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A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children’s Picture Books (6th edition) by Carolyn W. and John Lima;published by Bowker-Greenwood, Westport, Connecticut, 2001.

The premiere feature of this resource is the variety of ways it offers for locating picture books.  Additionally, full bibliographic information is provided.  An interesting history of picture books introduces the enormous volume, which is then divided into five categories by which picture books can be accessed: subject headings, subject guide, bibliographic guide, title index and illustrator index.

The electronic catalogs of today’s libraries have not revolutionized information access as much as I had anticipated when we automated our school library.  This book offers quick discovery of books by subject that I can’t replicate in the online catalog.  For that reason, it would be an invaluable resource in the children’s department of a public library or in an elementary school library.

January 7, 2010 at 11:48 am

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The Exquisite Corpse Adventure

According to the Library of Congress's Read.gov site: "Ever heard of an Exquisite Corpse? It's not what you might think. An Exquisite Corpse is an old game in which people write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold it over to conceal part of it and pass it on to the next player to do the same. The game ends when someone finishes the story, which is then read aloud. Our "Exquisite Corpse Adventure" works this way: Jon Scieszka, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, has written the first episode, which is "pieced together out of so many parts that it is not possible to describe them all here, so go ahead and just start reading!" He has passed it on to a cast of celebrated writers and illustrators, who must eventually bring the story to an end." You can read all 26 chapters here (http://www.read.gov/exquisite-corpse/). You can also listen to it being read, play games, collect clues and test your knowledge!
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