Recommends bibliotherapy as a way in which school media specialists can help children become more independent and more socially and emotionally mature. Situations for which bibliotherapy is appropriate and the importance of discussions and other follow-up activities are covered. (8 references) (MES)

If the textbook and material selection process is to be adequately supported in school budgets, curriculum directors, teachers, and administrators must be able to defend their requests with high-quality information. This article offers nine suggestions to help build a leadership structure and a database for making appropriate textbook selections.…

Suggestions, directed for parents, are presented for evaluating science books and magazines for children. A brief annotated bibliography of several science periodicals is included. (CB)

Discusses the element of risk in buying and recommending children's books for others to buy. Argues that adults should be willing to take that risk. (FL)

Provides an annotated bibliography of texts, periodicals, and tradebooks that focus on adolescent literature. (HOD)

A children's poet offers suggestions to overcome the reluctance to read poetry, teach the difference between poetry and prose, help children follow their natural instincts, enjoy poetry, and share it with others. (MT)

Provides an instrument (informal inventory) that was developed for teachers to assess their knowledge of children's books. (An answer key and suggestions for maintenance appear at the conclusion of the inventory.) (HOD)

Lists titles, authors, and publishers of books selected by an NCTE team as appropriate for literature-based reading programs. The titles are divided into primary, intermediate, and advanced levels. (HTH)

In the first manuscript, preference and interest studies are examined for the purpose of determining the issues involved in guiding educational professionals in the selection of books for free reading in the classroom and the library. Studies which examined books that children actually read rather than studies investigating topics children might…

Employing a metaphor of romantic relationship (e.g., monographic selections are like one-night stands; periodical selections are more like marriages), this paper assists the librarian in the selection of monographic periodicals for library music collections. It recommends finding existing titles through advertisements in other similar periodicals.…

This Digest provides an overview of children's online magazines, also known as e-zines. It begins with a brief review of factors that contribute to the popularity of these publications, followed by a list of criteria for selecting high-quality online magazines for children. Samples of high-quality children's e-zines are also included in this…

Noting that nonfiction literature for children came of age in the 1990s, this book is a comprehensive tool for K-8 teachers, librarians, and students to use in learning to make good decisions about the quality of nonfiction titles. Each chapter in the book describes a specific aspect of the complexity found in nonfiction literature: the various…

The assumption that book title choices can be used for identification of pupil interests is supported. (RB)