Announces the list of newly published books chosen by 10,000 children from 5 different regions of the United States. Provides an annotated list of 111 books in the following categories: all ages, beginning independent reading, younger readers, middle grades, and older readers. (MG)

Discusses adolescents and their experiences with death. Considers a variety of novels dealing with the issue of death that can help students cope with death in their own lives. Suggests using books about death in the classroom. (HB)

Presents a model (developed as a result of surveying college students enrolled in "Fiction for Adolescents" classes) to help teachers recognize adolescent novels which are likely to appeal to their students and which have literary merit. (SR)

Offers brief annotations of the 32 books (all trade books published in 1991) chosen with input from teenagers for the 1993 Young Adults' Choices list. (SR)

Expresses a wish that more young adult novels would include strong fathers in their storylines, arguing that this might help boys be more thoughtful about their fathers and about the role and important attributes of fatherhood. Offers examples of such figures in several young adult books. Also offers brief descriptions of 11 new or overlooked…

Presents brief annotations of 100 children's books published in 1998 and voted by children as the books they liked best in the categories of beginning, young, intermediate, and advanced readers. Offers tips for parents, primary caregivers, and educators regarding book activities. (SR)

Reviews five established features of traditional picture books. Discusses new artistic conventions that have emerged in newer picture books, including: complexity of visual image, increase in multiple viewing perspectives, disintegrating the surface plane, a change in concept of the page, and a loss of narrative linearity. Provides selection…

Offers brief descriptions of 20 outstanding nonfiction for children, including the 1999 Orbis Pictus Award winner, and four Orbis Pictus honor books as well as a number of other outstanding nonfiction titles dealing mainly with history and biography. (SR)

Contends that historical fiction is popular with young readers and has much to offer them. Provides frameworks for selecting and teaching such novels and for linking them to classics from the same historical period. (RS)

Presents brief annotations of 39 children's books organized around the theme of "impressions": images, illusions (tenuous lines between fantasy and reality), close-ups (in-depth looks at a topic), landscapes (the natural world and settings tied to the land), tintypes (historical settings), and portraits. (SR)

Offers brief annotations of six original collections of poetry and seven poetry anthologies that make poetry come alive and that teachers will want on their bookshelves. (SR)

Recognizes that there are many complex factors that influence a book's appropriateness for a particular reader. Lists 28 books giving a general age level recommendation for each. Notes books that are about special days at school, learning and growing through school experiences, and peer and teacher interactions in the school community. (SG)

Points out the rich variety of poetry for teenagers available today, and suggests reasons why teenagers might have a difficult time finding it. Appends a list of more than 120 collections of poetry, arranged in categories. (SR)

Presents brief annotations of 46 illustrated children's books on cycles: daily cycles, seasonal cycles, life cycles, generations, and cycles in text. (SR)

Offers brief annotations of 38 children's books that offer promises for a new tomorrow, reveal fantastic dreams, resound with the individual voices of characters, encourage readers' own personal voices to be heard, and portray people who followed their dreams. (SR)