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LITERATURE REFERENCE TOOLS

Best Books Best STEM
for Children Resources for

Preschool NextGen Scientists
through Grade 6 The Essential Selection

Tenth Edition | CATHERINE BARR and User’s Guide
AND JAMIE CAMPBELL NAIDOO
JENNIFER L. HOPWOOD
Now in its tenth edition and with
annual updates posted online, “ This book will serve as
this comprehensive and trusted the essential selection
December 2014, 1,869pp, 7x10 professional resource helps June 2015, 279pp, 7x10 guide for librarians
looking to improve their
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”
$195.00, £150.00, €178.00 teachers—identify and use the $65.00, £50.00, €60.00 STEM collection.
eBook: 978-1-4408-3744-9 best fiction and nonfiction books eBook: 978-1-61069-722-4 —ProtoView, August 5, 2015
published for children in grades Intended to support the national initiative to strengthen
pre-K to six. learning in areas of science, technology, engineering, and
FEATURES
mathematics, this book helps librarians who work with youth in
• Contains some 30,000 annotated entries on recommended school and public libraries to build better collections and more
children’s books for readers in pre-K through grade six
effectively use these collections through readers’ advisory and
• Provides helpful indexes for easy and quick access, including programming.
author/illustrator, title, and subject/grade level
FEATURES
• Introduces more than 500 STEM resource suggestions for
Build It, Make It, toddlers to young adults
Do It, Play It!
Subject Access to the Best Books for
Best How-To Guides for Middle School and
Children and Teens Junior High Readers
CATHARINE BOMHOLD Grades 6–9
AND TERRI ELDER
Third Edition | CATHERINE BARR
“ librarians will find this a “ Not only is the scope of
Most school and public
June 2014, 354pp, 7x10 useful guide to have on this work comprehensive,
Print: 978-1-59884-391-0 hand. . . . This work is but its information is also
$65.00, £50.00, €60.00 recommended for school, easily accessible. . . .
eBook: 978-1-59884-392-7 public, and academic October 2013, 1,188pp, 7x10 An invaluable resource
libraries supporting school Print: 978-1-59884-782-6 for all those who make
” eBook: 978-1-61069-519-0 compile reading lists in
media preparation programs. $90.00, £70.00, €82.00 purchasing decisions or
—ARBAonline, October 1, 2014 the area of young adult
”
A valuable, one-stop guide to collection development and finding books.
ideal subject-specific activities and projects for children and teens. —ARBA, December 1, 2013
FEATURES Identifying outstanding fiction and nonfiction titles, this
• Provides an excellent resource for libraries considering creating practical book allows educators to find engaging books for
makerspaces students in grades six to nine that will help turn them into
lifelong readers and learners.
FEATURES
• Supplies concise, lively annotations and review citations
on everything from literary classics and non-fiction titles to
graphic novels

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