This supplement/newsletter contains booktalks, news, and other information of interest to librarians, teachers, and readers. This issue includes plans for future issues of the newsletter as well as reviews of fiction and nonfiction books for elementary and secondary school students. Appropriate grade levels, popularity level, and quality level are…

This supplement/newsletter contains booktalks, news, and other information of interest to librarians, teachers, and readers. Highlights include differences in successful booktalks for adults and for teenagers; booktalking during February as Black History Month; and reviews that focus on poetry and picture books for elementary students through…

Reviews computer software programs that are useful for teaching history. Three categories are examined: reference libraries on CD-ROMs and videodisks; multimedia electronic textbooks; and single-event programs. A chart that indicates publisher, hardware requirements, price, grade level, program information, print capabilities, and special features…