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Book Selection Aids
A to Zoo : Subject to Children’s Picture Books,
6th ed., compiled by Carolyn Lima. Westport, CT: Bowker-Greenwood,
2001. A guide to nearly 23,000 children’s picture book, titles
grouped in over 1,200 subjects and indexed by authors, title, and
illustrator.
Best Books for Children : Preschool Through Grade 6. 7th
ed., edited by John T. Gillespie. Westport, CT : Bowker-Greenwood,
2002. Briefly profiles more than 20,000 highly recommended, recently
published children’s books for grades pre-K through 6, providing
annotations, book lengths and prices, ISBNs, and review sources.
Beyond Picture Books : A Guide to First Readers, 2nd ed.
by Barbara Barstow and Judith Riggle. New Providence, NJ : R.R.
Bowker, 1995. Profiles 2,500 fiction and nonfiction primary readers
published since 1990, representing a wide range of subjects including
animals, holidays, American history, and weather.
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s
Books. Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker. New York : John Wiley,
1998. An annotated guide to more than five hundred books written
for African-American children; includes information on each book’s
title, age level, topic, author, and illustrator.
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s
Books About Boys. Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker. New York
: John Wiley, 2001. Presents descriptions of more than 350 recommended
books for African-American boys, grouped by age level, with title,
topic, author, and illustrator indexes; and includes comments from
a wide range of readers about their favorite books.
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s
Books About Girls. Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker. New York
: John Wiley, 2001. An annotated guide to 360 books with young African
American girl protagonists, for preschoolers through eighth graders;
provides each book’s reading age level, publisher, and publication
date, and an evaluative summary.
Black Books Galore! Guide to More Great African American Children’s
Books. Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker. New York : John Wiley,
2001. Profiles more than four hundred children’s books starring
African-Americans.
Career Exploration Through Children’s Literature: A 6-8
Correlation to the National Career Development Guidelines.
Alice K. Flanagan. Chicago, IL : Ferguson Pub., 2000. Contains five
teaching units and an annotated bibliography of over one thousand
contemporary children’s books educators may use to develop
career awareness in sixth through eighth grade students.
Children’s Books In Print 2004: An Author, Title, and
Illustrators Index to Books for Children and Young Adults.
New Providence, NJ : R.R. Bowker, 2003. Presents an alphabetically
arranged listing of children’s books in print, featuring authors
and illustrators indexes, a title index, contact information for
all publishers listed in bibliographic entries, and a listing of
wholesalers and distributors.
Children’s Book Review Index, Volume 26, 2000. Edited
by Charles B. Montney. Detroit, MI : Gale, 2001. A master key to
more than 29,000 reviews of approximately 11,000 children’s
books and periodicals, as well as selected audio books and electronic
mdia, that appeared in the “Book Review Index.”
Connecting Cultures: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for
Children. Rebecca L. Thomas. New Providence, NJ : R.R. Bowker,
1996. An annotated listing of 1,637 multicultural fiction, folklore,
poetry, and song books suitable for use with children from preschool
through sixth grade, each including bibliographic information, use
level, cultural/regional designation, a summary, and subject headings.
Organized alphabetically by author’s surname.
Elementary Career Awareness Through Children’s Literature:
A K-2 Correalation to the National Career Development Guidelines.
Alice K. Flanagan. Chicago, IL : Ferguson Pub., 1999. Contains
five teaching units and an annotated bibliography of contemporary
children’s books educators may use to develop career awareness
in kindergarten through second grade students.
Elementary Career Awareness Through Children’s Literature:
A 3-5 Correalation to the National Career Development Guidelines.
Alice K. Flanagan. Chicago, IL : Ferguson Pub., 1999. Contains five
teaching units and an annotated bibliography of over one thousand
contemporary children’s books educators may use to develop
career awareness in third through fifth grade students.
From Biography to History: Best Books for Children’s
Entertainment and Education. Edited by Catherine Barr. New
Providence, NJ : R.R. Bowker, 1998. Presents an annotated listing
of recommended biographies and related books for approximately three
hundred men and women of historical significance, selected especially
for students in grades third through nine; and includes author,
title, and subject indexes.
