Best books for children : preschool through grade 6 / Catherine Barr and John T. Gillespie.
Material type: TextSeries: Children's and young adult literature reference seriesPublication details: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited/ABC-CLIO, c2010.Edition: 9th edDescription: xv, 1901 p. ; 26 cmISBN:- 1591585759 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
- 9781591585756 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | Please Ask at Children's Desk | 011.62 B268 | Available | 33111006477307 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book is the newest edition of the acclaimed guide to the best recreational and educational reading for children in preschool through grade 6.
This indispensable selection guide brings together information on nearly 25,000 of the best fiction and nonfiction for children in preschool through grade 6. Fully updated, including thousands of new entries published since the previous edition, it is an invaluable resource for making sure your children's collection is one your young patrons--and their parents and teachers--will enjoy.
As always in the Best Books series, the authors have carefully culled the most trusted professional review sources to identify the most highly recommended new books for children. Brief annotations, bibliographic data, grade level appropriateness, and review citations help you identify books of high quality, while the book's topical arrangement makes it easy to create theme- and genre-based reading lists. New features include indication of titles available in audio and, where available, lexiles.
* 25,000 annotated entries on recommended children's books
* Helpful indexes, including author/illustrator, title, and subject/grade level
* Thousands of new entries since the previous edition
Gillespie's name appears first on the earlier editions.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"This indispensable selection guide brings together information on nearly 25,000 of the best fiction and nonfiction for children in grades K-6. Fully updated, including thousands of new entries published since the previous edition, it is an invaluable resource for making sure your children's collection is one your young patrons - and their parents and teachers - will enjoy." "As always in the Best Books series, the authors have carefully culled the most trusted professional review sources to identify the most highly recommended new books for children. Brief annotations, bibliographic data, grade level appropriateness, and review citations help you identify books of high quality, while the book's topical arrangement makes it easy to create theme- and genre-based reading lists. New features include indication of titles available in audio and, where available, lexiles." "This book is the newest edition of the acclaimed guide to the best recreational and educational reading for children grades K through six." "Thousands of books are published each year for young readers, and through eight editions and several supplemental volumes, Best Books for Young Readers has been there to help librarians build collections to make their young patrons - and their parents and teachers - happy. Now the exhaustive reference, acclaimed by Booklist, Reviewers Bookwatch, Teacher Librarian, and librarians across the nation, returns in a fully updated new edition."--BOOK JACKET.