Children's Rights (Overview Series) [Library Binding]

Ann Malaspina (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997 | Series: Overview Series

Discusses issues relating to children's rights such as equal access to education, health care, rights in schools, and the juvenile justice system.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 7 UpAThis title, one of a recent spate of expositions on children's rights, presents opinions in a clear, simple manner. Malaspina discusses court cases and legal decisions that relate to equal access to education, students' rights in school, sensitive health-care issues, abuse and neglect, working, and treatment of juvenile criminals. Most of the issues are illustrated by events occurring in the 1990s with some as recent as 1997. Hot topics include mainstreaming of students with disabilities, confidentiality and privacy in relation to condom distribution in schools, pregnancy and abortion, AIDS, and drug and alcohol addiction. Black-and-white photographs, graphs, and political cartoons dramatize points made in the text. An annotated list of related agencies plus an extensive bibliography and list for further reading are appended. Elaine Landau's Your Legal Rights (Walker, 1995) offers a historical perspective on American attitudes toward and treatment of children. It also gives more detailed descriptions of some cases relating to child-welfare issues. Thomas A. Jacobs uses a question-and-answer format in What Are My Rights? (Free Spirit, 1997) to address many of the same topics.AAnn G. Brouse, Big Flats Branch Library, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 112 pages
• Publisher: Lucent Books (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560061758
• ISBN-13: 978-1560061755
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,274,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in Brooklyn, NY, Ann Malaspina began her writing career as a reporter, tracking down stories for a community newspaper in Allston-Brighton, Massachusetts. She has written nonfiction books for the school and library market, as well as picture books for younger children. She lives with her family in New Jersey.