Building an ESL Collection for Young Adults: A Bibliography of Recommended Fiction and Nonfiction for Schools and Public Libraries

by Laura McCaffery

Overview

This annotated bibliography of more than 500 recommended books meets the needs of teachers and librarians for reading materials for young adults for whom English is a second language. Laura McCaffery, who has many years of experience with collection development of ESL materials for young adults, has selected the best books on a variety of topics to meet curriculum and personal interest needs of young adults. Most of the books selected were published between 1992 and 1998. The bibliography is organized by topic: adventure, mystery, and suspense; biographies; career, workplace, life skills, and parenting; folktales, myths, poetry, and classics; ethnic diversity; history and geography; nature and science; and sports. Indexes by author, subject, title, and ethnic group make searching easy.

Mainstreamed ESL students can use these books to better understand and make use of regular textbooks. Special ESL classes can use the recommended books as part of regular instruction. Most of the books recommended are for the intermediate or advanced beginner reading level in English, but some very easy books are also included. Most of the books are suitable for all learners from grades five through adult. Each entry contains a complete bibliographical citation, Fry Reading Level, Interest Level, Library of Congress subjects for cataloging, and a 50 to 200 word annotation describing the book and how it can be used by the librarian or teacher who is working with patrons or students. A list of distributors of print and nonprint ESL materials completes the work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313299377
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/28/1998
Series:	Contributions in Librarianship & Information Science
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

LAURA HIBBETS MCCAFFERY is Librarian in the Readers' Services department of the Allen County Public Library, where she has worked with the Fort Wayne Literacy Council and the Three Rivers Literacy Alliance to develop a collection of materials for patrons for whom English is a second language. She supervised the collection and has developed a collection development policy for literacy and ESL materials that is in use in the library. A former Young Adult librarian, she has served on the Publishers Liaison Committee in the Adult Lifelong Learning Section of the Public Library Association, where she evaluated materials for literacy needs.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Adventure, Mystery, and Suspense
Biographies
Career, Life Skills, Workplace, and Parenting
Ethnic Diversity
History and Geography
Nature and Science
Sports
Non-print
Index

Editorial Reviews

This annotated bibliography offers more than 500 titles for grades 5 through adult. The entries are organized by genre or topic and arranged alphabetically by author. They include complete bibliographic information, ISBN, price, Fry Reading Level, interest level, and possible uses in and out of the classroom. An introduction outlines the changing need for ESL materials in the United States and explains McCaffery's selection criteria. Titles range from books published and marketed as ESL or adult literacy publications to mainstream young adult materials. The indexes, especially the ethnic-group index, are very useful. One appendix lists distributors of nonprint materials as well as Internet sites. Timeliness is somewhat uneven; most entries have publication dates between 1992 and 1998. A listing on computer basics is current, while one on AIDS is not. Overall, though, this is a useful guide.-Sylvia V. Meisner, Allen Middle School, Greensboro, NC Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

School Library Journal

An annotated bibliography of 500-plus books recommended for young adults for whom English is a second language. The majority of the books selected were published between 1992 and 1998 and are intended for readers from the fifth grade through adulthood. The entry for each book contains a bibliographic citation, Fry Reading Level, Interest Level, LOC subject, and a brief annotation describing the book and how it can be used by the librarian or teacher who is working with patrons or students. Indexed by subject, title, and ethnic group. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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