African American Children's Books: Guide to Great African American Children's Books - Softcover

BBG, Donna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471193534 ISBN 13: 9780471193531

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1998

Synopsis

"This is a great resource that fills a tremendous need. It should be on parents' shelves at home as well as in every school." --Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D. Harvard Medical School These are exciting times for African American children's literature. Never before have there been so many titles available. Now the three mothers who founded Black Books Galore! --the nation's leading organizer of festivals of African American children's books --share their expert advice on how to find and choose the best. This fully annotated guide opens the door to a wonderful world of reading for the children in your life. Here are the most positive, the best-written, and the most acclaimed books in every category, including board books, story and picture books, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, history, biography, fables, and more. Invaluable for parents, teachers, and librarians, this easy-to-use, illustrated reference guide features: Quick, lively descriptions of 500 books, plus 200 additional recommendations Helpful guidelines for encouraging young readers Easy-to-find listings organized by age level and indexed by title, topic, author, and illustrator Portraits of selected authors and illustrators Listings of award winners and Reading Rainbow Books.

About this title

Review:

"BLACK BOOKS GALORE! is distinct from similar efforts ...in that selections are 'children's' books, as opposed to works of Black literature that youth should be encouraged to read."--Emerge, October 1998

Synopsis:

A landmark reference highlights the best and brightest in an increasingly rich and popular genre. With so many children's books to choose from, parents are looking for help in finding the most positive, best written, and most acclaimed titles available. This book fills the information gap with the first fully annotated guide to focus exclusively on African American books. It includes easy-to-use indexes by title, subject, author, and illustrator, boxed features about renowned writers and illustrators, and listings of award winners and Reading Rainbow Books. Black Books Galore! is the nation's leading company organizing book fairs and festivals of African American children's books. Winner of the Parenting magazine's 1998 Parenting Leaders Award, BBG was founded by three African American mothers: Donna Rand (Stamford, CT), Toni Trent Parker (Stamford, CT), and Sheila Foster (Greenwich, CT).

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0471193534
• ISBN 13: 9780471193531
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 260