Part 1 Foreword Part 2 Preface Part 3 One International Children's Literature Chapter 4 International Children's Literatrue and This Bibliography Chapter 5 An Overview of International Children's Literature Chapter 6 How International Books Come to the United States Chapter 7 Identifying and Locating International Children's Books Part 8 Two International Literature and Children Chapter 9 Sharing International Books With Children Chapter 10 Activities to Promote International Understanding Chapter 11 Conclusion Chapter 12 Details (Names, Addresses, Membership Procedures) Chapter 13 References Part 14 Three Annotated Bibliography Chapter 15 Using this Bibliography Chapter 16 Poetry Chapter 17 Picture Books Chapter 18 Realistic Chapter 19 Fantasy Chapter 20 Informational Books Chapter 21 Transitional Books Chapter 22 Realistic Fiction Chapter 23 Historical Fiction Chapter 24 Fantasy Chapter 25 Informational Books Chapter 26 Biography Chapter 27 Anthologies and Short Stories Part 28 Appendix Children's Book Awards Part 29 Author-Title Index Part 30 Country of Origin Index Part 31 Subject Index Part 32 About the Author
B>Carl M. Tomlinson is Professor of Language Arts and Children's Literature at Northern Illinois University. He is the co-author of Essentials of Children's Literature (Allyn & Bacon, 1996), and has published articles about international children's literature in various publications.
...a worthwhile purchase for children's collections...
*VOYA*
Teachers and librarians looking for high-quality international
titles will find this a useful tool.
*School Library Journal*
The annotated bibliography aims to include quality and avoid
obvious bestsellers...the genres are logical and helpful...a good
reminder of the range of good international material written and
available for children and young people...a useful practical
book...
*Library Review*
A boon for anyone with a functional interest in this very current
topic, this title packs a lot of useful but previously
un-centralized information about both individual books and larger
contexts into a compact space.
*The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books*
...this attractive paperback is a readable basic reference with an
annotated bibliography...a clear overview...an excellent tool that
shows and tells the importance of global reach.
*Booklist, 8/1/1998*
Recommended for public, college, and university libraries.
*CHOICE*
...a tremendous resource for teachers and librarians.
*Library Lane*
...worthwhile...
*The School Librarian*
...highly selective bibliography.
*Knowledge Quest*
...an important bibliography...this information has not been
readily available since 1978...Tomlinson's book is welcome coverage
of international children's books that has been sorely missed
during the past two decades. Teachers and public school librarians
will find this book to be a worthwhile addition for broadening the
scope of their collections.
*American Reference Books Annual*
...a welcome resource...annotations are readable and informative,
giving the user of this resource a real sense of each book...a most
meritorious achievement: a centralized source of information on the
field of international books and a spur to widen all of our reading
boundaries.
*The Horn Book Magazine*
...a high quality and ultimately useful tool for expanding
curricular scope...a 'brief and manageable' reference so that
teachers and librarians can expand students' horizons.
*Journal Of Children's Literature*
...welcome coverage of international children's books that has been
sorely missed during the past two decades. Teachers and public
school librarians will fid this book to be a worthwhile addition
for broadening the scope of their collection.
*Lisca*
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