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Cianciolo, Patricia J.

Informational picture books for children / Patricia J. Cianciolo. - Chicago : American Library Association, 2000. - 1 online resource (x, 205 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Informational picture books: definitions, selection criteria, and trends -- The natural world -- Numbers and arithmetic -- The physical world -- Finding new worlds -- Children and families -- Peoples and cultures -- Language -- Arts and crafts.

Presents guidelines for evaluating quality in informational books, and features descriptions of 260 contemporary informational picture books for children from six months to fourteen years, grouped in eight categories including the natural world, numbers and arithmetic, children and families, and arts and crafts.


English.

ISBN: 0585317534 9780585317533

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Children's literature, English--Book reviews.
Picture books for children--United States--Book reviews.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Books & Reading.
Children's literature, English.
Picture books for children.
Bibliography - General.
General.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Book reviews.

LC Class. No.: Z1037.A1 / C54 2000eb

Dewey Class. No.: 028.1/62