The Big Book of Children's Reading Lists: 100 Great, Ready-to-use Book Lists for Educators, Librarians, Parents, And Children

Use these 100 handy reproducible book lists to instantly create hand-outs for teachers and parents (as well as for older readers), to add to your newsletter, or to post on your Web site or bulletin board. Based on the most common needs of educators and librarians who work with young readers, these lists focus on new titles, as well as classics that are still in print and readily available for purchase. Fiction and nonfiction titles for ages 5-14 are covered. Bibliographic information and a brief description are given for each title. A dozen bookmarks are also included. This is a great time-saving tool and a good source for finding extended reading lists and read-alikes!

Nancy J. Keane is Library Media Specialist, Rundlett Middle School, Concord, N.H. She is author ofBooktalking across the Curriculum: The Middle Years (Libraries Unlimited, 2002) and several other titles, and she is recipient of the 2004 Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)/Sagebrush Education Resources Literature Program Award. She has hosted a popular booktalk web site (www.nancykeane.com) for a decade.