This annotated bibliography of religious books for children contains approximately 450 books, one-fifth of which are Judaic. The books' current availability has been verified using Web sites such as those of individual publishers, the Library of Congress, Amazon.com, or Barnes&Noble.com. New subject headings have been added, such as Kwanza,…

The articles and papers reviewed in this Topical Bibliography and Commentary address the issues of policy statements guiding curriculum people as they select acceptable books for middle school students to read and, specifically, what books should be on acceptable lists. Because of varying perspectives from which the criteria and lists are…

This paper explores the philosophical considerations involved in literacy. It explains that one concept that is emphasized in discussions of literacy is "the basics," which are defined as essential skills, such as the association of phonemes with graphemes. This paper notes that "the basics" movement presently stresses the…

Children learn to love reading by sharing quality books. Intended for children's librarians, media specialists, teachers, day care providers, and parents, this book will make it easy and fun to conduct book club meetings with little preparation time. Everything needed to start a weekly book club at school or at the library is included--detailed…

This annotated bibliography contains 42 titles of teenager-selected favorite books, all of them published or reprinted between 1986 and 2000. Along with the bibliography is a 13-step rubric for evaluating adolescent literature. (NKA)

This book was born of a desire to provide students, teachers, and all interested readers with a collection of essays that address issues of selection, pedagogy, and worth of the young adult novel. A primary purpose of the book is to enter the world of young adult readers through a literary form they know well, the modern young adult novel. Another…

This book provides the background and development of the Children's Choices project and highlights many of the best known and most popular books that have appeared on the Children's Choices list over the past 25 years. Each book selection features a picture of the book jacket, an annotation from the Choices list, a list of classroom applications,…

Discusses several books listing and discussing children's books and selection practices. Most of the lists include annotations. (TO)

Presents an annotated list of textbooks in a number of vocational content areas and includes the readability level of each text. (TO)

Awareness of language, of how it operates, its appropriateness of the pupils who are exposed to it, and its quality in the books which are provided for them, should be every teacher's concern when selecting books and initiating writing based on them. (Author)

The Rochester Board of Education had to consider three major principles in the issue of the use of Slaughterhouse Five'' for a high school English course: constitutionality, intellectual freedom, and the right of parents or students to refuse literature on the grounds of obscene or objectional literature. (SJ)

Suggestions are made at a meeting of trustees for their guidance in decision making. (RK)