Shows how writers and publishers of young adult books are beginning to respond to the issues of nuclear war and the arms race. (EL)

In an experimental selective dissemination program, public library patrons were supplied with printed booklists based on individual subject preferences.

Mark Baker in "NAM: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There" (1981) tells a war story, and war stories tend to elevate the masculine combat adventure as inherently more profound, and therefore more valuable, than other experiences. However, now that the emotional considerations of war are no longer being…

Nina Bawden recalls incidents from her childhood that influenced her writing efforts and shaped her attitudes as a writer of childrens literature. (RB)

One component of a new theory of rhetoric based on the principles of tagmemic linguistics is a discovery procedure for solving ill-defined problems. To be useful in rhetoric, the procedure must be applicable to widely differing kinds of problematic data. Its range of application, however, has only begun to be explored. Particularly important to…

In this book, the author illustrates and describes ways to make a variety of costumes and accessories with a minimum of sewing for children from about five to twelve years old. The instructions for most of the costumes shown in this book are based on a simple one piece tunic pattern which has only two seams and which may be made to fit all sizes…

This booklet is part of a series most of which focus on empirical research findings and major theoretical approaches in the area of drug usage. In this volume, the author has compiled a group of English-language short stories and novels which deal with the use of mind-altering drugs, all written since 1900 and falling within the literary category…

During the Gilded Age, a period of great apparent social change and of intellectual and economic insecurity in the United States, several popular children's periodicals published a type of conventional, domestic fiction which reveals the tensions and anxieties felt by a social group organized by a particular social ideal, namely the traditional…

The Nancy Drew books are entertaining for the adolescent, but do not provide them the opportunity to gain insights into the way in which human beings experience life and, in the process, grow.

The function of fiction is to entertain, not to analyze philosophical, political, or psychological concepts and attitudes. (DD)

Presents ideas for teachers on how to use science fiction to stimulate learning in all subject areas. (JMB)