From Cover to Cover (22 page)

Walford, A. J., ed.
Reviews and Reviewing: A Guide
. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1986.

“What Makes a Good Review?: Ten Experts Speak,”
Top of the News
35:2 (Winter 1979), pp. 146–52.

Woolf, Virginia. “Reviewing,” in
The Captain’s Death Bed and Other Essays.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1950, pp. 127–42.

C
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Day, Alexandra.
Carl’s Summer Vacation
. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008.

Delano, Marfé Ferguson.
Helen’s Eyes: A Photobiography of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller’s Teacher.
Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2008.

Dowd, Siobhan.
The London Eye Mystery
. New York: David Fickling Books/Random House, 2008.

Emberley, Rebecca, and Ed Emberley.
Chicken Little
. New York: Neal Porter/Roaring Brook, 2009.

Gaiman, Neil.
The Graveyard Book
. Illustrated by Dave McKean. New York: HarperCollins, 2008.

Macaulay, David.
Black and White
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.

—.
Shortcut
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.

—.
The Way Things Work
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.

Tankard, Jeremy.
Me Hungry!
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2008.

Note: Entries in this index, carried over verbatim from the print edition of this title, are unlikely to correspond to the pagination of any given e-book reader. However, entries in this index, and other terms, may be easily located by using the search feature of your e-book reader.

