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  • Professional Reading
    04/01/2008
    BROOKS, Wanda M. & Jonda C. McNair , eds. Embracing, Evaluating, and Examining African American Children’s & Young Adult Literature 251p. charts. bibliog. index. CIP. Scarecrow 2007. pap. $45. ISBN 978-0-8108-6027-8 . LC 2007025703. Brooks and McNair have compiled 12 scholarly studies about the use of books by and about African-American children and young adults in classrooms... More
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    03/01/2008
    DACCORD, Thomas . The Best of History Web Sites 465p. illus. index. Web sites. CIP. Neal-Schuman 2007. pap. $89.95. ISBN 978-1-55570-611-1 . LC 2007024102. Designed to assist teachers and librarians in their search for worthwhile and appropriate sites for students and classroom materials, this copious volume surely succeeds. More
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    02/01/2008
    BRADFORD, Clare . Unsettling Narratives: Postcolonial Readings of Children’s Literature 279p. illus. reprods. bibliog. index. notes. CIP. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. 2007. pap. $32.95. ISBN 978-0-88920-507-9 . LC C2007-901767-3. This scholarly work addresses the issue of how “settler society” authors represent the past and the present to children. More
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    By Staff - 01/01/2008
    COX-CLARK, Ruth E. Tantalizing Tidbits for Teens 2: More Quick Booktalks for the Busy High School Library Media Specialist . 140p. appendix. Web sites. CIP. Linworth . 2007. pap. $36.95. ISBN 1-58683-235-2 . LC 2007010776. This second installment of booktalks fulfills its self-proclaimed usefulness as a tool for media specialists. More
  • Professional Reading Reviews
    12/01/2007
    BISHOP, Rudine Sims . Free within Ourselves: The Development of African American Children’s Literature 295p. charts. bibliog. index. Web sites. CIP. Greenwood 2007. Tr $65. ISBN 978-0-325-07135-0 . LC 2007000612. Expanding on her groundbreaking work, Shadow and Substance: Afro-American Experience in Contemporary Children’s Literature (NCTE, 1982), Bishop traces the evolution of ... More
  • Professional Reading
    11/01/2007
    BOOTH, Heather . Serving Teens through Readers’ Advisory 159p. (ALA Readers’ Advisory Series). appendix. bibliog. glossary. index. Web sites. CIP. ALA 2007. pap. $36. ISBN 978-0-8389-0930-0 . LC 2006036134. In this clear and accessible guide, Booth offers practical, hands-on advice for connecting with teenagers through readers’ advisory. More
  • Professional Reading Reviews
    10/01/2007
    EAST, Kathy & Rebecca L. Thomas . Across Cultures: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children 342p. (Children’s and Young Adult Literature Reference Series). index. CIP. Libraries Unlimited 2007. Tr $55. ISBN 978-1-59158-336-3 . LC 2007013573. Once readers realize that this volume could not possibly include every good children’s book with a multicultural theme, they&#... More
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