Selected Print Resources
for Materials Selection and Collection Development
Magazines
Audiofile. Published six times per year. $19.95. Includes features about and reviews of
audio books (approximately 100 per issue). Subscribe online @
www.audiofilemagazine.com/magazine.html
Booklist: Published twice monthly September – June and monthly in July and August by
the American Library Association, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. $74.50.
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books: Published monthly except August by the
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. University of Illinois Press, BCCB, 1325 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL
61820. $66.00 (institutional rate; $50.00, personal).
The Horn Book Magazine: Published six times a year in January, March, May, July,
September and November. $50.00 (institutional price: $40.00). The Horn Book, 56
Roland Street; Suite 200; Boston, MA 02912.
Kirkus Reviews: Published twice a month. Bpi Communications. Price to libraries ranges
from $125.00 to $415.00, depending on the size of the book budget. For information call
(646) 654-4685. Reviews over 5,000 books for adults and young readers per year.
Kliatt: Published six times a year in January, March, May, July, September, and
November by Kliatt, 33 Bay Street Road, Wellesley, MA 02481. $39.00. Includes
reviews of paperback books, hardcover YA fiction, audiobooks, and educational
software.
Publishers Weekly: Published weekly except for the last week of December by the
Cahners Publishing Company, 249 W. 17th Street, New York, NY 10011-5300. $189.00.
The reviews and special features (e.g., Mystery & Suspense) are useful but most
important are the annual Spring and Fall Children’s Announcement issues that contain
news of the respective season’s forthcoming books.
School Library Journal: Published monthly by Cahners Business Information, 245 W.
17th Street, New York, NY 10011. $97.50. The reviews are essential reading, of course,
though it seems fewer and fewer book-related feature articles are appearing.
Nevertheless, the regular columns (Up for Discussion, Nonfiction Booktalker, Make
Your Point, What Works, and Practically Speaking) occasionally offer useful reader’s
advisory information.
Video Librarian: Published bimonthly. Video Librarian, 8705 Honeycomb Ct, NW;
Seabeck, WA 98380. $47.00
VOYA: Published bimonthly April – February by Scarecrow Press, Inc., 4720A Boston
Way, Lanham, MD 20706. $42.00. Next to Booklist, this is the most useful of the review
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media for reader’s advisory work. In addition to its reviews (particularly strong in the
areas of genre fiction, graphic novels, and paperbacks), the magazine is notable for
regular features like its annual selections of the best middle school books (“Books in the
Middle”), adult mysteries for young adults (“Clueless”), adult nonfiction for young adults
(“List Picks”), its annual Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror list, and its annual
VOYA Nonfiction Honor list.
Formats That the Major Review Media Cover:
School Library Journal: Books (more than 4,000 reviewed last year, including series),
Reference Books (Books, CD-ROMS, Online), Professional Reading, “New in
Paperback” (published twice a year in May and November), Web Sites, Video, Prints,
Multimedia Kits, Audio (Spoken Word and Music in both CD and Cassette formats),
Educational CD-ROM, and Educational Games
Booklist: Books, Reference Books (in its Reference Books Bulletin section), including
CD-ROM and Online, Video and DVD (educational), Audio and Audiobooks
Horn Book: Books, New Editions and Reissues, Paperback Reprints, and Audiobooks
Kliatt: Paperbacks, Hardcover YA Fiction, Audiobooks, Educational Software
Publishers Weekly: Books, Audio, E-publishing
VOYA: Books, Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror, Paperbacks, Reference, Professional,
Graphic Novels, Web Sites, and CD-ROM
Books - General
Books For You: An Annotated Booklist for Senior High. Various editions. NCTE
Bibliography Series. Urbana, IL: NCTE. A useful collection of 35 – 40 subject reading
lists, containing approximately 1,000 fiction and nonfiction titles. Subjects include
Adventure and Survival, Holocaust, Humor and Satire, Science and the Environment, etc.
Appendixes include lists of World Literature Titles, Multicultural Titles, and Awardwinning Books.
Calvert, Stephen J., ed. Best Books For Young Adult Readers. RR. Bowker. 1997
Carter, Betty. Best Books For Young Adults, Second Edition. Chicago: ALA. 2000. The
complete, annotated Best Books for Young Adults lists since 1966. Includes twenty-five
thematic lists, too.
Fiction Catalog. Various eds. NY: H.W. Wilson Company
Fiction Sequels For Readers 10 To 16 by Vicki Anderson. 2nd ed. McFarland. 1997
Jones, Patrick, et. al. A Core Collection for Young Adults. Neal-Schuman. 2003.
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source.
Lesesne, Teri S. Making the Match: the Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right
Time, Grades 4-12. Stenhouse. 2003.
Odean, Kathleen. Great Books For Boys And Great Books For Girls. NY: Ballantine
Books. 1997, 1998. Each volume contains annotations for more than 600 titles of interest
to boys and girls, respectively.
_____Great Books About Things Kids Love. An annotated guide to more than 750 books
about things kids love – from Animals to Transportation. NY: Ballantine Books.
Outstanding Books For The College Bound. Published every five years by the Young
Adult Library Services Association. The current (2000) list is available online at the
YALSA website: www.ala.org/yalsa/
Spencer, Pam. What Do Young Adults Read Next? A Reader’s Guide to Fiction for
Young Adults. Detroit. Gale Group. Four volumes are now available. Hands-down, the
most important reader’s advisory tool available, this ongoing multi-volume work contains
annotations for nearly 5,000 young adult novels. In addition to a plot summary, each
entry contains information about subject, age range, major characters, time period(s),
locale, a list of reviews, other books by the same author, and – most
importantly – other books the reader might like. Of equal importance are the numerous
indexes; these include series index, award index, time period, geographic, subject,
character name, character description, age index, page count, author, and title.
