Books about Books - Post #2

Books about Books – Post #2

Young People’s Literature in Series: Publishers’ and Non-Fiction Series, An Annotated Bibliographical Guide by Judith K. Rosenberg and Kenyon C. Rosenberg. Published in 1973 by Libraries Unlimited, Inc.

 

This 280-page book “is designed to help identify the various titles published in series for young people and to provide descriptive and evaluative information about each series.” A first volume was published in 1972 for fiction series; this second volume covers non-fiction.

 

Includes an extensive listing of titles in each series along with annotations for each series based on format, durability, reading level, and if the books have illustrations, indices, and bibliographies. Wow! An incredible amount of information! From the American Hero Biographies published by Putnam, to the Focus books published by Watts, to the Sagas of the West series published by Putnam, to the Trade Routes series published by McGraw-Hill. Amazing!!

 

The book is arranged first in alphabetical order by the series title, then an author index and a title index. Obviously, since this book was published in 1973, there may have been additional titles added to some of the series. But this resource is a great place to start. I’ve learned so much reading through this book, am starting to mark what I own, as well as learn about series previously unknown to me – that I now want to collect, of course! 

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.