What Makes Books Wonderful and How to Say So.

Salvadore, Maria B.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1987

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What Makes Books Wonderful and How to Say So.

Salvadore, Maria B.; And Others

Top of the News, v43 n4 p355,357-59,361-65,367-71 Sum 1987

Speeches given at the 1986 ALSC (Association for Library Services to Children) Charlemae Rollins President's Program on the nature of productive analysis of children's books are presented in three articles. The need to select books that are challenging and exciting to read is discussed, and literary and extraliterary criteria for evaluating books are identified. (CLB)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Evaluation Criteria, Library Material Selection, Literary Criticism, Reading Attitudes, Reading Material Selection, Values Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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