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Best Books for Children Preschool Through Grade 6, 9th Edition
Catherine Barr and John T. Gillespie
ISBN: 1-59158-575-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-575-6
1800 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 1/31/2010
List Price: $95.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.95)
Availability: Not yet published. (Estimated publication date, 1/31/2010)
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Description: This indispensable selection guide brings together information on nearly 25,000 of the best fiction and nonfiction for children in grades K-6. Fully updated, including thousands of new entries published since the previous edition, it is an invaluable resource for making sure your children's collection is one your young patrons—and their parents and teachers—will enjoy.

As always in the Best Books series, the authors have carefully culled the most trusted professional review sources to identify the most highly recommended new books for children. Brief annotations, bibliographic data, grade level appropriateness, and review citations help you identify books of high quality, while the book's topical arrangement makes it easy to create theme- and genre-based reading lists. New features include indication of titles available in audio and, where available, lexiles.

Title Features:
  • 25,000 annotated entries on recommended children's books
  • Helpful indexes, including author/illustrator, title, and subject/grade level
  • Thousands of new entries since the previous edition
About the Author: Catherine Barr is editor of Libraries Unlimited's Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference series and coauthor of other volumes in the Best Books series and of Popular Series Fiction for K-6 Readers, Popular Series Fiction for Middle School and Teen Readers, and Best New Media.

John T. Gillespie, renowned authority in children's literature, is the author of more than 30 books on collection development.
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