Choosing books for children
Subtitle: a commonsense guide
By: Betsy Hearne ; with Deborah Stevenson.
Contributors: Stevenson, Deborah.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Children -- Books and reading -- United States; Children's literature, English -- Bibliography
Genres: Bibliography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Choosing books for children; title: First adventures with the picture book; title: Further adventures with the picture books; title: Jumping from picture books to older literature; title: Fiction for older children; title: Books for young adults; title: Poetry for children; title: Folklore for children; title: Factual books for children; title: Controversial children's books; title: Live classics; title: Tracking down good books; title: Afterword; title: Index.