An annotated list of 42 science fiction titles for readers in elementary grades through ninth grade.

These 100 handy reproducible book lists can be used to instantly create hand-outs for teachers and parents (as well as for older readers), to add to newsletter, or to post on a Web site or bulletin board. Based on the most common needs of educators and librarians who work with young readers, these lists focus on new titles, as well as classics…

The literature of science fiction packs up the facts and discoveries of science and runs off to futures filled with both wonders and warnings. Kids love to take the journeys it offers for the thrill of the ride, but they can learn as they travel, too. This book will provide the reader with: (1) an overview of the past 500 years of scientific…

This book provides biographical profiles of 11 authors of interest to readers ages 9 and above and was created to appeal to young readers in a format they can enjoy reading and readily understand. Biographies were prepared after extensive research, and each volume contains a cumulative index, a general index, a place of birth index, and a birthday…

Compares violence and aggression in childrens books and television shows during the past ten years, concluding that conflict has been treated honestly and in proportion to other human behavior in children's books. (RB)

A college course using science fiction literature as a springboard into the study of geometries is described. (DT)

An annotated bibliography of 68 non-sexist books for children. (RB)

In this paper there is an effort to look at variant family forms in relation to middle and old age through fiction. (Author)

Considers the quest for meaning to be the primary function of the rhetorical critic--meaning that goes from the text outward and that is interpreted by the reader. (RB)

Argues that Holden Caulfield was the comedian Lenny Bruce in this satire of life and literature. (RB)

Special issue dedicated to the works of Pio Baroja. (DS)

Topic 8, Our Contemporary World: Problems and Issues, in a theme issue on Teaching World History Through Science Fiction, presents this short story to motivate discussion on dehumanization, resulting in a society where the single driving force is order and unity and promptness and clocklike precision. (JB)