children's literature, english

An illustrated, alphabetically arranged reference guide to children's and young adult books, focusing on those written since World War II, with over 800 entries that include biographies of creators, overviews of history, issues, and genres, and essays by authors and artists.

Collects more than two hundred works of children's literature spanning the seventeenth through the twentieth century, including alphabets, primers and readers, fairy tales, animal fables, classical myths, legends, picture books, comics, plays, books of instruction, life writing, domestic fiction, verse, and Judeo-Christian, fantasy, science fiction, adventure, and school stories; and provides genre, author, and piece introductions.

Assists in discovering what a child is interested in, then finding books the child would like, and last helping the child develop good reading habits so that continual progress is made.

Offers advice on how to choose books for children, and features essays about various genres of children's books, each followed by an annotated bibliography of recommended titles.

Presents the annotated text of "Alice in Wonderland," the story of a little girl who falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters; and includes background information, as well as seven critical essays.

Annotated bibliography of children's picture books that are multicultural.

Presents a listing of over 11,000 fiction and non-fiction books, for teens in grades seven-through-ten, that have been favorably reviewed by leading review sources, each with a brief summary; covering sixty-eight major subject areas.

Presents a guide to nearly 27,000 children's picture book titles grouped in over 1,200 subjects and indexed by author, title, and illustrator.