The Classic Guide That Helps You Select the Books the Child
You Know Will Love
In this third, fully revised and updated edition of The New
York Times Parent''s Guide to the Best Books for Children, the
children''s book editor of The New York Times Book Review personally
selects and recommends books for children of every age.
The most comprehensive and authoritative book of its kind has
been completely updated for the new millennium. It contains
hundreds of new entries, many expanded descriptions, and notations
of additional companion and related titles -- more than l,700 in
all. The best-loved classics of the twentieth century are included,
as well as a thoughtful selection of outstanding titles from the
last decade.
Six sections are organized according to reading level:
Wordless, Picture, Story, Early Reading, Middle Reading, and Young
Adult. In addition to a summary of the book, each entry provides
the essential bibliographic information you need to find a
book in your local library or bookstore, including
title
author andor
illustrator
hardcover andor
paperback publisher and publication year
major awards
related titles
The unique and most popular feature of the guide is its system
of special indexes -- more than sixty in all. They make it easy for
parents and grandparents, teachers and librarians, even children
themselves, to match the right book to the right child. Browse
through the indexes and find titles for every interest and mood:
picture books about cats, mice, or dinosaurs for babies; funny
books to read aloud to toddlers; series about family life or school
or fantasy adventures for a middle-grade child; books on divorce or
death; and coming-of-age novels just right for someone starting
junior high school. There are also indexes for books about
minorities and religion, an age-appropriate reading-level index,
and much more.
Lavishly decorated with more than three hundred illustrations
from representative titles, the guide also features extra-wide
margins for notes on which of your children liked which book, at
what age, and why. Thus the guide becomes a family reading record
as well as an invaluable resource you''ll use again and again.
關於作者:
EDEN ROSS LIPSON has been the children''s book editor for The
New York Times Book Review for more than fifteen years. She has
raised four children and lives in New York City.
目錄:
Contents
Acknowledgments----ix
Introduction----xi
Wordless Books----1
Picture Books----11
Story books----107
Early Reading Books----229
Middle Reading Books----259
Young Adult Books----365
Indexes----391
Bibliography----519