Junior Genreflecting: A Guide to Good Reads and Series Fiction for Children

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Find good books for young readers the easy way by using this guide. Designed for educators and students, it arranges titles by genre and theme so users can find books similar to the ones they love. Chapters include contemporary life, fantasy, animals, historical fiction, and mystery. Within these categories books are arranged under such topics as family relations, friends and friendship, schools, ethnic groups, and problem novels. Focusing on books published after 1990, popular paperback series, and the not-to-be-forgotten classics, the authors have selected titles noted for quality. A brief historical background of each genre is given, and useful Web sites on children's fiction are listed. Great for collection development, this book is a helpful tool for answering the question, What else can I read A must-buy for any children's book collection.

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A clearly organized and well-researched reference tool.-School Library Journal
Assembles outstanding fiction by genre and illuminates the chosen titles with brief annotations.-Journal of Youth Services in Libraries
Keep this book handy when you help children and parents select books. It is small enough to carry through the stacks. The reviews are enticing and the format is easy for customers to use themselves. It will be a favorite tool. ...-Colorado Libraries
"A clearly organized and well-researched reference tool."-School Library Journal
"Assembles outstanding fiction by genre and illuminates the chosen titles with brief annotations."-Journal of Youth Services in Libraries
"Keep this book handy when you help children and parents select books. It is small enough to carry through the stacks. The reviews are enticing and the format is easy for customers to use themselves. It will be a favorite tool. ..."-Colorado Libraries

Author Bio

BRIDGET DEALY VOLZ, former children's department manager, Denver Public Library, currently works as a library consultant, cataloger, and weaver in Estes Park, Colorado CHERYL PERKINS SCHEER is Librarian, Colorado Academy, Denver. LYNDA BLACKBURN WELBORN is Director of Libraries.