Suggests guidelines for selecting African American children's literature of high literary and artistic qualities for grades K-3. Presents guidelines for all teachers, whether they have African American children in their classrooms or not. Provides a list of 27 selected recent books with an African American context that meet the same criteria for…

Investigates the nature and range of materials available through school book clubs in the United States. Finds that the clubs offered a wide range of books that extend beyond contemporary realistic fiction. (SR)

Teachers can teach about justice and caring across the curriculum without being didactic or moralistic. Multicultural literature can help students develop empathy and appreciation for others, think critically about society, and become motivated to change the status quo. This article outlines book selection criteria; provides a thematic, annotated…

Focuses on the work of Mem Fox. Explores Fox's life in order to better understand her work; examines books she has written for teachers and for parents; and reviews her children's books, emphasizing children's and teachers comments. Looks at best-loved books, bedtime books, predictable books for early readers, books that play with language, and…

Provides brief annotations of the 1999 Young Adults Choices List for 1999: 30 trade books for young adults published in 1997 that were chosen by secondary school students in 5 different regions in the United States as their favorites. (SR)

Little research has focused on what factors undergraduate students consider when selecting books at academic libraries. In order to better understand student book choices at Niagara University Library, we chose 11 sets of two books with the same LC subject headings but with other differences and asked students to select one book over another.…

Few children possess the knowledge and experience to identify the best books from the numbers that flood the market, so it is wise for authors, publishers, librarians, teachers, and parents to be aware of any body of informed critical opinion regarding excellence in books for children. The contribution of the conscientious critic is as valuable to…

Looks at six award-winning citations or medals received by authors because children have selected them. (TO)

Presents an annotated list of representative examples of Australian children's trade books. (TO)

THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ARE DISCUSSED IN ORDER TO ALERT TEACHERS TO THE NECESSITY OF PERSONALLY SELECTING BOOKS WHICH WILL CREATE STIMULATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND MEET THE BASIC NEEDS OF PRESENT-DAY YOUTH--(1) WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTING BOOKS. (2) WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO SELECT THEM. (3) HOW CAN READERS PUT KNOWLEDGE INTO ACTION. (4) HOW…

Individualized reading is the attempted match between the competence of the reader and the readability level of the text. This booklet, to be used as a guideline for selecting the appropriate books for each child, contains a detailed discussion of individualized reading, an explanation of individualized reading stages, criteria for selecting…

In order to learn who determines what is available for children to read, in addition to textbooks, a study was conducted in which authors, book editors, public librarians, school librarians, teachers, parents, and children were interviewed. This booklet contains the results of the interviews and presents the author's overall conclusions, including…

Bibliotherapy, identifying with a storybook character, is one of the best ways for a child to gain insight into himself and to have a better understanding of himself and others. To begin this technique, it is necessary for the teacher to become well-acquainted with children's books so that he may be able to give capsule summaries of appropriate…

Through a systematic acquisition policy, the library (1) supports the objectives of the college, the course content of the curricula, and the faculty's teaching methods; (2) provides intellectual and cultural fare for faculty, students, and community; (3) instructs and encourages students in library use. It tries to supply material on all subjects…

The books selected for this bibliography were measured against commonly accepted literary standards. Fiction was considered in terms of important themes: substantial plots, effective style, valid management of time and place settings, and believable characters whose personalities hold significance for children from preschoolers to 14-year-olds.…