AUTHOB Haviland, Virginia TITLE The Best of. Children's Books 197 INSTITUTI ,Library of Congress, Washington. D.C. REPORT NO ISBN -Q- 8444 -03 6 -9 PUB DATE SO NOTE 96p AVAILABLE EBO Superiptendent of Documents U.SA Goverilmeht' Printing Office, Washington, DC C)902 (Order LC-1.12/2:C-43/5/964-78) EDRS-PRICE MF01/PC04 Pius Postage. DESCRIPTORS *AdoiescentLiteraturet Anota e- Bibliographies;, 42graphies: Books; *Childens. Literature:. Drama: Eleaentary Secondary .Educa - *Nonfiction: Picture Books Poetry': *Reading Materials ABSTRACT Intended to bring a broad range of tittles of children's terature to the.attention of those concerhed with the reading needs and4rrests of children and young.aeople, this annotated bibliog h 'contains more than 1,000 entrles. Each entry provides the atthor and title of the work, its publisher,price, InternatignA2. Standard Book Number (ISBN), and Library 'of Congres4 card numbrer. Each also indicates the grade level for the work. The entries are arranged under the following headings:(1) picture and picture-story books:(2) stories for Students ih the intermediate grades:(3) stories for older students:(4) folklore: (5) Poetry. plays,aud songs: (6) arts and hobbies: (7) biography: (8) history, people, and places:(9) nature and science; and (10) psychoogy and. -sociology. (FL) ******** **** ** **** *** ****** ** ********** `Reproductions .3a plied by EDRSiare the best can be made from the original document. ******** ********** * ********* ntrarkMXTE$N NAt IONACJNSTITUTE OF EQUOATION iEbOrATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER lERIO), This document has been 'reproducedas ragebied from .this parson or orgenizetion originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve regyucluoliOn quality, bdints of view or opinions stared in this deco- merit de not necessarily represent officialNIE --- position or oOliO,70, 0 0 1678 I. Virginia Haviland Chief of the Children's Literature Cee Library of Congress' and Advisory Committees of ldren's Literature Specialists from the Washington Area Library of Congress Washington 1980 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Haviland, Virginia, 1911- The best of children's books, 1964-1978. Supt. of Does. no LC 1.12/2: C 43/5/964-78 1. Children's literatureBibliography.I.Title. Z101 7.F138[PN1009.A I]01080-607070 ISBN 0-8444-0336-9 For rale by tho Suportotandrot of Decorum's, U.S. Corozoloont Printfns Offigo ailiashioston. D.C. 20902 A look at the''past fifteen'years of publishink and can be related. It called forth a need to apply -selecting children's books in the United Statestitles critical standards carefully to this area as also to the originating in thii country and others ,rude available enlarged spread of books available to meet a more as translations or republications froth abroadreve;13 serious awareness of human rightskooks concerning a reduction in the quantity published annually from the handicapped, minorities (for example, the Jewish above three'thousand (a peak when government fund- experience in World War II), women, and the ag ing was available for institutional' purchasing)to and numerous social concerns related to divorce, something over two thousand. Using the same general drugs, alcoholism, -death, energy, and ecology. judi- Criteria each year for selection, the advisory commit- cious consideration became necessary also for works on tee for the compilation of a Library of Congress an such popula,r pursuit as the occult, mind control' nual list, without having in mind a specific annual (hypnotism), judo, and karate.- nuzne aim, found, however, hat they chose each The committees saw a greater relaxation of lan- year a hundred titles. Here, from the acctunu- guage and subject taboos in fiction published for the lation of e three thousand books from those years, young teenager, in tune with higher maturity levels at is a listing of/ top choices. It is to be noted that certain given ages. Book production reflected, as always in the desirable titles could not be listed r.because they had. past, theculture. of the day, with TV, "the great gone out of print' -a situation worsening to the point. leveler," creating sudden interests and attention to so- of about eight thousand titles reported disappearing in cial issues. New terms"human sciences" and "socio- one unusual year. Happily, the:paperback explosion biologfcame into use.. has kept many important works alive when a sales/ It is hoped that this selection from some three cost formula used by publishers showed reason for thousand works, which has resulted from a vast num- drop_ ping their hardback editions. ber of hours of reading and discussion by committee The diminution of institutional budgets as the members, will serve helpfully to bring a broad range general economy became depressed naturally affected of outstanding titles to the attention of those who stand book publishing in other ways also. In efforts to keep in various relationships to the reading needs and in- prices from escalating more than necessary such steps terests of children and