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Want a quick way to check to see whether a student has read a book? This is it. Quizzes contains objective reproducible tests for well-known children's books, all of which are likely to be found in school and public libraries. Titles include award winners and runners-up; classics; popular books; and books by such children's authors as Cleary, Fox, and Norton. With a new organization and layout, this revised edition offers users an improved and more durable resource. Flexible and convenient, the reproducible tests are great for helping track independent reading programs.

Grade level: 4, 5, 6, 7, e, i.

Aan elkaar verwante artikelen uit elf jaargangen van "the Horn Book", het toonaangevende Amerikaanse tijdschrift over jeugdliteratuur. Van vakkennis getuigende beschouwingen over internationaal bekende schrijvers van jeugdboeken: hun aanpak, hun inzichten en normen

Four British Fantasists explores the work of four of the most successful and influential of the generation of fantasy writes who rose to prominence in the "second Golden Age" of children's literature in Britain: Susan Cooper, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Penelope Lively.

Kritische essays over het werk van 10 Amerikaanse en 8 Britse auteurs van jeugdboeken, wiens werk veelal in Nederland in vertaling is uitgegeven

Contains biographical sketches of representative British novelists whose work began to appear roughly around 1960.