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Mancall, Jacqueline Cooper – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1976
Survey of criteria and procedures used by children's book publishers in selecting beginning reading books. Discusses relationship of these practices to the role of the media specialist in the teaching of reading. (KP)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Books, Childrens Literature, Library Material Selection
Yearwood, D. B.; Yearwood, E. I. – 1979
This project report critiques library print materials used to support grades 10 and 11 social studies curriculum in British Columbia. The data collected are intended to provide a ready reference for school librarians when considering the particular print materials listed. Four criteria were used: readability, format and style, organization, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Evaluation, Grade 10, Grade 11
PDF pending restorationCotner, Susan, Comp. – 1973
The Leisure Reading Selection Guide is part of an effort by the Appalachian Adult Education Cetner to aid librarians and adult basic education personnel in the selection of materials for undereducated adults. It is a listing of those leisure reading materials most frequently used by adult learners in four Appalachian Adult Education Center…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Annotated Bibliographies, Guides
Peer reviewedHunt, Adrianne P.; Reuter, Janet R. – Reading Teacher, 1978
The readability level of 52 picture books was analyzed, and it was learned that the levels ranged from grade one to grade seven. (MKM)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Library Material Selection
Peer reviewedGambell, Trevor J. – English Quarterly, 1986
Discusses the teachers' and the students' roles in the selection of literature to be taught, developing a selection policy, the place of the classics in literature curriculum, and the connection between literature and values education. (SRT)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Aesthetic Values, Censorship, Childrens Literature
Haley, Frances; And Others – 1978
This handbook contains activities and resources designed to help school librarians identify, analyze, and select appropriate and useful ethnic studies materials. It is presented in four major sections. Section I examines ways of defining ethnic groups, presents sample census tables showing the social characteristics of residents by race for the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bias, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education
