Presents an annotated list of 36 outstanding trade books published for children and adolescents that teachers find to be exceptional in curriculum use. Groups book into primary, intermediate, and advanced (grades 6-8) levels. (SR)

Offers annotations and comments on 87 illustrated children's books about the desert and the diverse peoples of the American Southwest. (SR)

Features the 14 outstanding nonfiction titles published in 1993 and selected by the 1994 Orbis Pictus Award Committee. Presents annotations of the award and honor books, books for all ages, and books for intermediate grades and above. (RS)

Describes the current state of reading lists in high school English courses as stagnant and in dire need of renewal. Argues for the canon of literature used in high schools to be opened up to include works by minorities and women writers. (HB)

Describes a program called "Get Acquainted with My Books" which introduces children to the books in their classroom library by having them write reviews. Notes that the program has proven successful in getting reluctant readers interested in reading. (SR)

Presents an annotated bibliography of 99 newly published children's and young adult trade books, selected by school children across the United States as the books that they liked the best. (SR)

Offers brief annotations of 81 children's books connected by the theme of children finding their own voices as learners and as people. Highlights books about school and learning and books that can support readers in fluent and successful reading experiences. (SR)

Explains some of the fascination of Roald Dahl's work and sheds some light on its nature. Discusses that what possibly worries the more anxious teacher or parent are Dahl's additions to the conventional folklore scheme of reference. (MG)

Describes how to use the six standard criteria to aid teachers and parents in selecting children's activity books. Reviews a cookbook and a set of project books. (MG)

Reviews 65 children's books about ecology, moving from ecology in general to books about particular ecosystems and the animals that inhabit them. (MG)

Examines the effectiveness of the basal reader selection process in one midwestern school district. Concludes that an effective basal reader selection process is one which results in teachers identifying materials that help bring about the type of reading instruction they seek for their classrooms. (MG)

Asserts that intermediate grade teachers should use poetry in the classroom. Offers criteria for selecting poetry, guidelines for its presentation, and strategies for involving the students. (PRA)

Considers how four relationships (between teacher and student, teacher and the curriculum, student and curriculum, and between and among students) affect readers and the reading program in a classroom. (RS)

Offers 10 strategies to enhance reading skills through wildlife reference books and other literature. Lists 10 nonfiction and 33 fiction references as resources for initiating a positive relationship among children, wildlife, and reading. (MG)

Provides a list of 61 children's books including recently published nursery rhymes, songs, and verse games, book-length poems, themed poetry collections, collections of one author's work, and anthologies of several poets' work. Offers a bibliography of 27 new alphabet and 16 counting books. (MG)