This guide to picture books for preschool children to second graders remains the most comprehensive and versatile such information tool for librarians, teachers, and parents. . . . the single best reference resource for quick and comprehensive access to children's picture books by subject. It continues to support the varied programming, curricular, and entertainment needs of librarians, teachers, homeschoolers, and parents and should have a place in every public library.
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Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze.
Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras.
Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
The Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference series is designed to help users select and access the information sources for children's and young adult literature that best suit their and their patrons' information needs. Compiled by noted experts in the field of children's and young adult literature, these authoritative guides are intended to aid in collection development, reference, readers' advisory, and curriculum support. Distinguishing series features:
- Authority: authors in this series are noted experts in their fields.
- Selective coverage critically defined as best, or comprehensive coverage, of a given subject in children's/YA literature.
- Designed for practical use in library/educational settings
- User-friendly organization and layout
- Primarily designed for librarians and educators, this series contains individual titles that may also appeal to parents, scholars, and students of children's literature.