Information Texts for Literacy Instruction
Greetings. The following materials are intended to provide an introduction to information texts for literacy instruction. They were assembled from the World Wide Web, ERIC Database, and a variety of other bibliographic resources. Instructions for acquiring the full text of the ERIC records are presented at the end of this file.
Mei-Yu Lu
Literacy Specialist
Alphabetically arranged listing of bibliographies
Categorically arranged listing of bibliographies
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Is That a Fact: Teaching Nonfiction Writing: K-3 (fulltext book)
Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 (fulltext book)
True Stories: Nonfiction Literacy in the Primary Classroom (fulltext book)
Citations from the ERIC Database
AN: EJ601000
AU: Yopp,-Ruth-Helen; Yopp,-Hallie-Kay
TI: Sharing Informational Text with Young Children.
PY: 2000
SO: Reading-Teacher; v53 n5 p410-23 Feb 2000
DEM: *Childrens-Literature; *Emergent-Literacy; *Nonfiction-; *Reading-Instruction
DER: Annotated-Bibliographies; Beginning-Reading; Class-Activities; Primary-Education; Young-Children
AB: Focuses on the informational alphabet book, sharing ways to incorporate such books into the primary-grade literacy program to expose children to new concepts, new vocabulary, and non-fiction text structures. Offers suggestions for before, during, and after reading activities to support content and literacy development. Provides a 36-item annotated bibliography of informational alphabet books. (SR)
AN: EJ621246
AU: Goldstone,-Bette-P.
TI: Responding from the Heart: Aesthetic Reading of Historical Fiction and Non-fiction.
PY: 2000
SO: Ohio-Reading-Teacher; v34 n2 p54-59 Fall 2000
DEM: *Media-Selection; *Nonfiction-; *Reading-Instruction
DER: Elementary-Education; Reader-Response; Teaching-Methods
AB: Shows why aesthetic reading is a crucial pedagogic component in lessons using historical fiction and non-fiction. Provides criteria for selecting high quality books dealing with historical subjects for use in aesthetic reading activities. Discusses specific teaching strategies for promoting aesthetic reading. (SG)
AN: EJ604652
AU: Tower,-Cathy
TI: Questions That Matter: Preparing Elementary Students for the Inquiry Process.
PY: 2000
SO: Reading-Teacher; v53 n7 p550-57 Apr 2000
DEM: *Inquiry-; *Nonfiction-; *Reading-Instruction; *Student-Research
DER: Grade-4; Intermediate-Grades; Learning-Processes; Learning-Strategies; Teacher-Student-Relationship
AB: Shows that before students can begin doing research and inquiry on their own, they need to experience extensive nonfiction reading and writing and learn to generate questions and find resources. Offers a list of strategies and ideas that will help prepare the teacher, students, parents, and other teachers for the inquiry process. (SR)
AN: ED432776
AU: Wray,-David; Lewis,-Maureen
TI: Extending Interactions with Non-fiction Texts: An Exit into Understanding.
PY: 1999
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DEM: *Nonfiction-; *Reader-Text-Relationship; *Reading-Instruction; *Reading-Strategies
DER: Comprehension-; Elementary-Education; Models-; Teaching-Methods
AB: Exploring ways of helping teachers to extend their pupils' literacy, this paper's intent is to devise and try in classrooms a range of strategies whereby teachers might develop the abilities of their children to use literacy more effectively as a means of learning. It gives an outline of the model used, the Extending Interaction with Texts, or "EXIT" model, and briefly outlines the thinking and research underlying the model. The paper concludes that despite the difficulties in devising models of this nature, teachers have reacted positively to the attempt to provide a framework for their classroom work. Contains 30 references. (SC)
AN: EJ601057
AU: Wuthrick,-Marjorie-A.
TI: Reticulated What??? The Beginning of Holistic Instruction in Language.
PY: 1999
SO: Ohio-Reading-Teacher; v33 n2 p25-27 Sum 1999
DEM: *Holistic-Approach; *Nonfiction-; *Reading-Instruction; *Whole-Language-Approach
DER: Grade-1; Language-Arts; Primary-Education; Reading-Comprehension; Student-Centered-Curriculum; Teacher-Behavior
AB: Describes how the introduction of information books into a first grade classroom led a "traditional" teacher to provide students with a wider variety of literary experiences and allow students the opportunity for more active involvement in books. Notes that the classroom evolved into a child-centered environment where each child reads and writes according to his or her own purpose. (NH)
AN: EJ560665
AU: Caswell,-Linda-J.; Duke,-Nell-K.
