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Last Updated Oct 5, 2008 05:37 PM

FOR ASSISTANCE IN CHOOSING A CHILD'S BOOK

There are many people right in your community who can help you choose the right child books for children--librarians, booksellers, and teachers. There are also several books published in recent years that can help you make good choices. A short, and by no means comprehensive, selection of recent titles to help adults choose child books for children includes:

CHILDREN'S FICTION SOURCEBOOK by Margaret Hobson and Jennifer Madden (Vermont, 1995, Scholar Press, ISBN: 1-85928-083-8, 342 pages). This second edition fully updates all sections of the child book. There are 595 authors listed, selected for their importance, popularity, and availability. Author entries are arranged alphabetically, and the title, series, age group, and genre indexes should be of help to parents and educators alike. Hobson and Madden work in the child Book s + department of Kirklees Cultural Services.

CHOOSING BOOKS FOR CHILDREN: A COMMONSENSE GUIDE by Betsy Hearne (New York, 1990, Delacorte, ISBN: 0-385- 30084-0, 224 pages). This updated and expanded edition of the popular 1981 original offers information on how to choose appropriate child book s for every age level, from pre-school picture child book s to young adult fiction. More than 300 newly annotated selections are included. Hearne is Consulting Editor for The Bulletin of the Center for Children's child Book s.

COMICS TO CLASSICS: A GUIDE TO child BOOK S FOR TEENS AND PRETEENS by Arthea J. S. Reed (New York, 1994, Penguin Books, ISBN: 0-14-023712-7, 240 pages). First published in the U.S. by the International Reading Association in 1988, this completely updated and revised edition will help you find the right child book s for each child. Reed is Chair of the Department of Education at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and part of her philosophy is that reading helps adolescents to reduce the stress in their lives. With the aid of COMICS TO CLASSICS, the adults who care for them will be able to help the adolescents in their world channel that tension and energy into positive outlets.

KALEIDOSCOPE: A MULTICULTURAL child BOOK LIST FOR GRADES K-8 edited by Rudine Sims Bishop and the Multicultural child Book list Committee of the National Council of Teachers of English (Illinois, 1994, NCTE, ISBN: 0-8141-2543-3, 176 pages). This annotated child book list includes nearly 400 child book s published between 1990 and 1992 focusing on people of color, particularly African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. To highlight both commonalities and differences between cultures, child book s are grouped by theme rather than cultural group. Chapters are followed by detailed indexes. Rudine Sims Bishop is professor of education at the Ohio State University, where she teaches courses in children's literature.

MORE KIDS' FAVORITE child BOOK S a project sponsored by the Children's Book Council-International Reading Association Joint Committee (Delaware, 1995, IRA, ISBN: 0-87207-130-8, 126 pages). This annotated bibliography, a compilation of the annual "Children's Choices" lists from 1992-1994, consists of more than 300 child book s popular among children in grades pre-K to 8. child Book s are categorized by reading level; title, author, and illustrator indexes are included. An annual listing of "Children's Choices", new titles children through the U.S. have voted their favorites, may be obtained by sending a 9" inch x 12" inch self-addressed envelope with $1.01 postage affixed to: International Reading Association, P.O. Box 8139, Newark, DE 19714-8139.

THE NEW READ-ALOUD HANDBOOK by Jim Trelease (New York, 1995, Penguin child Book s, ISBN: 0-14-046971-0, 288 pages). In this fourth edition of his now classic and enormously popular child book, Trelease shows parents and teachers how to raise a reader and how it brings families closer together. Trelease is also the editor/author of two anthologies for children, and lectures extensively throughout the country.

T HE NEW YORK TIMES PARENT'S GUIDE TO THE BEST child BOOK S FOR CHILDREN by Eden Ross Lipson (New York, 1991, Times Books/Random House,ISBN: 0-8129-1889-4, 512 pages). In the original 1988 edition, Lipson, Children's child Book Editor of The New York Times, included annotations on nearly 1,000 titles appropriate for young children through young adults. The revised edition is even larger--over 1,700 titles--as well as better illustrated, and better indexed. Over 55 indexes make it easy to match the right child book to the right child, in this accessible, invaluable guide.

READ TO ME: RAISING KIDS WHO LOVE TO READ by Bernice E. Cullinan (New York, 1992, Scholastic Inc., ISBN: 0-590-45206-1, 152 pages). Dr. Cullinan interviewed real families to put together this helpful child book on what families can do to help their children discover the joys of reading. There are chapters on the meaning of language, ideas for getting started, and tips on what will interest preschoolers, middle readers, and young adults. A list of children's magazines and a child book list are included. Dr. Cullinan is Professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at New York University.

There are many publications which, though aimed primarily at teachers and librarians, can also be of help to parents in choosing a child's book. Among the noteworthy publications including informative reviews of children's and young adult books are: Book Links and Booklist, both published by the American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611; The Book Report, Linworth Publishing, Inc., 480 East Wilson Bridge Road, Suite L, Worthington, OH 43085-2372; The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, 51 Gerty Drive, Champaign, IL 61820:The Five Owls, 2004 Sheridan Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55405; The Horn Book Magazine, 11 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108; School Library Journal, 249 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011; and Voice of Youth Advocates, Scarecrow Press, 52 Liberty Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840. Please write to each directly for further information.

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