The Classic Guide That Helps You Select the Books the ChildYou Know Will Love
In this third, fully revised and updated edition of The NewYork Times Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children, thechildren's book editor of The New York Times Book Review personallyselects and recommends books for children of every age.
The most comprehensive and authoritative book of its kind hasbeen completely updated for the new millennium. It containshundreds of new entries, many expanded descriptions, and notationsof additional companion and related titles -- more than l,700 inall. The best-loved classics of the twentieth century are included,as well as a thoughtful selection of outstanding titles from thelast decade.
Six sections are organized according to reading level:Wordless, Picture, Story, Early Reading, Middle Reading, and YoungAdult. In addition to a summary of the book, each entry providesthe essential bibliographic information you need to find abook in your local library or bookstore, including
title
author and/orillustrator
hardcover and/orpaperback publisher and publication year
major awards
related titles
The unique and most popular feature of the guide is its systemof special indexes -- more than sixty in all. They make it easy forparents and grandparents, teachers and librarians, even childrenthemselves, to match the right book to the right child. Browsethrough the indexes and find titles for every interest and mood:picture books about cats, mice, or dinosaurs for babies; funnybooks to read aloud to toddlers; series about family life or schoolor fantasy adventures for a middle-grade child; books on divorce ordeath; and coming-of-age novels just right for someone startingjunior high school. There are also indexes for books aboutminorities and religion, an age-appropriate reading-level index,and much more.
Lavishly decorated with more than three hundred illustrationsfrom representative titles, the guide also features extra-widemargins for notes on which of your children liked which book, atwhat age, and why. Thus the guide becomes a family reading recordas well as an invaluable resource you'll use again and again.