TI: Non-Narrative as a Catalyst for Literacy Development.
PY: 1998
SO: Language-Arts; v75 n2 p108-17 Feb 1998
NT: Theme issue: Puzzlements, Uncertainties, and Contradictions.
DEM: *Learning-Strategies; *Literacy-; *Nonfiction-; *Reading-Instruction; *Reading-Materials; *Writing-Instruction
DER: Case-Studies; Primary-Education; Reading-Difficulties; Reading-Research; Student-Attitudes; Writing-Research
AB: Presents case studies of two struggling reader/writers who found a "way in" to the world of literacy through nonnarrative texts. Argues for greater attention to nonnarrative in early literacy education. (SR)
AN: EJ549897
AU: Avery,-Patricia-G.; Graves,-Michael-F.
TI: Scaffolding Young Learners' Reading of Social Studies Texts.
PY: 1997
SO: Social-Studies-and-the-Young-Learner; v9 n4 p10-14 Mar-Apr 1997
DEM: *Cognitive-Restructuring; *Learning-Strategies; *Reading-Improvement; *Reading-Processes; *Reading-Skills; *Social-Studies
DER: Advance-Organizers; Cognitive-Processes; Elementary-Education; Middle-Schools; Reading-Instruction; Reading-Strategies; Schemata-Cognition; Student-Improvement; Teaching-Methods
AB: Describes the Scaffolding Reading Experience, a technique that helps students deal with challenging expository texts and supports social science inquiry methods. This technique relies on various supporting activities during the prereading, during-reading, and postreading phases. Outlines a series of these activities used during a U.S. history course. (MJP)
AN: EJ556709
AU: Moss,-Barbara; Leone,-Susan; Dipillo,-Mary-Lou
TI: Exploring the Literature of Fact: Linking Reading and Writing through Information Trade Books.
PY: 1997
SO: Language-Arts; v74 n6 p418-29 Oct 1997
NT: Theme: Opening Up Children's Literature.
DEM: *Childrens-Literature; *Expository-Writing
DER: Class-Activities; Elementary-Education; Reading-Comprehension; Reading-Improvement; Reading-Instruction; Reading-Writing-Relationship
AB: Discusses three ways elementary teachers can improve student understanding expository text through reading and writing of information trade books: reading and writing about information trade books; reading and creating innovations on information trade books; and reading and writing retellings of information trade books. (SR)
AN: EJ528653
AU: Oyler,-Celia
TI: Sharing Authority: Student Initiations during Teacher-Led Read-Alouds of Information Books.
PY: 1996
SO: Teaching-and-Teacher-Education; v12 n2 p149-60 Mar 1996
DEM: *Participative-Decision-Making; *Power-Structure; *Student-Motivation; *Teacher-Expectations-of-Students; *Teacher-Student-Relationship
DER: Childrens-Literature; Classroom-Environment; Elementary-School-Students; Elementary-School-Teachers; Grade-1; Literacy-Education; Primary-Education; Reading-Aloud-to-Others; Reading-Instruction; Urban-Schools
AB: Examines students' initiations during teacher-led read-alouds of information books in an urban first-grade classroom. This process allows students multiple opportunities to share authority and direct the classroom's work and talk, thus allowing teachers to view them as knowledgeable, capable discussants speaking as experts about information books. (SM)
AN: EJ510051
AU: Dickson,-Shirley-V.; and-others
TI: Instruction in Expository Text: A Focus on Compare/Contrast Structure.
PY: 1995
SO: LD-Forum; v20 n2 p8-15 Win 1995
DEM: *Expository-Writing; *Instructional-Design; *Learning-Disabilities; *Reading-Comprehension; *Text-Structure; *Writing-Instruction
DER: Comparative-Analysis; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Reading-Instruction; Reading-Skills; Skill-Development; Teaching-Methods; Writing-Skills
AB: Six instructional design principles are recommended to enable students with learning disabilities to comprehend and compose expository materials. The instructional principles are illustrated using the compare/contrast text structure. Charts provide examples and clarification of the strategies. (SW)
AN: EJ496016
AU: Duthie,-Christine
TI: Nonfiction: A Genre Study for the Primary Classroom.
PY: 1994
SO: Language-Arts; v71 n8 p588-95 Dec 1994
NT: Theme: Interdisciplinary Issues and Language Arts Education.
