children's literature

Contains over 1,500 entries for childrens' video, audio, and other media reviewed by ALA librarians.

An annotated listing of nearly 2,000 books of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama published in the last five years; arranged topically under categories ranging from Abuse to Trivia; and recommended for junior high and middle school students.

Profiles fifty novels for grades 4-8 that present character traits worth emulating. Each profile discusses a novel's awards, characters, setting, plot, and vocabulary; presents discussion questions and project ideas; and provides information about the author, as well as comments from the author on the novel.

An annotated booklist of recently published fiction and nonfiction for middle school and junior high students, arranged alphabetically by author under broad topical categories.

An annotated bibliography listing current favorites and standard classics in children's literature.

Provides assistance for elementary teachers in planning integrated units of study involving history, featuring summaries of fiction titles, with discussion starters and multidisciplinary activities; bridge and poetry titles; and nonfiction titles related to events in the 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, and 1900s.

An annotated list of: 1,800 fiction and non-fiction recommended titles.

Provides headings for topics, literary and organizational forms, and names of individuals, corporate bodies, places, works, and so on, that might be needed to catalog a general collection used at least in part by children and readers or viewers interested in popular topics.

Contains an annotated booklist of 2500 new children's books selected by the Committee on the Elementary School Booklist of the National Council of Teachers of English.