Best Books for Children Supplement to the Seventh Edition

by Barr, Catherine

• ISBN13: 9781591580829
• ISBN10: 159158082X
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-30
• Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc

Summary

The latest addition to the Best Books family, this all-new guide updates the popular and critically acclaimed Best Books for Children, Seventh Edition. This thematic work is a state-of-the-art reading guide and selection tool for children's literature, enabling you to thoroughly evaluate your children's literature collection and create theme-based and genre-oriented reading lists for curriculum-related and recreational reading. The entries cover more than 6,000 titles published from 2001 to 2003, most of which have been recommended in at least two sources, and provide annotations with succinct plot summaries as well as ISBNs, book length, price, reading level, and review citations. Award-winning and series titles are noted as well. This guide is an invaluable resource for anyone working with children or children's literature.

Author Biography

JOHN T. GILLESPIE, former Dean and Instructor of Library Science, Long Island University, New York, has authored numerous books in the areas of Libray management, school libraries, and children's and young adult literature.CATHERINE BARR Editor of such best-selling titles as Reading in Series, From Biography to History, and High-Low Handbook, is a freelance writer and publishing consultant based in Milford, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Major Subjects Arranged Alphabetically

Preface

Literature

Biography

The Arts and Language

History and Geography

Social Institutions and Issues

Personal Development

Physical and Applied Sciences

Recreation

Author/Illustrator Index

Title Index

Subject/Grade Level Index

About the Authors