DEM: *Language-Arts; *Nonfiction-; *Reading-Instruction; *Writing-Instruction
DER: Class-Activities; Grade-1; Instructional-Effectiveness; Primary-Education; Reading-Writing-Relationship; Student-Writing-Models; Writing-Assignments
AB: Describes a nonfiction genre study in a first-grade class in which reading and writing minilessons focused on nonfiction, and the children were required to read nonfiction and write a piece in that genre. Notes that, by the end of the nonfiction study, the group exhibited confidence and comfort with nonfiction. (SR)
AN: EJ483287
AU: Scott,-Jill-E.
TI: Teaching Nonfiction with the Shared Book Experience.
PY: 1994
SO: Reading-Teacher; v47 n8 p676-78 May 1994
DEM: *Books-; *Childrens-Literature; *Nonfiction-; *Reading-Instruction
DER: Grade-1; Primary-Education; Reading-Aloud-to-Others
AB: Describes ways to teach nonfiction with the shared book experience. Discusses shared book experience with SQ3R, and extending shared book experience. (SR)
AN: EJ481057
AU: Duffelmeyer,-Frederick-A.
TI: Effective Anticipation Guide Statements for Learning from Expository Prose.
PY: 1994
SO: Journal-of-Reading; v37 n6 p452-57 Mar 1994
DEM: *Expository-Writing; *Reading-Instruction; *Reading-Strategies
DER: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Prior-Learning; Teaching-Methods
AB: Discusses common flaws in Anticipation Guide statements (teacher generated statements, used in teaching expository reading, about a topic that students respond to before reading about that topic). Offers guidelines for writing statements and examples of ineffective and effective statements. (SR)
AN: EJ480431
AU: Franklin,-Mary-R.; and-others
TI: Overcoming the Reading Comprehension Barriers of Expository Texts.
PY: 1993
SO: Educational-Research-Quarterly; v16 n1 p5-14 Jan 1993
DEM: *Achievement-Gains; *Reading-Comprehension
DER: Achievement-Tests; College-Faculty; College-School-Cooperation; Content-Area-Reading; Elementary-School-Students; Grade-5; Grade-6; Intermediate-Grades; Metacognition-; Reading-Instruction; Reading-Skills; Reading-Strategies; Rural-Schools; Scores-; Teacher-Effectiveness; Teaching-Methods; Test-Results
AB: University professors gave inservice workshops for intermediate grade teachers and continued to support teachers by modeling reading instruction techniques and monitoring implementation of reading strategies in the teachers' classrooms. Results for 82 fifth and sixth graders showed significant gains in Metropolitan Achievement Test reading scores after 1 year of the project. (SLD)
AN: EJ477288
AU: Smith,-Frances
TI: Reading the Bear Facts: Information Books and Learning in the Primary Classroom.
PY: 1992
SO: English-in-Education; v26 n1 p17-25 Spr 1992
DEM: *English-Instruction; *Nonfiction-; *Readability-
DER: Childrens-Literature; Elementary-Education; English-Curriculum; Reading-Instruction; Teaching-Methods
AB: Discusses the issue of the use of nonfiction reading in the primary classroom. Describes the demands that nonfiction books make on children. Examines how the genre can be made more accessible to children. (HB)
AN: EJ477289
AU: Mallett,-Margaret
TI: How Long Does a Pig Live? Making Facts Matter.
PY: 1992
SO: English-in-Education; v26 n1 p26-31 Spr 1992
DEM: *English-Instruction; *Information-Seeking; *Nonfiction-; *Reading-Instruction
DER: Developmental-Stages; Elementary-Education; English-Curriculum
AB: Discusses the issue of the use of nonfiction reading in the primary classroom. Looks at the way a group of children progress from asking questions, to knowing the facts, to becoming reasoning beings. Outlines the experiences of one teacher's attempt to help children take steps to discover information on pigs. (HB)
AN: EJ440516
AU: Kobrin,-Beverly
TI: Don't Neglect Nonfiction.
PY: 1991
SO: American-Educator:-The-Professional-Journal-of-the-American-Federation-of-Teachers; v15 n3 p36-37,47-48 Win 1991
DEM: *Books-; *Childrens-Literature; *Classroom-Techniques; *Library-Materials; *Nonfiction-; *Reading-Instruction
DER: Elementary-School-Students; Elementary-School-Teachers; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Fiction-; Personal-Narratives; Reading-Material-Selection; Teaching-Methods
AB: Although often ignored by teachers and librarians, nonfiction books can make children want to read. Teachers can create effective assignments by moving beyond textbooks to use trade nonfiction that interests students. With fiction, nonfiction makes a total literature connection that introduces, reinforces, and reviews reading skills. (SLD)
AN: EJ432547
AU: Scheu,-Judith; and-others
TI: Teaching and Learning of Nonfiction (Reviews and Reflections).
