From Cover to Cover (Revised Edition) Evaluating and Reviewing Children' s Books

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From Cover to Cover has been considered the definitive guide to reading, reviewing, and critically evaluating childrens books since its original publication in 1997.

All-new material includes:
An updated introduction that reflects the many changes in the childrens book industry
A section on genres, including a discussion of graphic novels
Adiscussion ofchildrens literature blogs
An introduction of two new major genre awardsthe Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal and the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
And more than 90 percent of the books cited have been updated to more recent publications!

Reviews

"Anyone entering the field of children's book reviewing, or indeed, the wider field of children's literature, will find From Cover to Cover an excellent guide." -- ALA Booklist

"Succinct, highly readable, and eminently useful." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"An engaging read. Aspiring book review writers will treasure this book." -- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

"A user-friendly handbook." -- The Horn Book

Author Bio

Kathleen T. Horning is the director of the Cooperative Children's Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was also a children's librarian at Madison Public Library for nine years.Ms. Horning was the president of the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association in 2007, as well as president of the United States Board on Books for Young People in 2003. She has chaired or served on a variety of children's book award committees, including the Amricas Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Award, the John Newbery, USBBY's Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, the Mildred L. Batchelder Award, the ALA/ALSC's Notable Children's Books, and the NCTE Lee Bennett Hopkins Award committees, and she was selected to deliver the 2010 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture.She is the coauthor with Ginny Moore Kruse of Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults and of CCBC Choices, an annual publication reviewing the best books for children and young adults. She has a BA in linguistics and a master's degree in library and information studies, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.