This article discusses the importance of making available in classrooms a range of children's literature offering authentic and meaningful representations of characters with disabilities. The focus is not only on reading inclusive literature with typically developing students but also on the importance of making inclusive literature available to…

Five teacher educators discuss children's literature addressing Earth's changing climate. They present tools for evaluating the quality of resources likely to help teachers and students stimulate conceptual and emotional development rather than anxiety or oversimplification. An annotated selection of current books along with a checklist to…

Each year 12,500 school children from different regions of the United States read and vote on the newly published children's and young adults' trade books that they like best. The Children's Choices for 2008 list is the 34th in a series that first appeared as "Classroom Choices" in the November 1975 issue of "The Reading Teacher" (RT), a…

Presents annotations of 39 children's books, organized around the perspectives of exploring books to widen and sharpen children's experiences, discovering curriculum connections, revealing language and literature links, and experiencing literary and artistic elements. (SR)

Presents brief descriptions (and full publisher's information) of 54 children's books (mostly published in 1991 or 1992) recommended by the writer. Notes that the books include novels, historical fiction, fantasy novels, picture books, multicultural folktales, poems, and books useful in the social studies curriculum. (SR)

Annotates 53 children's books on a variety of topics that are appropriate for classroom use. Offers a supplemental bibliography of publications for each of the monthly columns for the previous year. (MG)

Contains an annotated bibliography of children's books produced by a joint committee of the Children's Book Council and IRA. (RB)

Contains a commentary and materials on reading programs and teaching methods for secondary educators. (RB)

Notes that literature about people from the past allows readers to experience vicariously another time and place. Proposes that readers might discover that the actions of people in the past or present may influence the future. Presents annotations of 30 children's books which deal with special characters of the past or present in the categories of…

IRA/CBC cites books published in the United States in 1977 which were chosen by children as their favorites. (MKM)

Based on information supplied by the publishers, this bibliography lists new materials released for the first time since June 1, 1976. Information given includes title and publisher, type of material, level of reading difficulty, interest level, and skills developed. (MKM)

Presents annotations of 30 works of children's literature focusing on themes such as the creative process, dreams, hopes and goals, leadership, taking action, and the vision of self. Considers authors that began by taking a good, hard look at the world they live in, then considered how to make it a better place. (SG)

Explores children's books that serve as bridges for readers: bridges across places, time periods, cultures, generations, belief systems, and forms of expression. Annotates 31 books. (PM)

Offers brief annotations of 75 children's books and picture books that focus on stories--family stories; stories about children's authors and illustrators; telling stories through art, music, mathematics, and dance; and stories about slavery and the holocaust. (SR)

Presents short summaries and evaluations of 60 children's books on many different kinds of beginnings, including school experiences, changing family relationships, and moving. (SR)