junior high school libraries

Presents a list of over ten thousand fiction and nonfiction titles of young adult and children's literature.

Contains 150 primary source Internet sites that can be used to create technologically advanced, resource-based instructional units in American and World History in grades 7-12.

Enhance your historical fiction collection - and its popularity with readers and value in the classroom - with this wide-ranging guide. After discussion of various aspects of the genre (its importance, history, criteria for evaluation, and methods of presentation), the author takes an in-depth look at 80 of the best historical fiction novels published for this age group in the last 10 to 15 years. For each title there is a brief introduction discussing setting, historical background, and point of view; a list of characters; a detailed plot summary; and ways to introduce the book to students, including important passages for reading or retelling. This versatile tool, written by a recognized expert in children's literature, can be used for readers' advisory, curricular support, title selection, and collection development.

Arranged thematically, offers state-of-the-art reading guide and selection tool for teen reading material, both fiction and nonfiction.

Lessons for teaching library media skills incorporating junior high and middle school subjects.

Contains nineteen lessons and forty-five worksheets for teaching junior high school students library skills, including how to use card and computer catalogs, reference texts, and a vertical file.

A selection guide to help librarians, teachers, and patrons identify the best of the many books published each year for readers in middle school and junior high.