The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books - Softcover

Association For Library Service To Children

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838936091 ISBN 13: 9780838936092

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2014

Synopsis

Updated to include the 2014 award and honor books, The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books, 2014 Edition 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 2014 guide features

• A new essay by Sylvia M. Vardell on the history and development of poetry for young people
• 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.

About this title

About the Author:

For more than eight decades, librarians from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) have intensely scrutinized the children's books published each year, selecting the winning and honor books for the Newbery and Caldecott Awards. In addition, the ALSC division of the ALA is committed to creating a nation of readers, starting with the youngest. ALSC supports all those providing library services to children, including youth librarians, teachers, families, literature experts, publishers, and child advocates.

Review:

"A recommended pick beyond the juvenile collection."

"A superb and easy-to-use reference especially recommended for librarians."

"Informative and provocative; the annotated entries for each of the award wining titles make fascinating reading."

About this edition

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0838936091
• ISBN 13: 9780838936092
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192