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Direct linkBuchter, Holli – Knowledge Quest, 2013
In this article St. Vrain Valley (CO) School District (SVVSD) librarian, Holli Buchter describes what took place in the school libraries in the district when the newest elementary school, Red Hawk, opened its doors. Red Hawk asked and answered the question: "Is the Dewey Decimal Classification system still the best way for students to locate…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Libraries, Library Development, Library Materials
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education. Library Media Section. – 1991
This report is intended for use as a selection aid covering newly published materials from selected publishers. Reviews are prepared by school library media specialists in Oklahoma. Each entry provides the recommended grade and interest levels, as well as a rating. Also included for each book is a brief story synopsis. Reviews for fiction books…
Descriptors: Biographies, Book Reviews, Elementary Secondary Education, Fiction
Hanny, Patricia – Book Report, 1992
Describes a high school library "stress collection" of 125 fiction and nonfiction titles dealing with issues teens may experience and provides brief annotations for a number of these resources. Topics covered include academic and other anxieties, crises, dropouts, drugs and alcohol, families, health, illness and death, pregnancy, sexual…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Coping, Fiction, High School Students
Boardman, Edna; And Others – Book Report, 1993
Includes seven articles that discuss censorship and intellectual freedom in junior and senior high schools. Highlights include access to appropriate information; library material selection; dealing with complaints; a list of potentially controversial titles and topics; a history of book burning; the censorship of fiction; weeding versus…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Fiction, Intellectual Freedom
Callison, Daniel – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2000
Discusses the importance of nonfiction as part of children's and young adults' reading. Topics include library collection development practices to keep nonfiction collections up-to-date; electronic formats that allow interaction; nonfiction picture books; booktalks; results of research on reading and skill development related to nonfiction; and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Wright, Cora M. – 1998
This resource, designed to help school library media specialists select the most exciting, curriculum-related literature for teachers and students in grades 5-9, contains approximately 300 contemporary and classic fiction and non-fiction titles selected on the basis of the quality of writing, interest level, appropriateness of illustration (if…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Books, Childrens Literature
