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…

Book Review Committee members for the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), in collaboration with the Children's Book Council, have reviewed current copyrighted trade books with social studies themes since 1972. As a result, an annual bibliography of K-12 trade books is published each May in the "Notable Social Studies Trade Books for…

Citations and annotations for 17 books and 2 filmstrips for grades K-8 that focus on the topic of Christmas are provided. Citations include author(s), title, publisher, source, publication date, cost, ISBN number, and grade level(s) for which the material is appropriate. A directory provides the addresses of 14 publishers. (RH)

Picture books, poetry volumes, and fiction and nonfiction books for elementary school students are reviewed. (CB)

An annotated bibliography geared toward increasing elementary school students' interests in reading briefly describes three beginning readers, four fictional works for middle and upper elementary grades, four books about folk and fairy tales, and two informational books. (CB)

An annotated list of ERIC documents which deal with Poets in the Schools programs and with teaching poetry and creative writing. (DD)

An annotated listing of picture storybooks, realistic fiction, and fanciful fiction. (RL)

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)

Part II of this annotated bibliography lists editorials on elementary and secondary education which were published by the Chicago Tribune during the decade 1875-1885. (SM)

An interview with children's literature author Theodore Taylor and an annotated bibliography of his children's books. (DD)

Briefly describes how one elementary school teacher handled the death of a pet. A short bibliography of children's books that deal with the subject of death is included. (JMB)

Discusses four children's books that convey the depth of emotion and range of images universally projected by the word father: "Reading with Dad" (Richard Jorgensen); "Lots of Dads" (Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly); "In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers" (illustrated by Javaka Steptoe);…

Presents annotations of 26 picture books and chapter books that expose readers to a range of characters and a range of techniques used by authors to develop characters. (RS)