This book makes it easier for you to find the best in children's literature, and it offers concrete, classroom-tested ideas for presenting them to students in irresistible ways. In addition, there are tips on booktalking, formats for particular booktalks, and bibliographies at the end of each chapter that can be used for collection development. Appropriate grade levels for each book are cited. Library Media Specialists will find this guide essential. The thematic approach helps teachers search for titles that correlate to curriculum areas or specific units of study.
Parents can use the book with their children as a reading selection tool.
Anyone who works with young readers will find fresh ways to entice even the most reluctant readers into reading nonfiction. Black and white reproductions of many book covers are included. Kathleen A. Baxter is Supervisor of Youth Services, Anoka County Library, Blaine, Minnesota. Marcia Agness Kochel is School Library Media Specialist, Broadview and Fairview Elementary Schools, Bloomington, Indiana. November 1999 xviii, 301p.