TY - BOOK N2 - "This indispensable selection guide brings together information on nearly 25,000 of the best fiction and nonfiction for children in grades K-6. Fully updated, including thousands of new entries published since the previous edition, it is an invaluable resource for making sure your children's collection is one your young patrons - and their parents and teachers - will enjoy." "As always in the Best Books series, the authors have carefully culled the most trusted professional review sources to identify the most highly recommended new books for children. Brief annotations, bibliographic data, grade level appropriateness, and review citations help you identify books of high quality, while the book's topical arrangement makes it easy to create theme- and genre-based reading lists. New features include indication of titles available in audio and, where available, lexiles." "This book is the newest edition of the acclaimed guide to the best recreational and educational reading for children grades K through six." "Thousands of books are published each year for young readers, and through eight editions and several supplemental volumes, Best Books for Young Readers has been there to help librarians build collections to make their young patrons - and their parents and teachers - happy. Now the exhaustive reference, acclaimed by Booklist, Reviewers Bookwatch, Teacher Librarian, and librarians across the nation, returns in a fully updated new edition."--BOOK JACKET. AB - "This indispensable selection guide brings together information on nearly 25,000 of the best fiction and nonfiction for children in grades K-6. Fully updated, including thousands of new entries published since the previous edition, it is an invaluable resource for making sure your children's collection is one your young patrons - and their parents and teachers - will enjoy." "As always in the Best Books series, the authors have carefully culled the most trusted professional review sources to identify the most highly recommended new books for children. Brief annotations, bibliographic data, grade level appropriateness, and review citations help you identify books of high quality, while the book's topical arrangement makes it easy to create theme- and genre-based reading lists. New features include indication of titles available in audio and, where available, lexiles." "This book is the newest edition of the acclaimed guide to the best recreational and educational reading for children grades K through six." "Thousands of books are published each year for young readers, and through eight editions and several supplemental volumes, Best Books for Young Readers has been there to help librarians build collections to make their young patrons - and their parents and teachers - happy. Now the exhaustive reference, acclaimed by Booklist, Reviewers Bookwatch, Teacher Librarian, and librarians across the nation, returns in a fully updated new edition."--BOOK JACKET. T1 - Best books for children :preschool through grade 6 / DA - c2010. CY - Santa Barbara, Calif. : AU - Barr, Catherine, AU - Gillespie, John Thomas, ET - 9th ed. CN - Z1037 CN - Z1037 PB - Libraries Unlimited/ABC-CLIO, PP - Santa Barbara, Calif. : PY - c2010. N1 - Includes indexes. N1 - Gillespie's name appears first on the earlier editions. ID - 350863 KW - Children KW - Children's literature KW - Best books SN - 9781591585756 (alk. paper) SN - 1591585759 (alk. paper) TI - Best books for children :preschool through grade 6 / ER -