LibGuides: ELLM5170: Information Sources and Services: Subject Bibliographies K-12

Selected Lists of Books

These are lists, usually selected by librarians, of highly recommended books in a particular subject area, format or for a particular age group. For additional lists go to the American Library Association website, www.ala.org, and click on Awards and Grants.

Alex Awards
The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing.
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Designed to commemorate the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, this award annually recognizes outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience.
Michael L. Printz Award
The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books For Young People
An annual reading list of exceptional books by the Children's Book Council for use in social studies classrooms, selected by social studies educators appointed by the NCCS, in the K-12 classroom.
Pura Belpre Award
The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
The list is for young adults (ages 12-18) who, for whatever reasons, do not like to read. The purpose of this list is to identify titles for recreational reading, not for curricular or remedial use.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
The Sibert Award honors the most distinguished informational book published in English in the preceding year for its significant contribution to children’s literature.
Schneider Family Book Award
The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12
These annual lists are selected by a panel from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children's Book Council (CBC) and identifies outstanding titles for grades K-12.

Information Resource Evaluation Checklist

Checklist by Lanning & Bryner

Specialized Subject Bibliographies

A list of print bibliographies about special topics

Black history in the pages of children's literature by Rose Casement
Call Number: [CMC-Reference] PS173.N4 C37 2008
ISBN: 0810858436
Crossing boundaries with children's books
Call Number: [CMC-Reference] Z1037.A1 C825 2006
ISBN: 0810852039
Choices : a core collection for young reluctant readers by Geri Krim & Sandy Mittelman
Call Number: [CMC-Reference] Z1037 .C564 2006
ISBN: 0934272484
Vol. 6
Graphic novels: A genre guide to comic books, manga, and more by Michael Pawuk
Call Number: [CMC-Reference] PN6710 .P38 2007
ISBN: 159158132X
Latina and Latino voices in literature : lives and works by Frances Ann Day
Call Number: [CMC-Reference] PS153.H56 D28 2003
ISBN: 0313323941
Updated and expanded.
More than a game: Sports literature for young adults by Chris Crowe
Call Number: [CMC-Reference] PS169.S62 C76 2004
ISBN: 0810849003
Native Americans in children's literature by Jon C. Stott
Call Number: [CMC-Reference] PS173.I6 S76 1995
ISBN: 0897747828
Recommended books in Spanish for children and young adults, 2004-2008 by Isabel Schon
Call Number: [CMC-Reference] Z1037.7 .S387 2009
ISBN: 0810863863

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