PY: 1991
SO: Language-Arts; v68 n6 p502-507 Oct 1991
NT: Themed Issue: Nonfiction, Language Learning, and Language Teaching.
DEM: *Instructional-Effectiveness; *Language-Acquisition; *Professional-Development; *Reading-Instruction; *Whole-Language-Approach
DER: Elementary-Education; Intermediate-Grades; Nonfiction-; Reading-Material-Selection; Reference-Materials
AB: Reviews 13 professional materials that explore the uses of expository texts and informational materials designed to be used with elementary and middle school students in the classroom. Discusses a book that provides a whole-language perspective on language learning and teaching. (MG)
AN: EJ432546
AU: Martinez,-Miriam; Nash,-Marcia-F.
TI: Nonfiction Tradebooks That Grab the Imagination (Bookalogues).
PY: 1991
SO: Language-Arts; v68 n6 p491-98 Oct 1991
NT: Themed Issue: Nonfiction, Language Learning, and Language Teaching.
DEM: *Childrens-Literature; *Content-Area-Reading; *Nonfiction-
DER: Books-; Elementary-Education; Reading-Materials
AB: Reviews 31 nonfiction tradebooks that have unusual content or clever formats used by the author or illustrator. (MG)
AN: EJ432545
AU: Beck,-Isabel-L.; McKeown,-Margaret-G.
TI: Social Studies Texts Are Hard to Understand: Mediating Some of the Difficulties (Research Directions).
PY: 1991
SO: Language-Arts; v68 n6 p482-90 Oct 1991
NT: Themed Issue: Nonfiction, Language Learning, and Language Teaching.
DEM: *Childrens-Literature; *Content-Area-Reading; *Instructional-Effectiveness; *Social-Studies; *Textbooks-
DER: Reading-Comprehension; Reading-Materials; Teaching-Methods; Textbook-Content; Textbook-Evaluation; Textbook-Selection
AB: Discusses the use of content area textbooks and indicates that content textbooks are difficult for students to understand because the books generally are not well written. Offers solutions for how to use content textbooks and illustrates how lessons can be created through the integration of tradebooks and through discussions in which critical thinking is enhanced. (MG)
AN: EJ432544
AU: Vardell,-Sylvia
TI: A New "Picture of the World": The NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children.
PY: 1991
SO: Language-Arts; v68 n6 p474-79 Oct 1991
NT: Themed Issue: Nonfiction, Language Learning, and Language Teaching.
DEM: *Awards-; *Childrens-Literature; *Nonfiction-
DER: Text-Structure
AB: Provides information and discussion of the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children. Explains what makes a good nonfiction book for children and discusses several books that have been honored in the first two years of the award. (MG)
AN: EJ432543
AU: Freeman,-Evelyn-B.
TI: Informational Books: Models for Student Report Writing.
PY: 1991
SO: Language-Arts; v68 n6 p470-73 Oct 1991
NT: Themed Issue: Nonfiction, Language Learning, and Language Teaching.
DEM: *Childrens-Literature; *Nonfiction-; *Research-Papers-Students; *Writing-Processes
DER: Elementary-Education; Junior-High-Schools; Middle-Schools; Writing-Instruction
AB: Presents a basic framework for guiding children in report writing using children's informational books as models in the process. Discusses various aspects of report writing. Describes specific book titles as they relate to these aspects. (MG)
AN: EJ432542
AU: Putnam,-Lynne
TI: Dramatizing Nonfiction with Emerging Readers.
PY: 1991
SO: Language-Arts; v68 n6 p463-69 Oct 1991
NT: Themed Issue: Nonfiction, Language Learning, and Language Teaching.
DEM: *Childrens-Literature; *Dramatics-; *Nonfiction-; *Reading-Instruction
DER: Beginning-Reading; Kindergarten-; Learning-Activities; Primary-Education
AB: Presents scenarios from a kindergarten classroom in which dramatization is used extensively in conjunction with nonfiction books. Shows how the children acted out topics that ranged from the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., showing that they were able to develop rich representations of nonfiction materials. (MG)
AN: EJ432541
AU: Pappas,-Christine-C.
