9 Core Collections Middle & Junior High Core Collection (18th Edition, 2027) is a guide to over 4,600 fiction and nonfiction books recommended for children and young adolescents, grades five through nine. This volume is designed to address the unique needs of younger adolescent readers and help school media specialists and young adult librarians locate highly recommended titles to strengthen their collection. For many years, librarians have relied on Middle & Junior High Core Collection to help build their collection and for many other important uses: • Purchasing & Title Selection. With easy access to ISBN and publisher information, selecting and ordering titles is quick and easy. • User Service & Readers’ Advisory. Every title in this Core Collection is a recommended work of its kind and can be given with confidence to a student or teacher who expresses a need based on topic or genre. • Curriculum Support. The indexing, annotations, and grade level designations are incredibly helpful in identifying materials for classroom use. • Collection Development & Maintenance. This Core Collection identifies titles that are recommended to add to, or keep in, a collection. This helpful insight helps facilitate decisions to rebind, replace, or discard items. • Professional Development. Users will also find a helpful list of library science titles specifically addressing collection development for this age group, as well as professional materials for teachers and school administrators. BIBLIOGRAPHIC & CATALOGING DATA, 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, and Dewey Classification • Content Description and Excerpts from Select Reviews are incredibly useful when evaluating books for selection and in determining which is best suited for the individual reader. • Additional notes describe sequels and companion volumes, editions available, 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 author or subject quick and easy. EASY-TO-USE ARRANGEMENT • Nonfiction provides immediate access to over 2,000 nonfiction titles, arranged by Dewey Decimal Classification. • Biographies. Arranged by subject, this section suggests hundreds of biographies on persons of interest to children in middle and junior high. • Fiction, arranged by author, recommends nearly 2,250 of the best fiction for young adolescent readers. This volume includes graphic novels too! 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 Middle & Junior High Core Collection is an essential resource for library and media specialists looking to enhance and enrich their collection with the most important and highly recommended titles currently available. No library media specialist should be without the helpful collection development and curriculum support guidance that this collection can provide. Middle & Junior High Core Collection Eighteenth Edition Coming Soon 18th Edition NOVEMBER 2027 One Volume; 1,200 pages ISBN: 979-8-89179-980-6 List Price: $295 17th Edition NOVEMBER 2025 One Volume; 1,150 pages ISBN: 979-8-89179-337-8 List Price: $295 “Easier to use than ever… a superb ‘go to’ resource for library and media specialists.” –Midwest Book Review Upcoming Upcoming Edition! Edition! Collection Development Recommendations, by Librarians for Librarians Middle & Junior High Core Collection Seventeenth Edition 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
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