This guide for librarians begins by placing readers' advisory services in the library into context, reviewing related theory and research, and explaining how the landscape of genre plays a central role in readers' advisory service.
As with previous editions, this guide will prove invaluable to librarians building their teen collections and will help them assist teens in finding the books they love, no matter what genre.
Covers over 1,300 popular titles in a wide variety of genres, with practical tips and information on teen readers' advisory, genres, publishing trends, and building a collection.
Covering nearly 6,000 titles in such popular genres as crime, adventure, romance, western, science fiction, fantasy, and horror, Herald's best-selling reference defines each, describes its characteristics and subgenres, and groups...
15 Using the “corporate” novels of Jayne Ann Krentz, Elizabeth Lowell, Nora Roberts, and Katherine Stone, and the paranormal Romances of Laurel K. Hamilton, Carrie Vaughn, Charlaine Harris, and Kelley Armstrong, Young contrasts the ways ...
Find good books for young readers the easy way by using this guide. Designed for educators and students, it arranges titles by genre and theme so users can find books...
This Little Mommy Stayed Home. 2009. Bantam. ISBN 9780385342667.388p. Joy McGuire loves her infant son, but she's not so sure about the sleep deprivation and isolation that new motherhood has introduced to her life.
Organizes and describes more than 1,500 fiction titles by genre, subgenre, and theme. Includes a discussion on publishing trends, what appeals to teens, and a section on alternative formats.
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The rich and complex genre of fantasy fiction appeals to readers of all ages. Designed for readers' advisors and collection development specialists in public, school, and college libraries, this in-depth...