Collection Management
A right that must reinforced in every collection development policy.
What is intellectual freedom?
Most effective question to gauge a child's interest and reading level.
What is "What is the last book you've read that you liked?"
This award annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children."
What is the Caldecott Medal?
This type of literature presents an authentic portrayal of the lived experience of a particular group for the purpose of promoting sensitivity and understanding.
What is multicultural literature?
Research tells us the ______ continues to develop until the early to mid twenties.
What is the brain?
Journals, bibliographies and other resources consulted by professionals in order to build collections.
What are selection tools?
This motivational tool is used as readers advisory for a group.
What is booktalking?
This award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.
What is the Geisel Award?
Literally "books that heal."
What is bibliotherapy?
This aspect of physiology seems to have little impact on a child's taste in books.
What is gender?
The governing body or person ultimately responsible for the collection development policy.
What is a library board or director?
If this person says a book is inappropriate, then the librarian will honor her or his opinion.
What is a child's parent or guardian?
This award is given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.
What is the Coretta Scott King Award?
These young adult novels came into their own in the 1970s, dealing with subjects such as drug abuse, bullying, and rape.
What are "problem novels?"
This aspect of physiology determines a baby's preference for a particular design or illustration style.
What is visual perception?
Choosing books to repair, remove, reclassify, or otherwise change status.
What is collection maintenance?
This is an often-used, but not always helpful measure of a child's reading level.
What is grade level or age?
The medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
This type of traditional literature explains why things are as they are.
What are pourquoi tales?
Researchers recognize that development is not simply the result of the maturation of neural cells, but evolves with each new ______
What is experience?
A procedure embedded within the collection development policy that defines the process of considering the merit of a particular item.
What is a reconsideration of materials policy?
This subscription readers advisory database provides robust bibliographies for children and teen fiction.
What is the Novelist?
This annual award is given to the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States.
What is the Odyssey Award?
This book format is effective for language learners because they are exposed to native speakers reading text.
What are audio books?
This Swiss psychologist was one of the first advocates for learning through play.
Who is Jean Piaget?