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Pathfinder of Fiction Books for Children

 A guide for teachers, parents and librarians to assist in locating and selecting fiction books for children

 Library Catalog: CLAN
Key words and Subject Headings: Children's books, kids books, literature, stories, tales, fairytales, easy readers, beginner, elementary, school age

Bibliography of Bibliographies
R(cr) Z 1037 A1 C463 LaBeau, Dennis, ed., Children's Authors and Illustrators: An Index to Biographical Dictionaries, Detroit, MI, Gale Research Co., 1976
Developed to save librarians time it has biographical material in 26 separate titles. The index contains author name or illustrators name, year of birth and death and a code to direct the reader to the source. A code list is provide inside the cover. A great place to start.

Bibliographies
J REF Z 1037 C29 1984
Carroll, Frances Laverne and Meacham, Mary, Exciting, Funny, Scary, Short, Different, and Sad Books Kids Like About Animals, Science, Sports, Families, Songs, and Other Things, Chicago, American Library Association, 1984
An annotated bibliography of books for children arranged by topics that are most frequently requested. The annotations and book lists are from practicing librarians who help kids daily locate specific subject reading materials.

J REF Z 1037 C294, 1992
Carroll, Frances Laverne and Meacham, Mary, More, Exciting, Funny, Scary, Short, Different, and Sad Books Kids Like About Animals, Science, Sports, Families, Songs, and Other Things, Chicago, American Library Association, 1992
Updated version that includes new age subjects such as computers. Another new feature is lists of "books like" (I want a book like The Babysitter's Club Series) which leads to exploration of new authors. It serves as a companion to the previous publication with only a very small area of duplication.

J REF Z 1037 A4924
Carter, Julia F., ed., Subject and Title Index to Short Stories for Children, Chicago, American Library Association, 1955
This book is an invaluable tool for librarians to locate short stories on specific subjects or related topics as well as hard to trace stories. Contains 372 books from 3rd to 8th grade level it also features a book index, subject index and an individual stories index. It does not include annotations

J REF Z 1035 A496 1992
Donavin, Denise Perry, ed., ALA Best of the Best For Children, New York, Random House, 1992
A great resource with individual chapters on books with annotations and prices, magazines, videos, audio, software, toys and travel. Covers from infant to teen and reflects cultural diversity
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J REF Z 1037 C675 1994
Colburn, Candy, What Do Children Read Next A Readers Guide to Fiction, Detroit, Gale Research Inc., 1994
Over 2000 annotated books covering grades 1-8 to help match up readers with their interests. Comprised of recent and classic titles, it includes "other books you might like" in each entry, lists other books by the author, ten types of indexes to locate specific topics and states where reviewed. Excellent resource in a 4 volume set.

JREF Z1037 A1 C474 2001
Ferguson, Dana, ed., Children's Book Review Index, Detroit, gale Group Thomson learning, 2001
An extremely comprehensive treasure of information, it gives access to reviews of 31, 500 children's books and periodicals. It supplies full citations, is arranged by author name or title and has a title index and illustrator index. The codes for the sources are explained in the front of the volume.

J REF Z 1037 A1 C482 2002
Children's Books in Print 2002, New Providence, NJ, RR Bowker LLC, 2002
Three large volumes include author index, illustrator index, title index and subject index in an alphabetical arrangement. Some annotations are paid for and provided by the publishers and they all include ISBN for easy ordering.

Fairy Tales and Fantasy
J Ref Z 5983 F17 S67 1994
Sprug, Joseph, W., Comp., Index to Fairy Tales 1987- 1994, Metuchen, NJ, The Scarecrow Press Inc., 1994
Provides access to the contents of fairy tale collections as well as where any particular tale may be located. It is ordered by location first, title then an extended title for modification and description purposes. Complete with a list of title analyzed, an alphabetical list of tales and a key of symbols used in the book.

J REF Z 1037 L97 1995
Lyn, Ruth Nadelman, Fantasy Literature For Children and Young Adults, An Annotated Bibliography, 4th ed., New Providence, NJ, RR Bowker, 1995
An enormous guide to over 10,500 articles, books and PhD dissertations about the authors of 4,800 novels and stories of fantasy covering grade levels 3-12. Includes main entries and sequels, form 1900 -1994 written in English and published in the US. Easy to use.

Award Lists

J REF Z 1037 C54 1992
Children's Books: Awards and Prizes, Children's Book Council, New York, The Children's Book council Inc., 1992
Arranged by country of awards origin, it provides information about winning titles. All the programs focus on reading interests of children and qualifications to win prizes are clearly explained. Answers to reference questions about award winning books can be easily found here. There are no annotations

Multicultural Resources

J REF PN 1009 A1 1992
Miller-Lachmann, Lyn, Our Family, Our Friends, Our World, New Providence, RR Bowker, 1992
Wonderfully descriptive annotated guide to recognized multicultural fiction and nonfiction books for children and teens. It is arranged in chapters by country and nationality, then by grade level in an easy to read format. Biases and inaccuracies in the texts are mentioned so that educators can use these discrepancies as a starting point when discussing how children can learn to live together peacefully.

J REF PN 1009 A1 W54 1991
Williams, Helen, E., Books By African-American Authors and Illustrators For Children and Young Adults, Chicago, ALA, 1991
A much need bibliographical representation of the true extent of African American contributions to literature. Books are grouped by learning levels, chapter 1 very young children, chapter 2 intermediate and chapter 3 for young adults, while chapter 4 is about Black illustrators and their works. An award and prize list is included and an alphabetical index.

Literary Aids

J REF PN 1009 A1 K49 1988
Kimmel, Margaret Mary, and Segel, Elizabeth, , New York, NY, Delacorte press, 1988 For Reading Out Loud! A guide to Sharing Books With Children
Literary guide explains how, why, and what to read with over 300 titles listed. Arranged by age group it gives specific examples of how to help turn children into life long readers.

Web Page Bibliography

http://wpl.lib.ri.us/
Warwick Public Library Web Page


http://www.infoworks.ride.uri.edu/2001/
Information Works 2002


http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/index.html
"CONCEPT TO CLASSROOM" is a collaboration between Thirteen Ed
Online and Disney Learning Partnership.

Woolls, Blanche, The School Library Media Manager,Englewood, CO,
Libraries Unlimited, Inc.,1999


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