Twelve books are recommended for use with gifted children to attract their love for learning, adventure, and fantasy. Brief reviews and illustrations describe recent books in such subjects as architecture, authorship, creative writing, language, art, and parody. (DB)

Annotates 112 children's books selected by children as the best of those published in 1989. (MM)

Notes the popularity of adolescent romances. Describes objections to romance novels. Discusses six teen novels which can function as transitional novels, connecting adolescents' ability to read and their interest in romance with books that provide a broader reading perspective. (SR)

Discusses Janice A. Radway's "Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy and Popular Literature." Argues that reading educators should consider a more general premise embodied in the book: in order to understand the appeal (or lack of it) of certain books, then educators first need to understand what the books are for the students who read them. (RS)

Reviews 11 books that were selected by teenagers as their favorites. Notes that most of the titles selected represent rite-of-passage stories about young women. States that all of the books are well within the interests and reading abilities of junior high and early senior high school students. (PRA)

Presents brief annotations of the 31 books chosen most often by middle, junior, and senior high school students. Notes that problem novels abound and that romantic fiction, sports, fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, and nonfiction are included. (RS)

Annotates 29 fiction and nonfiction tradebooks chosen by middle, junior, and senior high school students' votes. (RS)

Reviews 33 children's books which stimulate beginning readers. Divides the books into four categories: books that bridge between oral and written language, predictable books, easy-to-read books, and books of special interest to young children. (MG)

Argues that guided reading and discussion of good young-adult literature should be part of English/Language Arts, guidance, and interdisciplinary programs for gifted as well as typical teens. Recommends and describes a list of applicable books. (KEH)

This book was written to help teachers, librarians, and anyone else working with young people find books of fiction in a particular genre that will interest their readers. The books reviewed represent the best and the most popular children's fiction published in the United States since 1990. Titles included will appeal to children who like fiction…

Reviews 7 picture books and 15 chapter books that should appeal to readers in the intermediate grades. Discusses how the skills and interests of readers of this age are changing. (MG)

Advocates the rights of early adolescents to (1) information they need on subjects such as AIDS, drugs, and reproduction; (2) information on topics they enjoy which may not be grounded in a school's curriculum; and (3) a sense of history. Seventeen recommended books are described in this context. (MES)

Seventeen prominent educators recommend favorite works they think all teachers should read, explaining why. The books range from science fiction to morality to Ghandi. Several are newly published, some are classics. The article concludes with a list of the recommended titles, including publishers, suggested list prices, and phone numbers for…

Suggests authors, titles, and resources in the area of Christian fiction to assist librarians in the selection of adult, young adult, and children's materials. A list of Christian fiction book publishers and journal sources that review these works is appended. (21 references) (MES)

States that the Carter G. Woodson Book Award was established to encourage the writing, publishing, and dissemination of outstanding social science books that treat ethnic minority and race relation issues sensitively and accurately. Presents an annotated bibliography of the 12 award-winning books for 1992-93. (CFR)