Children's Books from Other Countries Annotated Edition

The annotated bibliography aims to include quality and avoid obvious bestsellers…the genres are logical and helpful…a good reminder of the range of good international material written and available for children and young people…a useful practical book…

A boon for anyone with a functional interest in this very current topic, this title packs a lot of useful but previously un-centralized information about both individual books and larger contexts into a compact space.

…this attractive paperback is a readable basic reference with an annotated bibliography…a clear overview…an excellent tool that shows and tells the importance of global reach.

…an important bibliography…this information has not been readily available since 1978…Tomlinson”s book is welcome coverage of international children”s books that has been sorely missed during the past two decades. Teachers and public school librarians will find this book to be a worthwhile addition for broadening the scope of their collections.

…a welcome resource…annotations are readable and informative, giving the user of this resource a real sense of each book…a most meritorious achievement: a centralized source of information on the field of international books and a spur to widen all of our reading boundaries.

…a high quality and ultimately useful tool for expanding curricular scope…a ”brief and manageable” reference so that teachers and librarians can expand students” horizons.

…a worthwhile purchase for children”s collections…

Teachers and librarians looking for high-quality international titles will find this a useful tool.

Recommended for public, college, and university libraries.

…a tremendous resource for teachers and librarians.

…worthwhile…

…welcome coverage of international children”s books that has been sorely missed during the past two decades. Teachers and public school librarians will fid this book to be a worthwhile addition for broadening the scope of their collection.