Abrahams, Peter, 144

acknowledgments, 16–17, 28

acrostic poetry, 79

action, in character development, 154

Actual Size
(Jenkins), 108

Adoff, Arnold, 71–72

advance reading copies (ARCs), 12

advance review copies, 10

African-American traditional tales, 57–58

African folktales, 112

After Tupac & D Foster
(Woodson), 153–55, 163

afterword, 18–19

age level, 20

Ain’t Nothing but a Man
(S. Nelson), 46

Alligators and Crocodiles!
(Pringle), 39

alliteration, 69, 160

allusion, 161

Almost Astronauts
(Stone), 43

American Library Association

book awards of, 11

journal of, 165–66

American Plague, An
(Murphy), 45–46

analytical statements, 173–74, 178

Andersen, Hans Christian, 65, 110

animal fantasies, 143

Another Important Book
(M. W. Brown), 110

anthologies, poetry, 80–82

appearance, in character development, 153

Appelt, Kathi, 151

appendix, 19

Aronson, Marc, 46

Association for Library Service to Children, 27, 117

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 27

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, 117–118

assonance, 69, 160

Audet, Lisa, 102

audiences, for book reviews, 5–6

author

authority and responsibility of, 27–29

bio of, 20

responsibility of, 7–8

Avi, 157

Azarian, Mary, 26, 107

Babymouse series (Holm), 145

Baby’s Coming to Your House!, A
(Thomas), 26

back matter, 18–20

background knowledge, 171

balance (in art), 99

Bang, Molly, 106

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell, 19

Barton, Byron, 56–57

Bauer, Marion Dane, 136

beast tales, 52

Bechtel, Louise Seaman, 6

Below
(Crews), 108

Bemelmans, Ludwig, 87

Berta
(Lottridge), 136

bibliographic citations, 172–73

bibliography, 20

in nonfiction books, 44–46

Bierhorst, John, 59

binding, 12–13

biographical information (author), 20

on author’s authority, 28

biographies, 24–25

documentation in, 44

Birchbark House The
(Erdrich), 144, 146

Bird Lake Moon
(Henkes), 141, 146

Bishop, Nic, 35, 36

Björkman, Steve, 112

Black and White
(Macaulay), 176

Bliss, Harry, 112

Blue Ghost, The
(Bauer), 136

Blumberg, Rhonda, 24

Bobbsey Twins series, 139

book reviews, 10–11

audiences for, 5–6

Booklist,
165–66

books, parts of, 11–20

book selection, 168–69

bound galleys, 12

Breakout at the Bug Lab
(Horowitz), 123–24

British Folk Tales
(Crossley-Holland), 55–56

Broach, Elise, 143

Bronzeville Boys and Girls
(Brooks), 73

Brooks, Gwendolyn, 72–73

Brown, Marcia, 87

Brown, Margaret Wise, 88–95, 101–2, 110

Browne, Anthony, 62–63

Bruchac, Joseph, 59–60

Bryan, Ashley, 84

Bud, Not Buddy
(Curtis), 162

Bull Run
(P. Fleischman), 157

Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books,
166

Burns, Loree Griffin, 37

Burton, Virginia Lee, 97

Cada Niño/Every Child
(Hinojosa), 84

cadence, 161

Caldecott Medal, 7, 11, 86

nonfiction winners of, 26

for novel illustrations, 144

Cameron, Ann, 118–19, 132–33

Campbell, Nicola I., 109

Carl’s Summer Vacation
(Day), 177

Carroll, Lewis, 78

cartoon art, 112

Cat in the Hat, The
(Seuss), 121–22, 123

Chaconas, Dori, 122

Chair for My Mother, A
(Williams), 111

chapter books, 21, 118–19

chapter length, in transitional books, 134–36

characters

conflict between, 147–48

development of, 153–56

in easy readers, 124

in fiction, 151–56

primary, 152–53

secondary, 152

versus self, 148

versus society, 148

in transitional books, 136–37

Chicken Little
(Emberly), 177–78

children, responses from, 170

Children’s and Household Tales
(Grimm), 62

children’s book editors, 6

children’s books

categories of, 20–22

defining excellence in, 2

marketing of, 10–11

publication process of, 6–11

types of, 6–7

Children’s Book Week, 139

children’s library services, development of, 165–67

Christie, R. Gregory, 110

Christopher, Matt, 141

chronological order, 30, 146

Ciardi, John, 78

Classic Fairy Tales, The,
56

Cleary, Beverly, 138, 148

Clements, Andrew, 141

Cole, Joanna, 25, 37, 40

collage, 107–8

Collins, Suzanne, 143

color, 97

contrast and gradation of, 99

value and dominance in, 97–98

Comic Book Century
(Krensky), 31

Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
(Blumberg), 24

composition, of picture books, 98–104

conflict

clarifying, 158

development of, 149

in fictional plot, 147–48

consonance, 69, 160

consumer market, 7

content, in easy readers, 120, 121–26

content specialists, 171–72

contents, table of, 18

contrast, 99

controversial elements, 174, 175

Cooney, Barbara, 111

Cooper, Ilene, 177–78, 179–80

copy editor, 8

copyright page, 14–16

Coraline
(Gaiman), 143

Cork & Fuzz
(Chaconas), 122

Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, A
(Frazee), 113

Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa
(Silverman), 130–31

Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa series (Silverman), 130–31

