This comprehensive reference work picks up where the author'sChildren's Book Awards International: A Directory of Awards and Winners, from Inception through 1990left off. Arranged by country, it lists awards and their winners, year by year, for illustrators and writers in children's literature from over 30 countries worldwide for the years 1990 through 2000. The particulars of each award are included, as well as information on discontinued awards. Each entry consists of the name of the award, the awarding organization (with address and phone number), a contact individual, a brief description of the award's criteria, and then a complete listing of winners from 1990 through 2000. The entries are arranged alphabetically by country, then by name of award. Indexed by awards and sponsors, titles, and names.

The "Bibliographic Guide to Education" lists recent publications cataloged during the past year by Teachers College, Columbia University, supplemented by publications in the field of education cataloged by The Research Libraries of The New York Public Library, selected on the basis of subject headings. Non-book materials, including theses, are included in this "Guide," with the exception of serials. All aspects and levels of education are represented in this "Guide," including such areas as: American elementary and secondary education, higher and adult education, early childhood education, history and philosophy of education, applied pedagogy, international and comparative education, educational administration, education of the culturally disadvantaged and physically handicapped, nursing education and education of minorities and women. Also well covered are the administrative reports of departments of education for various countries and for U.S. states and large cities. The Teachers College collection covers over 200 distinct educational systems. Works in all languages are included. The" Bibliographic Guide to Education" serves in part as an annual supplement to the "Dictionary Catalog of the Teachers College Library, Columbia University" (G.K. Hall & Co., 1970) and Supplements ("First Supplement," 1971; "Second Supplement," 1973; "Third Supplement," 1977).

Children's publishing is a huge international industry and there is ever-growing interest from researchers and students in the genre as cultural object of study and tool for education and socialization.

Contains approximately 20,000 mostly English language sources for academic libraries of all sizes.

1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.

Practitioners and students will find much of value in this essential source for learning about the successful management and functioning of public libraries today.

Eric Carle joins the Penguin Young Readers! In this classic and heartwarming story, a very lonely firefly finally finds the friends he is seeking at the end of a tireless search for belonging. Carle's rich, collage-like art and gentle text will be comfortingly familiar to his millions of fans. An accessible Level 2 reader, The Very Lonely Firefly is one that parents and children will read over and over again.