Publisher's Synopsis
This book provides essential information on over 250 children's reference products for parents, teachers and librarians wishing to purchase the best books and multimedia material currently available. - - Entries cover alphabet books, atlases, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and mini-libraries, and are arranged in four chapters dealing with pre-school publications and those aimed at continuity with Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. Multimedia products are treated in a separate chapter, covering all age ranges. - - Each book entry provides full details of the title, publisher and price, together with an assessment of the book's coverage, layout, language and illustrative content and the success or otherwise of information retrieval devices. The reactions of children themselves to using these books are also recorded. Finally for titles aimed at Key Stages 2 and 3 there is a ?National Curriculum? score, indicating how useful a text is likely to be in covering curriculum subjects. - - As the amount of reference material for children grows and the resources available to teachers and librarians diminish, the information this guide provides will become increasingly essential.
