James S Jacobs
Teacher Education, Department of
Education, David O. McKay School of
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Office: 201-L MCKB
Phone: 801-422-4889
Email: jim_jacobs@byu.edu

Area of Discipline / Professional Expertise

• Children's literature

Research

• Lloyd Alexander
• Use of children''''s books in teaching and learning

Education

• 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

Affiliations

• Elementary Education - Primary

Selected Publications

• "Children's Literature Database", Tunnell, Michael O. and James S. Jacobs, May, 2008  View Abstract
• "Children's Literature, Briefly", Tunnell, Michael O. and james S. Jacobs, Edition 4th, Merrill/Prentice Hall, May, 2008 
• "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 

Experience

• 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 New Zealand, Brigham Young University, 2009
• Director, Study Abroad in New Zealand, Brigham Young University, 2005

Professional

• Director, Study Abroad in Vienna, Austria, Brigham Young University, 2008
• Director. Study Abroad in Vienna, Austria, Brigham Young Unviersity, 2006

Languages

• Italian
• German