Coy, John, 105

Craver, Kathleen W., 169–70

Creech, Sharon, 82–83, 147

Crews, Nina, 76, 108

Cronin, Doreen, 112

Crosby, Jeff, 30

Crossley-Holland, Kevin, 55–56

Cuckoo’s Haiku, The
(Rosen), 79

Cummins, Julie, 66

cumulative folktales, 52

Curtis, Christopher Paul, 162–63

Cushman, Karen, 141

“Cynthia in the Snow” (Brooks), 73

The Dark Frigate
(Hawes), 140

Darling, Richard L., 165

Day, Alexandra, 177

Dean, Nora Thompson, 59

dedication, 16

Degen, Bruce, 25, 37

Delano, Marfé Ferguson, 179

descriptive passages, in easy readers, 124

descriptive statements, 173–74, 178

design

in easy readers, 120, 126–28

in nonfiction books, 37–38

designer, 8–10

Destination: Jupiter
(Simon), 35

dialogue, in character development, 154–55

Diamond Willow
(Frost), 83, 142

Diary of a Worm
(Cronin), 112

DiCamillo, Kate, 131–32, 144

diction, 161–62

digital art, 108–9

documentation of sources

in nonfiction books, 44–46

in traditional literature collections, 64–65

dominance (in art), 98

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
(Willems), 109

drawing, 105–6

dust jacket, 12

easy readers, 21, 114–21

content of, 121–26

design of, 126–28

levels of, 128

one, 128–30

three, 131–32

two, 130–31

Echo Falls series, 144

editions, 14–15

editor, 8–9

editorial process, 8–10

Edward, Michelle, 135

Ehlert, Lois, 108

Elephant & Piggie series (Willems), 128–29

Elijah of Buxton
(Curtis), 162–63

Ellison, Chris, 18

Emberley, Rebecca and Ed, 177–78

Emperor and the Kite, The
(Yolen), 112

endpapers, 13

Enola Holmes series (Springer), 144

enumeration, 30

epics, 51

epilogue, 18

episodes, in transitional books, 134–36

episodic plot, 148

Erdrich, Louise, 144

Escape!
(S. Fleischman), 28

evaluation, definition of, 1–2

Evans, Dilys, 87

Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School, The,
(Fleming), 141

fables, 52

fact-checking, 170–71

fairy tales, 52

audience for, 49

fractured, 66–67

Falling Up
(Silverstein), 78

Families
(Kuklin), 36

fantasy, 142–43

Farmer, Nancy, 143

fiction, 21, 138–40

changes in through history, 138–40

characterization in, 151–56

genres of, 140–45

plot in, 145–51

point of view in, 156–57

setting in, 157–58

style in, 159–63

theme in, 163–64

Field, Elinor Whitney, 166

Fiery, Marian, 6

Filippenko, Alex, 36

Fine, Anne, 134

First the Egg
(Seeger), 106

Fish, Helen Dean, 6

Fisher, Aileen, 106

flap copy, 12

flashbacks, 146–47

Fleischman, Paul, 157

Fleischman, Sid, 28, 41

Fleming, Candace, 37–38, 141

Florian, Douglas, 71, 79

Flotsam
(Wiesner), 107

folk art, in picture books, 111–12

folklore, 21

scary, 64–65

folktales, 48–50

categories of, 52–53

literary, 65–66

original sources of, 53–57

Foot in the Mouth, A
(Janeczko), 80–81

foreshadowing, 149–50

foreword, 17–18

Frame, Jeron Ashford, 110

Frazee, Marla, 113

Freedman, Russell, 24–25, 26, 30

Frida
(Winter), 110

Fritz, Jean, 25

Frog and Toad Are Friends
(Lobel), 116, 123

Frog and Toad series (Lobel), 115–17

front matter, 13–18

Frost, Helen, 83, 142

Futran, Eric, 26

Gág, Wanda, 85–86, 88

Gaiman, Neil, 143

Gantos, Jack, 158

Garmann’s Summer
(Hole), 110

Geisert, Arthur, 107

genres, literary, 140–45

Gerstein, Mordicai, 26

Gibbons, Gail, 33

Giver, The
(Lowry), 150

glossary, 19

Goble, Paul, 111–12

Goha, the Wise Fool
(Johnson-Davies), 111

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
(Marshall), 57

Goldilocks tale, versions of, 55–57, 60–61

Goodnight Moon
(M. W. Brown), 87, 101–2, 104

Gordon, Ruth, 82

gradation (in color), 99

Graham, Bob, 105

graphic novels, 34, 144–45

Greenfield, Eloise, 70–71

Gregor series, 143

Grey, Mini, 112

Grimm, Brothers, 48, 62–63

Haas, Jessie, 135

haiku, 79

Hale, Shannon, 142

half-title page, 13–14, 18

Hall, Donald, 111

Hamilton, Virginia, 138

Hana’s Suitcase
(K. Levine), 30

Hansel and Gretel, picture book versions of, 62–63

hardcover, 12–13

harmony (in art), 100

Harris, Robie H., 17

Harry Potter series (Rowling), 143, 145

Hate That Cat
(Creech), 82

Hawes, Charles Boardman, 140

Hearne, Betsy, 53–54, 57, 60, 64, 175

Heins, Paul, 167–68

Helen’s Eyes
(Frost), 179

Henkes, Kevin, 105, 141, 146, 159–60, 161

Henry and Mudge
(Rylant), 125–26

Henry’s First-Moon Birthday
(Look), 110

Heo, Yumi, 110

Here’s a Little Poem
(Yolen), 81

Hersey, John, 114–15

High on a Hill
(Young), 112

Hi! Ho!
(Langstaff ), 83

Hinojosa, Tish, 83–84

historical fiction, 141, 158

Hitler Youth
(Bartoletti), 19

Hmong folktale, 111

Hoban, Tana, 108

Hole, Stian, 110

Holes
(Sachar), 147, 150–51, 158

Holm, Jennifer and Matthew, 145

Hom, Nancy, 111

Hominids
(Sattler), 29

Honey, I Love
(Greenfield), 70–71