NEED TO FIND NONFICTION?

Librarians, teachers and parents are realizing that more and more young people, especially boys, prefer nonfiction texts. Add to that the demand for nonfiction that is created with the implementation of the Common Core Standards across the US and librarians are pressed to find more of these books. O...

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Published inLibrary Media Connection Vol. 32; no. 4; p. 52
Main Author Campbell, Edith
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Worthington Linworth Publishing Company 01.01.2014
Subjects
Academic Standards
Blogs
Book awards
Childrens literature
Librarians
Library Personnel
Literary canon
Nonfiction
Selection Tools
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Summary:Librarians, teachers and parents are realizing that more and more young people, especially boys, prefer nonfiction texts. Add to that the demand for nonfiction that is created with the implementation of the Common Core Standards across the US and librarians are pressed to find more of these books. Of course, they want to find only the best for their young readers. Unlike with fiction books, there aren't hundreds of online and offline selection tools that review informational books. Those that they do find are often written by reviewers who may lack the content knowledge to provide a rigorous analysis of the subject or any sort of expertise with nonfiction that would suggest they have examined text features, photo placement, usage of white space, indexing, or the presence of source notes. Here, Campbell offers three basic types of sources to quickly and easily find high quality children's nonfiction books, namely professional teaching organizations, award lists, and web blogs.
ISSN:1542-4715