Reference Books for Children 4th Ed.

Includes over 1,000 titles. Intended as a buying guide for both public and school libraries, this volume provides complete bibliographic data, prices, and descriptions for a wide range of materials.

Preface

vii

Introduction: Reference Services for Children

ix

Evaluating Types of Reference Sources

1

(14)

Bibliographies

1

(2)

Indexes

3

(2)

Encyclopedias

5

(2)

Dictionaries

7

(2)

Almanacs and Yearbooks

9

(1)

Handbooks

10

(1)

Directories

11

(1)

Biographical Sources

11

(2)

Atlases

13

(2)

General Reference

15

(48)

Almanacs

15

(2)

Bibliographies, Non-print

17

(3)

Bibliographies, Print

20

(11)

Biographies

31

(4)

Directories

35

(3)

Encyclopedias

38

(6)

Fact Books

44

(7)

Free and Inexpensive Materials

51

(2)

Periodicals

53

(2)

Review Sources

55

(8)

Humanities

63

(89)

Art

63

(3)

General Reference

63

(2)

Biographies

65

(1)

Language, English

66

(22)

Dictionaries

66

(1)

Picture Dictionaries

66

(3)

School Dictionaries

69

(5)

Collegiate Dictionaries

74

(2)

English as a Second Language

76

(1)

Large Print Dictionaries

77

(2)

Unabridged Dictionaries

79

(2)

Grammar

81

(1)

Signed English

82

(1)

Thesauri

83

(3)

Word Books

86

(2)

Languages, Non-English

88

(6)

Literature

94

(38)

General Reference

94

(12)

Biographies

106

(7)

Criticism

113

(3)

Directories

116

(1)

Drama

117

(3)

Folklore/Mythology

120

(5)

Indexes

125

(1)

Poetry

126

(4)

Quotations

130

(2)

Music

132

(9)

General Reference

132

(3)

Biographies

135

(2)

Dance

137

(1)

Opera

138

(1)

Songbooks

139

(2)

Religion

141

(7)

Television, Film, and Video

148

(1)

Writing

149

(3)

Recreation

152

(17)

Camps

152

(1)

Clubs

152

(2)

Cooking

154

(2)

Crafts

156

(3)

Games

159

(3)

Hobbies

162

(2)

Sports

164

(5)

Science

169

(77)

General Reference

169

(5)

Bibliographies

174

(2)

Biographies

176

(1)

Botany

177

(4)

Computer Science

181

(2)

Earth Sciences

183

(5)

Human Body

188

(3)

Mathematics

191

(2)

Math Fair Projects

193

(4)

Nature

197

(5)

Oceanography

202

(4)

Prehistoric Life

206

(5)

Science Fair Projects

211

(5)

Space Sciences

216

(6)

Technology

222

(3)

Inventions

224

(1)

Weather

225

(2)

Zoology

227

(19)

General Reference

227

(4)

Birds

231

(2)

Fish

233

(1)

Invertebrates

234

(1)

Insects and Arachnids

235

(3)

Mammals

238

(4)

Pets

242

(1)

Reptiles and Amphibians

243

(3)

Social Sciences

246

(95)

Careers

246

(2)

Civil Rights

248

(2)

Costume

250

(2)

Countries of the World

252

(50)

Flags

252

(1)

Geography

253

(9)

Atlases

262

(6)

History

268

(9)

Atlases

277

(1)

Bibliographies

278

(6)

United States

284

(1)

Atlases

284

(1)

Biographies

285

(3)

Geography

288

(4)

Government

292

(1)

History

293

(7)

Symbols

300

(2)

Drugs

302

(1)

Endangered and Extinct Animals and Plants

303

(1)

Environment

304

(2)

Ethnic Groups

306

(11)

General Reference

306

(3)

African-Americans

309

(2)

Asian Americans

311

(1)

Hispanic Americans

312

(1)

Jewish Americans

313

(1)

Native Americans

314

(3)

Etiquette

317

(1)

Genealogy and Personal Names

318

(2)

Holidays

320

(5)

Military Science

325

(2)

Psychology

327

(7)

Schools

334

(4)

Directories

334

(3)

Study Aids

337

(1)

Transportation

338

(3)

Author/Title Index

341

(47)

Subject Index

388

(12)

About the Authors

400

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