"This indispensable selection guide brings together information on nearly 25,000 of the best fiction and nonfiction for children in grades K-6. Fully updated, including thousands of new entries published since the previous edition, it is an invaluable resource for making sure your children's collection is one your young patrons - and their parents and teachers - will enjoy." "As always in the Best Books series, the authors have carefully culled the most trusted professional review sources to identify the most highly recommended new books for children. Brief annotations, bibliographic data, grade level appropriateness, and review citations help you identify books of high quality, while the book's topical arrangement makes it easy to create theme- and genre-based reading lists. New features include indication of titles available in audio and, where available, lexiles." "This book is the newest edition of the acclaimed guide to the best recreational and educational reading for children grades K through six." Thousands of books are published each year for young readers, and through eight editions and several supplemental volumes, Best Books for Young Readers has been there to help librarians build collections to make their young patrons - and their parents and teachers - happy. Now the exhaustive reference, acclaimed by Booklist, Reviewers Bookwatch, Teacher Librarian, and librarians across the nation, returns in a fully updated new edition.

Barr, Catherine, 1951-; Gillespie, John Thomas, 1928-

John Thomas Gillespie

Santa Barbara, Calif.: Libraries Unlimited/ABC-CLIO

Libraries Unlimited, Incorporated

ABC-CLIO, LLC

R.R. Bowker

United States, United States of America

8th ed, New Providence, N.J, 1998

Includes indexes.
Gillespie's name appears first on the earlier editions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This indispensable selection guide brings together information on nearly 25,000 of the best fiction and nonfiction for children in grades K-6. Fully updated, including thousands of new entries published since the previous edition, it is an invaluable resource for making sure your children's collection is one your young patrons - and their parents and teachers - will enjoy." "As always in the Best Books series, the authors have carefully culled the most trusted professional review sources to identify the most highly recommended new books for children. Brief annotations, bibliographic data, grade level appropriateness, and review citations help you identify books of high quality, while the book's topical arrangement makes it easy to create theme- and genre-based reading lists. New features include indication of titles available in audio and, where available, lexiles." "This book is the newest edition of the acclaimed guide to the best recreational and educational reading for children grades K through six." "Thousands of books are published each year for young readers, and through eight editions and several supplemental volumes, Best Books for Young Readers has been there to help librarians build collections to make their young patrons - and their parents and teachers - happy. Now the exhaustive reference, acclaimed by Booklist, Reviewers Bookwatch, Teacher Librarian, and librarians across the nation, returns in a fully updated new edition."--Jacket

"This tenth edition of the classic reference covers approximately 26,500 in-print titles, most of which have been recommended in at least two reviewing journals. Arranged thematically, entries provide annotations with succinct plot summaries, ISBNs, book length, price, reading level, and review citations. Audio and ebook formats are noted, as are foreign-language versions and award-winning and series titles"--

This book is the newest edition of the acclaimed guide to the best recreational and educational reading for children in preschool through grade 6.This indispensable selection guide brings together information on nearly 25,000 of the best fiction and nonfiction for children in preschool through grade 6.

Includes indexes
Gillespie's name appears first on the earlier editions

2023-06-28