children's literature

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.

Discusses the ways that boys read, suggests ways to encourage boys to be readers, and recommends both fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats and genres that will appeal to emerging, developing, and maturing male readers.

An illustrated collection of spooky stories, poems, and riddles including a humorous array of ghosts, monsters, ghouls, and witches.

Provides an annotated list of nonfiction books on a variety of topics such as adoption, ballet, fire fighting, and mummies for readers in preschool through junior high school. Includes tips for book activities and reading programs.

A collection of stories, songs, poems, and illustrations by celebrities that deal with such themes as family, friendship, love, thankfulness, and generosity, as well as their opposites. Includes a CD containing songs performed by Sheryl Crow and Uncle Kracker and a story read by Billy Crystal.

Surveys the wars and military operations that have involved the United States, from the Revolutionary War through the Persian Gulf War.