The Children's and Young Adult Literature Handbook: A Research and Reference Guide [Hardcover]

John T. Gillespie (Author)

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Hardcover: 393 pages
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited; annotated edition edition (June 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1563089491
ISBN-13: 978-1563089497
Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 16.1 x 3.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 726 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,930,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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From School Library Journal

Gillespie's revision of Margaret W. Denman-West's Children's Literature: A Guide to Information Sources (Libraries Unlimited, 1998) is much broader in scope and depth than the original work. The volume is comprehensive and well organized. The nine chapters cover general background sources and histories; retrospective bibliographies; current American reviewing tools, annual bibliographies, and children's magazines; curriculum-related bibliographies; multicultural sources; literary awards and prizes, including state and regional awards; guides to promoting literature and services for children and young adults; guides to biographies of authors and illustrators; professional organizations, agencies, publishers, and booksellers; guides to special collections and resources; and a bibliography of Internet and other nonprint sources. Name, title, and subject indexes are also included. Each chapter begins with a brief analysis of chapter content. All entries are annotated and numbered. As a tool for librarians and scholars, this volume should prove to be quite valuable.–Janet Hilbun, Texas Woman's University, Denton
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"This handbook is truly broad in scope, bringing a more global approach to children's literature than its previous edition....Well-organized by topic, this book evaluates more than one thousand publications....The most important aspect of Gillespie's work is that it includes more than American materials, encompassing resources from other English-speaking countries including Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. These additions add new viewpoints and perspectives, broadening the range of the handbook....This handbook, with its inclusion of international resources and updated and descriptive entries, is a useful selection guide and collection development tool for all librarians. In addition, this text can be used as a source for researchers and scholars." -

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