Lesbian and Gay Voices: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide
to Literature for Children and Young Adults. Frances Ann Day.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000. An annotated bibliography
of over 275 recommended books for children and young adults that
feature major and minor lesbian and gay characters.
Our Family, Our Friends, Our World: An Annotated Guide to Significant
Multicultural Books for Children and Teenagers. Lyn Miller-Lachmann.
New Providence, NJ : R.R. Bowker, 1992. An annotated list of 1970-1990
multicultural books for elementary, middle, and high school students.
Primaryplots 2: A Book Talk Guide for Use With Readers Ages
4-8. Rebecca L. Thomas. New Providence, NJ : R.R. Bowker, 1993.
A guide for book talks, story programs, and reading guidance, providing
librarians and teachers with picture books that interest children.
The Read-Aloud Handbook, 5th ed. Jim Trelease, Penguin
Books, 2001. Presents evidence in support of reading aloud to children,
and features an annotated listing of recommended read-aloud books,
including worless, predictable, reference, and picture books, short
and full-length novels, poetry, anthologies, and fairy and folk
tales.
Spirited Minds: African American Books for Our Sons and Our
Brothers. Edited by Archie Givens, New York : W.W. Norton,
1997. Contains descriptions of over one hundred books that tell
stories about the lives of African-American boys and men, covering
the categories of biography, drama, fiction, history, and poetry,
and including reading level information.
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Periodicals for Book Reviews
Book Links : Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms.
Judy O’Malley, editor. American Library Association, published
six times a year. Feature articles, book lists, interviews with
authors and illustrators, teaching guides, and theme-related bibliographies
make this journal a central part of a teacher’s resources.
http://www.ala.org/BookLinks/
Booklist (American Library Assocation)
Librarian’s leading choice for reviews of the latest books
and electronic media.
http://www.ala.org/ala/booklist/booklist.htm
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. (September-July;
11/yr.) Each issue publishes the review of current books for children
and youth and provides concise summaries and critical evaluations.
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb
Horn Book Magazine. Published bi-monthly. Each issue contains
an extensive book review section of recommended new books and important,
provocative articles on current issues in children’s literature.
Columns cover a variety of topics, including audiobooks, CD-ROMS,
multicultural and international children’s literature, and
popular paperbacks.
http://www.hbook.com
Horn Book Guide. (Published two times per year) Publishes
concise and authoritative reviews of virtually every children's
and young adult hardcover published in the United States, more than
2,000 reviews in every issue.
http://www.hbook.com/guide.shtml
Kliatt (6/yr) Publishes reviews of paperback books, harcover,
fiction for adolescents, audiobooks, and educational software recommended
for libraries and classrooms serving young adults.
http://www.hometown.aol.com/Kliatt
MultiCultural Review is a quarterly journal for public
and school librarians, and educators and administrators at all levels.
Each issue includes dozens of reviews of new multicultural materials:
books, audio, video, software, and instructional resources.
http://www.mcreview.com/
Publishers Weekly (Two special issues published in Fall
and Spring focus on Children’s Books.)
http://www.publishersweekly.com
Riverbank Review of Books for Young Readers. Published
quarterly.(Discontinued - last issue: Summer 2003)
http://www.riverbankreview.com
School Library Journal
http://www.slj.com
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Resources for Dewey Decimal Classification
and Subject Headings
BOOKS
Abridged Dewey decimal classification and relative index.
Devised by Melvil Dewey. Dublin, Ohio : OCLC Online Computer Library
Center, 2004. 14th edition.
Sears list of subject headings. Edited by Joseph Miller.
New York : H.W. Wilson, 2004. 18th edition.
Subject heading for children : a list of subject heading used
by the Library of Congress with abridged Dewey numbers added.
Edited by Lois Winkel. Albany, NY : Forest Press, 1998. (2 volumes:
1. List of heading; 2. Keyword index)
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