H . W . W i l s o n 8 4 4 . 6 3 0 . 6 3 6 9 w w w . h w w i l s o n i n p r i n t . c o m 8 Core Collections Children’s Core Collection (28th Edition, 2027) is a comprehensive guide to 10,250 recommended books for children from preschool through grade six. In these information-packed volumes, users will find bibliographic data, content descriptions, and review excerpts for essential and recommended titles, including Picture Books & Easy Readers, Story Collections, Fiction Books, Nonfiction Books, Biographies, and Graphic Novels. Children’s Core Collection serves a wide variety of uses for the busy children’s librarian: • Purchasing & Title Selection • User Service & Readers’ Advisory • Curriculum Support • Collection Development & Maintenance • Professional Development EXPANDED COVERAGE Featured metadata in this edition includes precise genres, subgenres, and expanded subject headings. Books are easy to find through the index, and the metadata associated with each record offers consistent insight into the contents of the book. This edition continues to include resources for teachers and other educators, including books capturing best practices for teaching literacy or managing a classroom. BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA, PLUS CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS & REVIEWS Individual entries provide a wealth of much-needed information at a glance. • Complete Bibliographic & Cataloging Data • ISBN and Publisher Data make purchasing titles quick and easy • Suggested Subject Headings, Grade Level & Dewey Classification • Content Description and Excerpts from Select Reviews are incredibly useful when evaluating books to add to your collection and for readers’ advisory. • Additional data on sequels, awards, and publication history • Essential titles, our highest recommendation level in a subject area, are easily identified with a starred listing throughout the text. Stars are also included in the index to make finding Essential titles by subject or author quick and easy. EASY-TO-USE ARRANGEMENT • Nonfiction books includes over 3,500 nonfiction titles, arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification. All subjects are covered, including Animals, Art, Computers, Health, History, Humor, Science, Sports, Technology, and more. • Easy books, arranged by author, offers over 3,700 recommended picture books of interest to children from preschool to grade three. • Biographies. Arranged by subject, this section suggests 600 biographies on persons of interest to children in elementary school. • Fiction, arranged by author, recommends 2,600 of the best fiction for children. • Over 600 Graphic Novels are also recommended in the sections above. IN-DEPTH INDEXING A highly detailed Author, Title, Series, and Subject Index provides easy navigation through the hundreds of subject areas, thousands of authors and titles, and numerous series in this informative resource. Whether searching by author, title, series, or one of the hundreds of subject areas found in the index, librarians can easily locate titles that will round out their collection. The Children’s Core Collection is an essential resource for library and media specialists looking to enhance their collection with the most important and highly recommended titles currently available. Any children’s librarian will benefit from having this amazing collection of recommended titles at the ready to help build and strengthen their collection. Children’s Core Collection Twenty-Eighth Edition “This resource is indispensable for librarians and school media specialists involved with collection development and user advisory services.” –CHOICE “Selection of books for libraries serving K-12 students is (unfortunately) a contested process in America. The editor’s goal is stated clearly in the preface to Children’s Core Collection: “to emphasize equity, diversity, and inclusion, representing and reflecting a varied community in which many voices can be heard.” It is a sign of the times, that editors and authors making book recommendations are adding political and social justice elements to deliberations about “quality” and the appropriate audience for a book... ATG Reviewer Rating: I need this in my library.” –Against the Grain 27th Edition AUGUST 2025 Two Volumes; 2,195 pages ISBN: 979-8-89179-336-1 List Price: $240 Coming Soon 28th Edition AUGUST 2027 Two Volumes; 2,200 pages ISBN: 979-8-89179-977-6 List Price: $240 Upcoming Upcoming Edition! Edition!
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