book selection

"Literacy advocates Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp follow the lifecycle of Sharp's classroom library across the year, showing us practical ways to support young reader--from weeding the collection before kids arrive and to matching them with books they want to read, to evaluating and supporting their growth as they become increasingly independent readers"--OCLC.

"How to flexibly organize school book rooms in service of instruction-aligned classroom libraries"--.

Contains an annotated listing of eight hundred book series for children in kindergarten through eighth grade, each identifying the author, publisher, grade level, and genre, and including a description of the characters, plots, and themes, as well as a list of titles in the series.

Presents a comprehensive fiction resource guide for middle and high school readers covering over eight hundred series along with annotations, character lists, grade levels, genre, and more.

From the time of Plato, through the introduction of the printing press, Victorian morality, and the burning of the books in Nazi Germany, to the Family Friendly Libraries movement, faith, politics, and fear seem to have permeated the right to free expression.

Designed to serve as a practical, usable aid to locating children's books that illustrate reading, language, and literary instructional concepts ... in both traditional and holistic programs--Preface.

A guide to selecting books for an elementary school that provides expert advice and resources designed to help educators choose from a wide variety of literature.

Offers public and school librarians effective strategies for building and promoting graphic novel collections that meet the needs of students.

Contains a comprehensive guide to collecting and using graphic novels and includes lesson plans and illustrated pages from popular novels.