The World through Children's Books [Paperback]

Susan Stan (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0810841983 | ISBN-13: 978-0810841987 | Publication Date: February 15, 2002 | Edition: annotated edition

A valuable and easy-to-use tool for librarians, teachers and others seeking to promote international understanding through children's literature. The annotated bibliography, organized geographically by world region and country, describes nearly 700 books representing 73 countries. Designed as a companion volume to Carl Tomlinson's Children's Books from Other Countries, it includes international children's books published between 1996 and 2000, as well as selected American books set in countries other than the United States. Sponsored by the United States Board for Young People (USBBY).

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

A sequel to Carl M. Tomlinson's Children's Books from Other Countries (Scarecrow, 1998). Following an overview of international children's literature, the volume features titles published in the U.S. from 1996 to 2000. Books may have originally been written in a language other than English and translated. They are arranged by broad areas such as Latin America and the Caribbean, and then by country within that region. Annotations are lengthy enough to give the flavor of the title. Complete bibliographic information and suggested grade levels are included. Resource sections include children's book awards by country, organizations (ALA is omitted, but NCTE is included), a brief list of North American publishers with an international focus, and distributors and publishers of foreign-language and bilingual books. Indexes include author/illustrator/translator, and separate listings for title and subject. The many access points to the titles listed increase the usefulness of the content. Despite some very minor omissions and organizational weaknesses (e.g., looking for England between Denmark and Finland yields no results, and there's no see reference to direct readers to United Kingdom), this is an excellent source for collection development.
Mary Lankford, Library Consultant, Austin, TX
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

This annotated bibliography of international books published in the U.S. from 1996 through 2000 is sponsored by the U.S. Board on Books for Young People (USBBY). It is intended to be used with USBBY's first volume, Children's Books from Other Countries (Scarecrow, 1998). Beginning with a lengthy introduction to international children's literature, it also includes lists of international awards, organizations, publishers, and sources of foreign-language and bilingual books. The main portion of the book, the bibliography, is arranged by region and subdivided by country. Each country's entries include native authors, cross-references to titles related to that country from authors of other nationalities, and authors designated as "from the United States," though not necessarily American born. Brief, signed entries contain summaries and evaluative comments. There are title and author/illustrator/translator indexes. A very useful volume for multicultural collection development. RBB
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 0 and up
  
• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press; annotated edition edition (February 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810841983
• ISBN-13: 978-0810841987
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent browsing guide and resource, July 20, 2003

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This review is from: The World through Children's Books (Paperback)

Exhaustively compiled and deftly edited by Susan Stan (Assistant Professor of English, Central Michigan University), The World Through Children's Books offers capsule summaries of nearly 700 popular children's books from over 70 countries. An excellent browsing guide and resource for librarians and parents searching for high-quality reading material to offer to young folks, with descriptions that are brief yet highly precise, The World Through Children's Books is a welcome addition to Library Collection Development reference collections and is especially commended to the attention of homeschoolers for their curriculum develop-ment needs.