Senior High School Library Catalog And Middle And Junior High School Catalog. New
York: H.W. Wilson. Each of these standard tools contains
more than 4,000 annotated titles. The volumes are organized in three parts: a classified
catalog; an author, title, subject, and analytical index; and a directory of publishers and
distributors. Various editions are available. The basic, hardcover volume is supplemented
by an annual paperback volume containing approximately 600 titles. A new master
catalog is published every five years.
The Young Adult Reader’s Advisor. 2 vols. NY: Bowker, 1992. Contains subject
bibliographies containing more than 17,000 books and profiles of authors and historical
figures.
Your Reading: A Booklist for Middle School and Junior High. NCTE bibliography
Series. Urbana, IL: NCTE. Similar to BOOKS FOR YOU (above). Typically contains
some 1,200 annotated titles.
High Interest – Easy Reading
Ammon, Bette D. and Gale W. Sherman. More Rip-Roaring Reads For Reluctant Teen
Readers. Teacher Ideas Press. 1996. $26.50
Bodart, Joni. The World’s Best Thin Books: What to Read When Your Book Report Is
Due Tomorrow. Rev. ed. Lanham, MD. Scarecrow Press. 2000. $16.95
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Phelan, Patricia, ed. High Interest – Easy Reading: An Annotated Booklist for Middle
School and Senior High School. 7th ed. Urbana, IL: NCTE. 1996.
Sullivan, Edward T. Reaching Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Lanham, MD. Scarecrow
Press. 2002
Reference Sources
Rollins, Deborah and Donna Helmer. Reference Sources For Children’s And Young
Adult Literature. Chicago: ALA. 1996. $7.00
Subject/Topical Bibliographies
Adamson, Lynda G. Recreating The Past: A Guide to American and World Historical
Fiction for Children and Young Adults. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Block, Francesca Lia and Hillary Carlip. Zine Scene: The Do It Yourself Guide To Zines.
Girl Press. 1998.
Coffey, Rosemary K. and Elizabeth F. Howard. America As Story: Historical Fiction for
Middle and Secondary Schools. 2nd ed. Chicago: American Library Association.
Estes, Sally, ed. Growing Up Is Hard To Do. Chicago: ALA. 1994. A collection of
annotated bibliographies from Booklist about growing up.
Popular YA Reading. Chicago: ALA. 1996. More booklists.
Herald, Diana Tixier. Teen Genreflecting. Second Edition. Libraries Unlimited. 2003.
Selected Print Resources About Teenagers
Burkert, Elinor. Another Planet: A Year in the Life of a Suburban High School.
HarperCollins. 2001.
Hersch, Patricia. A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence.
Fawcett Columbine. 1998.
Hine, Thomas. The Rise & Fall of the American Teenager. Bard/Avon. 1999.
Humes, Edward. School of Dreams: Making the Grade at a Top American High School.
Harcourt. 2003. (The school is Whitney High in Cerritos)
Palladino, Grace. Teenagers: an American History. Basic Books. 1996.
Quart, Alissa. Branded: The Buying and Selling of Teenagers. Perseus. 2002.
Rollin, Lucy. Twentieth Century Teen Culture by the Decades. Greenwood Press. 1999.
Wiseman, Rosalind. Queen Bees & Wannabes. Three Rivers Press. 2002.
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source.
Zollo, Peter. Wise up to Teens: Insights into Marketing and Advertising to Teens. New
Strategist Publications. 1999.
Selected Print Resources about Young Adult Service
Braun, Linda W. Teens.library: Developing Internet Services for Young Adults. ALA.
2002.
Jones, Patrick. Connecting Young Adults and Libraries. Second edition. Neal-Schuman.
1998.
New Directions for Library Service to Young Adults. ALA/YALSA. 2002.
Shoemaker, Joel and Patrick Jones. Do It Right! Best Practices for Serving Young Adults
in School and Public Libraries. Neal-Schuman. 2001.
Vaillancourt, Renee J. Bare Bones Young Adult Services: Tips for Public Library
Generalists. ALA/YALSA. 2002.
Managing Young Adult Services. Neal-Schuman. 2002.
Walter, Virginia A. and Elaine Meyers. Teens & Libraries. Getting It Right. ALA. 2003.
Selected Print Resources about Young Adult Literature
Aronson, Marc. Exploding the Myths. Scarecrow Press. 2001
Beyond the Pale. Rowman & Littlefield. 2003.
Cart, Michael. From Romance to Realism: Fifty Years of Growth and Change in Young
Adult Literature. HarperCollins. 1996.
Donelson, Kenneth L. and Alleen Pace Nilsen. Literature for Today’s Young Adults.
Sixth edition. Longman/Addison Wesley. 2001.
Dresang, Eliza T. Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age. H. W. Wilson.
1999.
Peck, Richard. Invitations to the World: Teaching and Writing for the Young. Dial. 2002.
Zitlow, Connie, ed. Lost Masterworks of Young Adult Literature. Scarecrow Press. 2002.
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Project [infopeople.org], supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services
and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Any use of this material should credit the author and funding
source.