Books about Books - Post #1

 

Books about Books – Post #1

Over the next few weeks, I'll be posting information about books about children's books. I own a nice large collection of these and find them so very helpful. Some day I hope to teach a children's literature class so I hang on to these for that reason as well.

Sequences: An Annotated Guide to Children's Fiction in Series - Susan Roman, published by the American Library Association, 1985.

In this volume of 134 pages, the author lists by author various children's fiction series. She notes that not all series are titled - at least at the time of the publication of this book. And she included book series that should be read in order.

"I concentrated on stories that demonstrated growth and development in the character or plot, rather than an unchanged character simply placed in a new setting. Although the Encyclopedia Brown Series is popular, it is not included because the stories need not be read in order." {Susan Roman].

The book is arranged by the author's last name, then a list of books in the series with publisher info and date and a short description of the plot.

I highly recommend this book! I've been going through my copy and marking what I own. I'm finding books I didn't know about - which can be dangerous as we all know. But I've also learned about series that I had never heard of.