A handbook for defending challenged young adult books that features profiles with plot summaries, published reviews, information on awards and prizes, and more.
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.
Inspired by the idea of empowering girls around the world to demand their right to education, one girl lights a small spark which catches fire and eventually lights up the whole world.
A little girl who is reading the best book ever gets continually interrupted during exciting parts of the story by an adventurous pirate captain and a performing penguin who do not quite realize how much fun reading can be.
a readers' advisory and collection development guide
Fraser, Elizabeth
2020
"Covering over 500 titles, both classics and newer publications, this book describes what titles are about and why teens would want to read them"--Provided by publisher.
