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Updated to include the 2012 award and honour books, this new edition of the annual guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards 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 2012 guide also includesA new essay by Deborah Stevenson, Director of the Centre for Children's Books, on how the awards are consistently a big moment for children's books to be noticed and celebrated outside the library worldExplanations of criteria used to select the winnersUpdated bibliographic citations and indexes for the award winnersThis perennial guide for locating information about the best in children's books is valuable for every collection.

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 new-borns 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 includesHigh-quality, well-reviewed books that are popular with kidsOnly original titles, eliminating derivative works such as those based on a movie or licensed charactersPicture books, graphic novels, poetry, informational books, fiction, and moreThorough annotations, with summary, author, and publication informationMultiple indexes for easy searching by title, author, type of book, genre, award-winners, and subject matterWith 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.