Overview
Updated to include the 2012 award and honor books, this new edition of the annual guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards gathers together the books deemed most distinguished in American children's literature and illustration since the inception of the renowned prizes. Librarians and teachers everywhere rely on this guidebook for quick reference and collection development and also as a resource for curriculum links and readers' advisory. With an easy-to-use streamlined look and format, the 2012 guide also includes ◗◗ A new essay by Deborah Stevenson, Director of the Center for Children's Books at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on how the awards help children's books to be noticed and celebrated outside the library world ◗◗ Explanations of criteria used to select the winners ◗◗ Updated bibliographic citations and indexes for the award winners This perennial guide for locating information about the best in children's books is valuable for every collection.
- | Author: Association for Library Service to Child
- | Publisher: ALA Editions
- | Publication Date: May 27, 2012
- | Number of Pages: 184 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0838936016
- | ISBN-13: 9780838936016
