books and reading

Offers twenty-six theme-based literature units for use in elementary classrooms--providing basic background information about each topic, providing a list of related themes, featuring suggestions for activities, and including annotated bibliographies.

Analyzes five children's books to see how they misrepresent Native peoples by constructing an image rather than a reality of Native life; looks at various picture books, adapted folktales, and novels to see how well they have retained cultural realities; features annotated reading lists; and examines the writing of Canadian Inuit author Michael Kusugak.

Provides 500 annotated descriptions of children's books, covering a range of topics and interests.

Annotated bibliography of survival theme books divided into three major categories: the individual, pairings and groupings, and views of the world.

A teacher's guide to literature circles, discussing what they are, offering advice on how to start literature circles in primary through college classrooms, and providing information on management problems, variations, and relating the reading groups to other areas of study.

Contains biographical-critical profiles of approximately nine hundred authors of young adult literature, and includes some ninety-five articles on topics related to the genre; arranged alphabetically, with photographs and a listing of young adult book awards.

Offers librarians tips and instructions for setting up library programs geared towards young adults.

Presents summaries of eighty-one fiction and nonfiction titles.

Comprehensive and leveled lists and guides for children's trade books.

Comprehensive and leveled lists and guides for children's trade books.