twist", Children's Literature in Education, Grover, Jeanette M, Eula Ewing Monroe, and James S. Jacobs, Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 71-86, March, 2007
- "The Remarkable Journey of Lloyd Alexander", School Library Journal, Tunnell, Michael O. and James S. Jacobs, Pages 64-65, July, 2007
- "A Most Valuable Player: The Place of Books in Teaching Children to Read", Canadian Children, Bryan, Gregory, Michael O. Tunnell, and James S. Jacobs, Volume 32, Issue 2, Pages 25-33, October, 2007
- "Lloyd Alexander", Book Links, Jacobs, James S., Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 38-39, American Library Association, Chicago, IL, July, 2006
- "15 Favorite Fantasy Classics", Book Links, Jacobs, James S., Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 9-11, American Library Association, Chicago, IL, July, 2006
- "2006 U.S. Children's Litearture Award Winners", The Reading Teacher, Jacobs, James S., Judith Mitchell, and Nancy Livingston, Volume 60, Issue 4, Pages 386-396, International Reading Association, December, 2006
- "From Peasant to Princess: A Standards Conversion Story with a Twist", Children's Literature in Education, Grover, Jeanette M, Eula Ewing Monroe, and James S. Jacobs, Volume Electronic journal, Pages 16 total, October, 2006
- "2005 U.S. Children's Literature Award Winners", The Reading Teacher, judith Mitchell, JAMES S, JACOBS, and Nancy Livingston, Volume 59, Issue 4, Pages 400-408, December, 2005
- "Series Fiction and Young Readers", Booklist, Michael O. Tunnell and JAMES S. JACOBS, Volume 102, Issue 2, Pages 64-65, September, 2005
- "Children's Literature Database. 3rd ed.", Michael O. Tunnell, JAMES S. JACOBS, 2005
- "Winners of 2004 National Children's Literature Awards", The Reading Teacher, JAMES S. JACOBS, Nancy Livingston, Judith Mitchell, December, 2004
- "Children's literature briefly", Michael O. Tunnell, Volume 3, Merrill/Prentice Hall, Saddle River, New Jersey, 2004
- "Children's literature: engaging teachers and children in good books", D. Darigan, M. Tunnell, Merrill/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2002
- "Making informed choices: Selecting children's trade books for mathematics instruction", Teaching Children Mathematics, S. Hellwig, E. Monroe, Issue 7, Pages 138-143, 2000
- "Dance and its extention into children's literature", Proceedings of Dance and the Child International, M. Berrett, Pages 43-48, 2000
- "Lucrative literature", Dance Teacher, M. Berrett, Pages 80-82, 2000
- "Reading aloud to students: A national probability study of classroom reading practices of elementary school teachers", Reading Psychology, T. Morrison, W. Swinyard, Issue 21, Pages 171-193, 2000
- "An interview with Madeline L'Engle" in "Affirmations: Selections from literature and belief", J. Fox, Brigham Young University Press, Provo, 2000
- "Children's literature, briefly", M. Tunnell, Edition 2, Merrill/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2000
- Director, Study Abroad in Vienna, Austria, Brigham Young University, 2002
- Director, Study Abroad in Vienna, Austria, for Brigham Young University, 2000
- Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Brigham Young University, 1996
- Member, Board of Directors, Children's Literature for Children, Atlanta, Georgia, 1985
Teaching
- Director, Study Abroad in Auckland, New Zealand, 2005
Professional
- Director. Study Abroad in Vienna, Austria, Brigham Young Unviersity, 2006
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