TI: Fostering Full Access to Literacy by Including Information Books.
PY: 1991
SO: Language-Arts; v68 n6 p449-62 Oct 1991
NT: Themed Issue: Nonfiction, Language Learning, and Language Teaching.
DEM: *Childrens-Literature; *Nonfiction-
DER: Case-Studies; Kindergarten-Children; Literacy-; Primary-Education; Reading-Research; Story-Grammar
AB: Argues against the idea that story is the primary way that children come to literacy. Presents a case study that shows that, given the chance to interact with information books, young children are not only capable of reading them but eager to do so. (MG)
AN: EJ432540
AU: Rosenblatt,-Louise-M.
TI: Literature--S.O.S.!
PY: 1991
SO: Language-Arts; v68 n6 p444-48 Oct 1991
NT: Themed Issue: Nonfiction, Language Learning, and Language Teaching.
DEM: *Childrens-Literature; *Reader-Text-Relationship; *Teaching-Methods
DER: Elementary-Education; Reading-Instruction; Reading-Processes
AB: Discusses potential dangers in the current move toward literature-based instruction across the curriculum. Calls for educators to help students understand that there are different stances one can take in reading a text and not to mislead them by treating literary works as if they were intended to be read "efferently." (MG)
AN: EJ425422
AU: Dole,-Janice-A.; and-others
TI: Effects of Two Types of Prereading Instruction on the Comprehension of Narrative and Expository Text.
PY: 1991
SO: Reading-Research-Quarterly; v26 n2 p142-59 1991
DEM: *Instructional-Effectiveness; *Reading-Comprehension; *Reading-Instruction
DER: Comparative-Analysis; Grade-5; Intermediate-Grades; Reading-Processes; Reading-Research; Teaching-Methods
AB: Compares the effects of two prereading instructional treatments on students' comprehension of narrative and expository texts. Indicates that the teacher-directed condition is more effective than the interactive condition at promoting comprehension, and that both treatment conditions are superior to no prereading instruction at all. (MG)
AN: EJ419768
AU: Gordon,-Christine-J.
TI: Modeling an Expository Text Structure Strategy in Think Alouds.
PY: 1990
SO: Reading-Horizons; v31 n2 p149-67 Dec 1990
DEM: *Modeling-Psychology; *Reading-Instruction; *Reading-Processes; *Reading-Strategies; *Teacher-Behavior; *Text-Structure
DER: Elementary-Secondary-Education; Reading-Skills
AB: Suggests modeling of thought processes with expository text structure as one method of promoting strategic reading with students. Explains that modeling involves explaining the kinds of strategies used and the reasoning involved in the process of making sense of text. (MG)
AN: ED317965
AU: Graves,-Donald-H.
TI: Investigate Nonfiction.
PY: 1989
AV: Heinemann Educational Books, Inc., 70 Court St., Portsmouth, NH 03801 ($7.50).
NT: The Reading/Writing Teacher's Companion Series.
PR: Document Not Available from EDRS.
DEM: *Beginning-Reading; *Classroom-Environment; *Learning-Activities; *Nonfiction-; *Reading-Instruction; *Writing-Instruction
DER: Elementary-Education; Interviews-; Journal-Writing; Letters-Correspondence; Personal-Narratives; Teaching-Methods
AB: Based on the premise that reading and writing are social acts in which teachers and children together share the books and authors they enjoy and their own composing in the various genres, this book (one of a series) focuses on using nonfiction to develop a literate classroom. The book highlights a series of "action experiments" designed for personal growth and discovery in the classroom. Chapters include: (1) "Roots of Nonfiction--Discourse"; (2) "Transitions from Oral Forms to Reading and Writing"; (3) "Put Nonfiction to Work"; (4) "The Lively Art of the Interview"; and (5) "Formal Reporting." (RS)
AN: EJ385163
AU: Lombard,-Margaret-A.
TI: Request a Fact.
PY: 1989
SO: Reading-Teacher; v42 n7 p548 Mar 1989
DEM: *Questioning-Techniques; *Reading-Strategies
DER: Content-Area-Reading; Elementary-Education; Reading-Comprehension; Reading-Instruction; Teaching-Methods
AB: Describes a strategy that helps students remember important information from expository texts by developing questioning strategies. (MM)
AN: EJ383743
AU: Conrad,-Lori-L.