young people. In each eniry the were taken as the use of black-and-white illustration International Standard Book Number (ISBN) follows instead of full color in some picture books. At the same the price and the Library of Congress card number time, improved photographic illustration owing to new appears- at the end of the bibliographic information hnology enabled enlarged close-ups, time-filming, for each book. At the end of the annotation grad and scanning electrori micrographs with three-dipien- level is indicated. sional effects. In the production of more books on more topics, with a style of writing that engages rather than overtly instructs the reader, came a hugely increased publish- ing of easy-to-read books in 'beginner" series and non- Virginia Havilind fiction designed for lower and lower reading levels, to Chief, Children's Literature Center which the country's widely publicized drop in levels of Library of Congress Illustration from The speckledHen: A Russian' Nuriery adapted by Harve &mach. Illustrationscopyright Q 1966 by &mach. Reproduced with permissionpfHolt, Rinehart & Wins llustfation from'arton and the Traders, by Russell E.Erickson. Il us- trations copyright 1979 by Lawrence Di Fiori. ReproduCedwith per - mission of Lothrbp, Lee & ShepardCompany. Page 1: Illustration,from Benjamin & Tulip, byRosemary Wells, Copyright © I 1973 by Rosemary' Wells.Reproduced with permission of The Dial Press. Paige 17: Illustration fromStanley & Rhoda,by ,Rosemary Wells. Copyright ©. 1978 by Rosemary 'Wells.' Reproducedwith permission of The Dial Press. Page 29: Illustration rom Dominic, by Steig. Copyright 1972 by Wil- liam Steig. with permission of Farrar, Straw& Giroux. Illustration from. Flair Hobbin, byCharles Causley. Illustrationscopy- right Q 1973 by Trina SchartHyman. Reproduced by permission of Waller and Company. Page 46: Illustration from Games (and Hoth to PlayThem), by Anne Rockwell. Copyright © 1973 by Anne RociwelLReproduced with permission of Thomas Y. Crowell, Publishers. 53: Illustration free i Casey at the Bat;a Ballad of the Republic, Siing in the Year 1888, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer.Illustrations copyright © 1978 by Wallace Tripp. Reproduced withpermission of Coward, McCann Geoghegan, Inc. ' Page 61: IllustrAion from Abel's island,by William Steig. Copyright © 1976 by William Steig. Reproduced with permissionof Farrar, Straw & Giroux. Page 67: Illustration Horn. And Then WhatHappened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz. Illustrations copyright 1973 by Margot Tomes. Reproduced with permission of Coward, McCann '&Geoggan, Inc. Page 73: Illustration tr'om Warton and the Traders,by Russell E. Erickson. Illus. /rations copyright 01979 by LawrenceDi Fiori. Reproduced withper- mission of Lothrop, Lee & ShepardCompany. Page 89:- Illustration from And Then WhatHappened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz.Illustrations copyright © 1973 byMargot Tomes. Reproduced with permission of Coward, McCann& Geoghegan, Inc. iv Picture and Picture-StoryBooks Stories for th fiddle Group 17 Stories for 0 ys and Girls 29 Folklore- -- 38 Poetry, Plays, and S I '45 Arts and Hobbies., 53 Biography 61 History; People, a Places 67 Nature and Scien e 73 Psychology and Sociolo 89 COpyHght 13 197311 Hamner, vi Aarderni, Verna. Who's Rabbits House? Pictures Ando, Mitsu ash Anna's Alphabet; an Adventure in by Leo and Diane Dillon. New York,-, Dial Press, Imaginate New York, Crowell, 1975.164] p.'$7.56 1977. [32] p. $7.95 ISBN 0-8037455075 (lib. ed. ISBN 0-690-00547 (lib. ed. $7.89 ISBN 0-690 $7.45 ISBN 04037-9551-3) 77-71514 00541-5) ". 73-21652 I - A Masai tale from the riteller's now out-of-print In this unusual alphabet book, 1 letters, painted Tales for the-Third Ear (Dutton) has brilliant pic- to look like carved wood, have ahree-dimensional, tures_by the Dillons (who have twice won the Calde- optically challenging appearance. Borders,' embellished" con Medal). (K -Cr 3) , with plants .and hidden creatures, surround thepie- tured letters and objects. (K -Cr 4 fanasev, Alexei. Salt; a Russian Tale: Adapted by Harve &mach from a literal translation by Ben- jamin Zernach; of the Russian of Alexei Afanasev. ..Anno's Counting Book. New York, Crowell, With/illus. by Margot Zernach. Chicago, Follett, 1977. [28]p. $6.95 ISBN 0490-01287-X (lib.ed. 1965. 32 p. $7.95 `Farrar, Straus 8r Giroux, New $6.79 ISBN 0-690-012884) 7648977 York.I1N,0-374-36385-4 65-12312 -A distinctive, beautifully conceived counting book The famous Ruisian_taleof Ivan the Fool, whose in which twelVe -full-color double- pre. ads Show the exploits to Win a princess are pictured with full humor. same village and - surrounding coun ide during dif- (Gr 1-3) ferent hours(by' the church cloc and months: PreS-K)- Alexander, Martha G. Blarkboard Bear. New York, Dial Press, 1969. [32] p, $4.95.1SBN 0-- 80374365i2 0 (lib.' ed. $4.58 ISBN 0-L8037-0652-9),69-17975 Topsy-Turvies, -Pictures to $'tretct= Imag- A little boy, denied the pleasure of playing with big ination. New York, Walker/Weatherhill, 70.