Reviews two works which teachers and curriculum coordinators can use when seeking assistance in locating books that authentically represent multicultural viewpoints. Reviews also a new world literature anthology. (PRA)

Uses measures of readability and syntactic complexity to verify that U.S. teen books are easier for young people reading English as a Second Language than British ones. (SR)

Examines censorship of children's books in 36 school systems in Michigan. Reveals 79 censorship attempts of which 22 were successful during a 5-year period. Finds that adequate school policies and procedures regarding both censorship and the selection of books to be placed in libraries and classrooms are still lacking in a number of school…

Discusses the issues involved with the selection of materials for English classrooms, particularly literary selections. Provides guidelines for teachers faced with the selection of texts. (HB)

Examines poetry preferences of young children from a historical perspective and from a recent study conducted by the authors. Makes recommendations for building bridges to lasting poetry interest. (SR)

Explains how nonfiction trade books, when used in tandem with content ares textbooks, can enrich content area learning experiences. Identifies the limitations of content area textbooks and the advantages of nonfiction trade books. Suggests criteria for selecting nonfiction books and organizing the content area classroom to incorporate their use.…

Notes that too few books reflect the contemporary experiences of African American children. Suggests that African American literature that is available is school libraries is often limited to folktales or focused on problems of poverty and racism. Appends a 39-item annotated bibliography. (RS)

Presents brief annotations of 48 illustrated children's books that enable readers to explore the unusual, unbelievable, or unreal. Presents the books in the following grouping: unbelievable characters; coping with adversity; incredible accomplishments; unreal tales from real places; unusual plants and animals; unreal phenomena; and…

Explores the relation of essays to canon theory, explains why the only essay canon to be publicly identified in the 20th century is a powerful teaching canon. Shows "where essays live," how they arrive in the teaching canon, and why they stay there. Examines how essays are taught. Looks at the future of the essay canon. (SR)

Presents brief annotations of 41 children's books that explore the concept of time from varied perspectives to elucidate some of its meanings for children. Groups books to focus on milestones in children's lives; how they enjoy spending their time; visiting the past in suspending time; recognizing different ways to mark time; celebrating special…

Explains the author's views on writing for young adult readers, and tries to present the awkward realities of the modern world in a way that makes them explicable to the immature mind. Emphasizes that it is important that teachers, librarians, and academics continue selecting and discarding, discussing and analyzing, and making comparisons with…

Presents an annotated bibliography of five chapter books and five picture books published in 1998 or 1999. Summarizes the content of these works of children's literature. (SC)

Critiques the trend to publish trade books that incorporate mathematical concepts. Offers criteria for evaluating children's books with mathematical dimensions, arguing that they should provide a pleasurable and authentic literary experience and the opportunity to use math for authentic purposes. Highlights several books that are examples of good…

Defines a range of visual impairments that affect some adolescents. Examines the currently available young adult literature with characters who have vision disabilities. Provides a list of questions and criteria for evaluating and selecting young adult books that feature such characters, and includes a 13-item annotated bibliography of such books.…

Describes the Batchelder Award (presented since 1968 to the U.S. publisher of the most outstanding children's book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country and subsequently published in English in the United States), and lists all of these award-winning books. (SR)