TI: Charting Effect and Cause in Informational Texts.
PY: 1989
SO: Reading-Teacher; v42 n6 p451-52 Feb 1989
DEM: *Text-Structure
DER: Elementary-Education; Reading-Comprehension; Reading-Instruction; Teaching-Methods
AB: Explains how charting cause and effect in expository texts can increase students' knowledge of text structure. Provides a sample effect and cause chart. (MM)
AN: EJ383724
AU: Carr,-Eileen; and-others
TI: Using Cloze for Inference Training with Expository Text.
PY: 1989
SO: Reading-Teacher; v42 n6 p380-85 Feb 1989
DEM: *Cloze-Procedure; *Inferences-; *Reading-Comprehension
DER: Content-Area-Reading; Elementary-Education; Reading-Instruction; Reading-Processes; Reading-Strategies; Teaching-Methods
AB: Describes the Inferential Training Technique (ITT), a modified cloze procedure and self-monitoring checklist focusing on the inferential process. Notes that this strategy improves reading comprehension and inferencing skills, and can be applied to content area reading. Provides a sample cloze passage, inferential questions, and worksheet guide for the ITT. (MM)
AN: EJ379868
AU: Nessel,-Denise
TI: Channeling Knowledge for Reading Expository Text.
PY: 1988
SO: Journal-of-Reading; v32 n3 p231-35 Dec 1988
DEM: *Reader-Text-Relationship; *Reading-Instruction
DER: Elementary-Education; Teaching-Methods
AB: Presents three prediction strategies to ensure that prior knowledge activated about a topic is pertinent to a lesson's objective: (1) questions for prediction; (2) anticipation guides; and (3) key word strategies. (RAE)
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Other Resources (available either for sale or via interlibrary loan)
Title: Gotcha again!: More nonfiction booktalks to get kids excited about reading
Author(s): Baxter, Kathleen. ; Kochel, Marcia Agness.
Publication: Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited ; London : Eurospan,
Year: 2002
Description: 200 p. p.
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 1563089408
Title: The best in children's nonfiction: Reading, writing, and teaching Orbis Pictus Award books
Author(s): Zarnowski, Myra,; 1945- ; Kerper, Richard M. ; Jensen, Julie M.
Publication: Urbana, IL : National Council of Teachers of English,
Year: 2001
Description: vii, 161 p. ; p., 25 cm.
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 0814104894; LCCN: 2001-44261
Title: Nonfiction craft lessons: Teaching information writing K-8
Author(s): Portalupi, JoAnn. ; Fletcher, Ralph J.
Publication: Portland, Me. : Stenhouse Publishers,
Year: 2001
Description: xi, 148 p. : p., ill. ;, 24 cm.
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 1571103295 (alk. paper); LCCN: 2001-17018
Title: Checking out nonfiction literature K-8: Good choices for best learning
Author(s): Bamford, Rosemary A. ; Kristo, Janice V.
Publication: Norwood, Mass. : Christopher-Gordon Publishers,
Year: 2000
Description: 184 p. : p., ill. ;, 26 cm.
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 1929024029 (pbk.); LCCN: 99-66215
Title: Popular nonfiction authors for children: A biographical and thematic guide
Author(s): Wyatt, Flora, 1934- ; Coggins, Margaret,; 1945- ; Imber, Jane Hunter,; 1950-
Publication: Englewood, Colo. :; Libraries Unlimited,
Year: 1998
Description: xvi, 207 p. : ports. ; 26 cm.
Language: English
Series: Popular authors series;
Standard No: ISBN: 0585123187 (electronic bk.); 1563084082; LCCN: 97-32428
Title: Children's nonfiction for adult information needs: An annotated bibliography
Author(s): Riechel, Rosemarie, 1937-
Publication: North Haven, Conn. : Linnet Professional Publications,
Year: 1998
Description: xv, 152 p. ; p., 23 cm.
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 0208024476 (alk. paper); LCCN: 98-7141
Title: Using nonfiction effectively in your classroom.
Publication: [S.l.] : Grolier Classroom Pub. Co.,
Year: 1995
Description: 30, [1] p. : p., ill. ;, 28 cm.
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 0516067214
Title: Information books for children
Author(s): Barker, Keith.
Publication: Aldershot, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Scolar Press,
Edition: 2nd ed.
Year: 1995
Description: xiii, 269 p. ; p., 24 cm.
Language: English
Standard No: ISBN: 1859280722; LCCN: 94-41453
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