Audiobooks are excellent tools to help students build literacy skills as well as improve listening, writing, and vocabulary competencies. In many shared or independent reading situations, audiobooks offer support to reluctant and struggling readers, special-needs students, and English-language learners. They are also embraced by voracious readers.…

This brief resource list of books and articles on early adolescent physical, social, and intellectual development mentions materials relating to psychology, religion, employment, and parent participation. (BJD)

Books for preteens that deal with the issues of peer acceptance and the feeling of belonging are listed. (DF)

The authors review some of the recent adolescent literature. They present a list of adolescent books that practitioners may want to recommend for leisure reading. (CH)

The first of two bibliographies describes 20 children's books about Mexican Americans; the history, government, people and economics of Central and South American countries; the artists, food and government of Spain; and legends from Nicaragua, Mexico and Puerto Rico. The second identifies 21 books for young Spanish speaking children and children…

Provides a comprehensive picture of current Holocaust literature, largely for readers age 10 and older. Describes books that look at individual responsibility, group responsibility, non-Jewish perspectives, and Jewish resistance and survivors' stories. Explores nonfiction works for varying ages, and closes with a special book that takes the form…

Discusses seven recently published novels set in the Middle Ages that feature strong female protagonists. Examines the authenticity of female role, voice, and power in these books, finding that for the most part their young woman protagonists hold roles that are suitable and realistic for their time and social class. (SR)

This bibliographic essay cites fiction titles for adolescents in grades seven through 12 on a wide range of subjects and reading levels. Suggestions for preparing booktalks to promote current books, introductions and summaries to be used for particular titles, and the effectiveness of booktalks are highlighted. (EJS)

This 35-item annotated bibliography presents a selective list of historical literature for children and adolescents which addresses issues surrounding the Second World War that hold interest for both personal and curricular inquiry. Publisher, publication date, price, and recommended grade level are included. (EJS)

Discusses literature for transitional readers (8 to 11 year olds who can read fairly lengthy stories independently, but need to sharpen and extend reading comprehension and critical thinking skills). Outlines developmental characteristics of these readers, and characteristics of the literature they tend to favor. Includes references to 73…

Presents a bibliography of books recently published in Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Peru for Spanish-speaking children and young adults. The books are grouped by the following levels: (1) preschool and primary grades; (2) grades 3 to 6; (3) junior high and up; and (4) young adult. (SED)

This bibliography of selected fiction books is designed to reinforce creative growth, expand experience, and promote understanding and personal development for visually or physically disabled students between grade 4 and grade 6. All the books listed are available on disc, on cassette, or in braille in network library collections provided by the…

Noting that many kids' and teens' magazines are not available at newsstands or bookstores, this book describes and provides ordering information for more than 200 such magazines. The magazines described cover almost every conceivable interest of children and teens in the United States and in many other countries. After a foreword by Jim Trelease…

Addressing the effects of rapidly escalating divorce rates on children, this 86-item annotated bibliography looks at using bibliotherapy individually, in designated groups, or for whole classes as a means of providing support and growth for preadolescents. Topics and specific problems addressed by the entries in the annotated bibliography include:…

This resource guide lists books, records, and films that provide a realistic and wholesome depiction of what it means to be a black girl or woman. Organized according to medium and appropriate age ranges, it includes a brief annotation for each item. Suggestions for use of the guide are provided, as are the following criteria for selecting…