Author : Doug Estell
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : pages
File Size : 44,89 MB
Release : 1993-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780606137294
Gathers the reading lists of U.S. colleges, including the one hundred most recommended works, and explains how to prepare for college entrance tests and courses
Author : Angela Carstensen
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 17,71 MB
Release : 2011-05-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 083898570X
Connecting teens to books they’ll truly enjoy is the aim of every young adult librarian, and the completely revamped guide Outstanding Books for the College Bound will give teen services staff the leg up they need to make it happen. Listing nearly 200 books deemed outstanding for the college bound by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), this indispensable resource Examines how the previous lists in the series were developed, and explains the book’s new layout Features engaging, helpful book descriptions useful for readers’ advisory Offers programming tips and other ideas for ways the lists can be used at schools and public libraries Includes indexes searchable by topic, year, title, and authorMore than simply a vital collection development tool, this book can help librarians help young adults grow into the kind of independent readers and thinkers who will flourish at college.
Author : Doug Estell
Publisher : Arco
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 36,62 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Best books
ISBN : 9780764561016
"Get a head start on college success!"--Cover subtitle.
Author : Doug Estell
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,29 MB
Release : 2000-07-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781417750375
Get a head start on college success with this must-have guide to the books that college and university professors think are important--and why. Includes an annotated list of the 100 books most often recommended by the leading schools.
Author : Judith Wynn Halsted
Publisher : Great Potential Press, Inc.
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 22,49 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 0910707960
Recommends books for gifted readers that provide insights and coping skills for issues they may face from preschool through high school, featuring more than three hundred titles with brief summaries, organized by reading levels; and includes an index arranged by theme.
Author : Judie L. H. Strouf
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 25,39 MB
Release : 1999-09-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 0735201218
Wonderful for browsing, and invaluable for finding specific information, Literature Lovers Book of Lists is a compendium of useful and sometimes whimsical information for anyone who loves books and loves to read, at any age or reading level. It is organized into nine sections and provides nearly 200 lists relating to genres, authors, characters and settings, awards, literary terms with their definitions and much more. There are even lists of books of prose and poetry available on audiocassettes. If it has to do with literature, this book has the answers. What book has had the longest run on The New York Times best-seller list? Who is the only four-time winner of the Pulitizer Prize for drama? What is the complete list of Shakespeare's plays and poems? Who are some of the most notable African American authors? What are the three main variations of the sonnet? What famous writers belonged to The Bloomsbury Group? Literature Lovers Book of Lists is both exciting and informative at the same time.
Author : Carol Alabaster
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 2010-02-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838999379
Carol Alabaster focuses on developing a collection with high-quality materials while saving time and money.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 18,87 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Libraries
ISBN :
Author : Jeannie Oakes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 27,60 MB
Release : 1991-07-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780300051230
Offers a tonic for the ailing educational system
Author : Africa S. Hands
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 20,66 MB
Release : 2014-12-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838912796
With the assistance of this book, public libraries can provide truly outstanding service to this important population.
