Gillespie, John Thomas

Supplies information about Newbery Award-winning authors and books, arranged chronologically from 1922 through 2001, and includes plot summaries, hints on how to introduce the books to young readers, and suggestions for related follow-up reading.

Briefly profiles more than twenty thousand highly recommended, recently published children's books for grades pre-K through 6, providing annotations, book lengths and prices, ISBNs, and review sources.

A guide to preparing book talks for young people, ages nine to sixteen. Presents plot analysis, thematic material, book talk material, and additional suggestions on a variety of titles for each of eight themes of goals of adolescent reading.

Profiles one hundred books for young adults, providing bibliographic information, age levels, plot summaries, commentary, further reading lists, and lists of passages for "booktalks.".

Presents a listing of over 11,000 fiction and non-fiction books, for teens in grades seven-through-ten, that have been favorably reviewed by leading review sources, each with a brief summary; covering sixty-eight major subject areas.