Children's Fiction Sourcebook: A Survey of Children's Books for 6-13 Year Olds

by Margaret Hobson, Jennifer Madden, Ray Prytherch

Overview

First published in 1992, this Sourcebook is a basic working tool for all those concerned with children’s reading. It will help librarians and teachers to select a comprehensive stock of children’s’ fiction for their institutions.The authors in the sourcebook have been selected on the grounds of importance, popularity and current availability. Author entries are arranged in alphabetical order and indexes provided by title, series, age-range and genre. Each entry consists of some background information, and evaluative comment on style of the book, a list of the authors books with publisher, date and price, and literary agent where applicable. There is a suggestion of similar authors, sequels, related series and reader age range.

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429867538
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/17/2018
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	285
File size:	661 KB

Table of Contents

1. Main Author List.  2. Classics.  3. Series.  4. Television Tie-Ins.  5. List of Awards and Prize Winners.  6. Author Index.  7. Title Index.  8. Genre Index.

Editorial Reviews

A basic tool for the selection of reading material for children. It covers the best and most popular children's authors, giving a biographical note, address and/or agent, awards and prizes, age-range, and a list of their works for children, with essential bibliographic details. Brief annotations are provided for a representative sampling of each author's work. The appendices include recommended available editions of classic tales and anthologies of fairy tales, publishers' series, television tie-ins, and awards and prizewinners. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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