children's literature, american

"This complete guide to Newbery and Caldecott Medal and Honor Books presents the most distinguished contributions to American children's literature over the past ninety-plus years"--.

"The book expands [on the first edition] . . . to include more titles and more genres (such as graphic novels and nonfiction)"--Provided by publisher.

"An anthology featuring over thirty Black authors and illustrators to honor Black life past, present, and future"--Provided by publisher.

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.

Shares the author's choice of writing for children instead of adults, including a collection of her essays and speeches.

A guide for parents, teachers, and librarians on the beat books for encouraging children to read.

Contains twenty-one educational activities that use the Internet to teach children in grades four through eight about Newbery Award-winning books.

Provides annotations of all the Newbery and Caldecott award books, cited for excellence in children's literature and illustration from 1922 to 1998.

"[This book theorizes] children's nonfiction as nonfictionfrom a literary perspective. [It also] explains how the genre speaks in unique ways to its young readers and how it invites them to the project of understanding. At the same time, it . . . lays out a series of techniques for analysis, which it then applies and nuances through extensive close readings and case studies of books published"--Provided by publisher.