The Children's and Young Adult Literature Handbook - A Research and Reference Guide

John Gillespie, a respected authority on children's literature, has compiled this invaluable work to serve as a selection guide and collection development aid for librarians, as well as a navigation tool for researchers. The book describes and evaluates more than 1,000 publications, covering the entire spectrum of information sources in the field-from general reference, bibliographies, and biographies to review sources, literary awards, professional organizations, and special library collections. Internet and other nonprint media are included, as are major English-language resources from Britain, Canada, Australia, and South Africa.

List of contents

Contents
Preface
General Background Sources and Histories
Retrospective Bibliographies
Current American Reviewing Tools, Annual Bibliographies, and Children's Magazines
Bibliographies of Curriculum-Related Subjects
Multicultural Sources
Literary Awards and Prizes
Guides to Writing, Using, and Promoting Literature and Services for Children and Young Adults
Biographies of Authors and Illustrators
Professional Organizations, Agencies, Publishers, and Booksellers
Special Collections and Resources
The Internet and Other Nonprint Resources
Name Index
Title Index
Subject Index

About the author

John T. Gillespie, former Dean and Instructor of Library Science, Long Island University, New York, has authored numerous books in the areas of library management, school libraries, and children's and young adult literature.

Product details

• Authors: John Gillespie, Gillespie John T.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2005
• EAN: 9781563089497
• ISBN: 978-1-56308-949-7
• No. of pages: 404
• Weight: 737 g
• Series: Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc