The author's previous collections focused on scary tales or folktales, many with trickster main characters and some violent action. Here are 20 tales for storytellers who want to avoid those themes, p
Part of a series for students that collects material discussing current issues, this volume's theme is the graphic novel and its evolution from "kid stuff" to serious literature. The articles, which f
This work for students collects articles from newspapers, popular magazines, and scholarly and professional journals. Selections consider the current state of the news media and the factors that are s
This reader contains 24 articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals offer illustrations of the ways in which religion informs and collides with social and political practices around the world. T
This reference for librarians and educators lists 10,000 fiction and nonfiction books, story collections, graphic novels, and magazines for grades 6-9. The books listed were published in the US, Canad
The year 2009 will mark the 75th anniversary of The Junior Book of Authors, the first volume of its kind to celebrate the people who create books for young people. The Junior Authors & Illustrators s
Presents profiles of over two hundred authors and illustrators of fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and picture books, representing the variety and cultural diversity of literature for young people today.
The authors of the New York Public Library Book of Answers series present a timeline of scientific progress and equally intriguing detours from the Stone Age to the Information Age. Within each year
Lists of selected works accompany two hundred and forty-two autobiographical and biographical sketches of authors and illustrators who have come to the forefront of juvenile literature
Chronicling the highlights of Asian and Pacific history from earliest times to 1997, this general reference contains several thousand entries ranging in length from one line to a paragraph. Up to 1900
This reference for general readers and students delivers information about the lives, backgrounds, and terms of office of every American president, plus facts about the Executive Office itself. Part I
This collection of 20 popular folktales, with historical and linguistics details, is a storyteller's guide. It explains how to best relate the tales and involve young listeners in creative activities
This reference lists about 8,000 facts related to scientific, technological, and medical advances; political and legal firsts; and social and financial milestones. Entries cover the period from 10,000
The first edition (1986) is cited in American Reference Books Annual . Now updated and containing some 3,500 terms, this dictionary offers short definitions of historical and modern military equipment
Contains 5137 entries on world historical events, organized into categories ranging from agriculture to weapons, which are presented in the same format as the fifth edition of Famous First Facts (wh
Thirty puppet plays adapted from nursery rhymes, folk songs, fables, poetry, folktales, and myths with instructional chapters on making and using rod and shadow puppets and puppet stages
Plenty of tips, resources, organizing ideas, and suggested materials and projects for read aloud and reader's theater sessions involving community members and school and library staff and administrato
This resource consists of 48 articles on the national debate topic for 2014-2015: the ocean. The articles were published in periodicals and journals and online between 2011 and 2014 and focus on the s
From governmental, organizational, and individual Web sites; books, periodicals, newsletters; newspapers; and human rights documents and reports, information regarding human rights is arranged in seve
An invaluable source for researchers, leathers, students, and librarians, Current Biography draws information from newspaper and magazine articles, books, the World Wide Web, and occasionally personal
Offers biographical, editorial, and critical information on and lists the principal works of more than nine hundred contemporary novelists, dramatists, poets, historians, critics, philosophers and jou
A guide to designing and creating effective signs, posters, displays, and exhibits. Covers computer, laser printer, photocopier, and desktop publishing techniques, as well as traditional design method
Articles, editorials, and letters from mainstream newspapers and magazines provide a range of opinions for high school and college students debating or researching immigration to the US. Among the the
McCaffrey presents 30 reprints of recent articles and excerpts from books offering students and general readers an overview of current issues and social trends concerning Hispanic Americans in the U.S
This resource lists subject headings used by small and medium-sized libraries, with patterns, examples, and notes on usage. The subject headings are listed alphabetically and aligned with the Dewey De
A broad reference for newcomers to the study of China. The first part contains articles on such topics as geography and climate, health and medicine, literature, and institutions governing society. Su
The events in this volume can be found by subject, year, month and day, proper name, and place. The 4,000 facts fall into approximately 180 headings and subheadings which include activist movements, a
Offers biographical sketches of 345 writers' lives and works, including novelists, playwrights, poets, historians, biographers, critics, and philosophers
Collects biographical information on American composers and lyricists, including George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, Dorothy Fields, and Hank Williams.
Provides information and statistics about American immigration covering emigration from Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania, from the earliest days to the present time.
