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.