Global Voices: Picture Books from Around the World (book)

Susan, S. (2014). Global Voices: Picture Books from Around the World. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions. 978-0-8389-11839.

Picture books can be portals to far-flung corners of the globe, and the books in this selected bibliography will help children’s imaginations soar. Identifying quality literature for children ages 3 to 8 that conveys a true sense of life outside America’s borders, this valuable resource highlights titles that librarians and educators can use to foster cross-cultural education.

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Popular Picks for Young Readers (book)

Foote, D. (2014). Popular Picks for Young Readers: 500+ best-loved contemporary titles for kids age 0-14. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions. 978-0-8389-3605-4.


Featuring contributions by active librarians from around the country, this guide offers a goldmine of quality books for children, spotlighting more than 500 titles published within the last four years. Ranging from books for newborns through readers to age 14, the selected books encompass a wide variety of formats and themes to reflect the diversity of contemporary society. Popular Picks for Young Readers is equally useful for readers' advisory and collection development, and includes

• High-quality, well-reviewed books that are popular with kids
• Only original titles, eliminating derivative works such as those based on a movie or licensed characters
• Picture books, graphic novels, poetry, informational books, fiction, and more
• Thorough annotations, with summary, author, and publication information
• Multiple indexes for easy searching by title, author, type of book, genre, award-winners, and subject matter

With selections geared towards every child's interest and reading level, this guide will help librarians, teachers, caregivers and others connect young readers to books they're sure to love.

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The Newbery & Caldecott Awards (book)

Association for Library Service to Children. (2014). The Newbery & Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books, 2014 Edition. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.

Updated to include the 2014 award and honor books, The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books, 2014 Edition gathers together the books deemed most distinguished in American children's literature and illustration since the inception of the renowned prizes. Librarians and teachers everywhere rely on this guidebook for quick reference and collection development and also as a resource for curriculum links and readers' advisory. With an easy-to-use streamlined look and format, the 2014 guide features

• A new essay by Sylvia M. Vardell on the history and development of poetry for young people
• Explanations of criteria used to select the winners
• Updated bibliographic citations and indexes for the award winners

This perennial guide for locating information about the best in children's books is valuable for every collection.

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Coretta Scott King Award Books Discussion Guide: Pathways to Democracy

Phelps, Adelaide Poniatowski and Carole J. McCollough. Coretta Scott King Award Books Discussion Guide: Pathways to Democracy. ALA Editions, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-8389-3604-7

Description (from publisher's web site)
Spotlighting titles appropriate for grades K-12, this discussion guide builds on the rich legacy of the Coretta Scott King award-winning books to offer an important educational resource for teachers, librarians, parents, and other caregivers. This guide identifies within the plot, character, and themes of each book those values that relate to being an American citizen and to living in a democratic society, and then shows how to use the book as a springboard for discussion. The book organizes titles by grade-specific chapters, making it easy to find suitable books.
Table of Contents
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Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacy to Empower Learners

Mackey, Thomas P. and Trudi E. Jacobson. Metaliteracy: Reinventing Information Literacy to Empower Learners. Neal-Schuman, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-55570-989-1

Description (from publisher's web site)
These well-respected experts on information literacy share their concept of metaliteracy, which expands the scope of traditional information skills (determine, access, locate, understand, produce, and use information) to include the collaborative production and sharing of information in participatory digital environments (collaborate, produce, and share) prevalent in today’s world. Combining theory and case studies, the authors

• Show why media literacy, visual literacy, digital literacy, and a host of other specific literacies are critical for informed citizens in the twenty-first century
• Offer a framework for engaging in today’s information environments as active, selfreflective, and critical contributors to these collaborative spaces
• Connect metaliteracy to such topics as metadata, the Semantic Web, metacognition, open education, distance learning, and digital storytelling

Table of Contents
A detailed table of contents is available on the publisher's web site.