A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books

A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books
ISBN-10
1591582326
ISBN-13
9781591582328
Series
A to Zoo
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General
Pages
1692
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Libraries Unlimited
Authors
Carolyn W. Lima, John A. Lima

Description


This best-selling standard reference resource offers up-to-date information on fiction and nonfiction picture books for children. Comprehensive and easy to use, it consists of a subject guide, a bibliographic guide, and title and illustrator indexes. This 7th edition adds more than 4,000 titles published since 2001. An introduction discusses the history and amazing growth of English-language picture books. A to Zoo is useful for both reader's advisory and collection building.


The convenient indexes facilitate searches by title, author, and illustrator, as well as by subject, allowing quick responses to library user needs. With this latest updated volume, A to Zoo continues to provide librarians with a singular source for collection building, program development, and responding to patrons requests for picture books, from the classics to the latest publications.

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