Publisher's Synopsis
Identify the best books of 2010 to early 2012 with this supplement to the acclaimed guide to recreational and educational reading for children in preschool through sixth grade.
Librarians and their patrons are always seeking books that will satisfy children's recreational reading needs and the demands of a typical school curriculum. This supplement to the ninth edition of Best Books for Children, Preschool through Grade 6 includes more than 4,300 new fiction and nonfiction titles, ranging from alphabet, counting, and bedtime books to picture books and beginning reader books.
The clear thematic organization, concise annotations, and complete bibliographic data make this volume useful for patrons and teachers as well as for librarians, who will value it for collection development, readers' advisory, and research. Titles are organized under user-friendly headings such as Adventure and Survival Stories, Fantasy and the Supernatural, Biography, History and Geography, and Guidance and Personal Development. Titles that are available in audio and eBook formats are indicated, as are award-winning and series titles.
