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mshiiken's review
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Extraordinarily helpful book for anyone interested in children's literature! I have my library's copy and immediately bought one of my own after finishing it.
barbaragorgon's review against another edition
5.0
a great overview of the topic of children's books!
celticgoddess731's review against another edition
3.0
A great textbook for those who have never read a children's book. For those with kids, it is kind of lacking.
cjrayl's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent book for anyone who has a responsibility to reviewing and recommending books for children. I found it a great refresher of my graduate courses and the format of the book's presentation of the information was clear and concise. Highly recommended-
staceym's review
I read this book to learn more about the publishing industry and book reviews.
mbayne's review against another edition
3.0
Some useful and intriguing information about the many genres of children's book and how to evaluate them, but there was also a lot of dead weight. If you were expecting a book about literary interpretation/criticism, that is not the focus of this book. However, when it comes to an overview to books as a whole and it reviewing children's books, this is a good, general starter.
tiamatq's review against another edition
4.0
children's literature, reviewing techniques, library school
libraryjen's review against another edition
3.0
This was the textbook for my "Resources for Children" class (MLIS). It had some good points and advice for how to review children's books - what to look for and criteria to use for judging different genres, etc. But, it also had too much extraneous information about what the different parts of a book are and too many examples (felt like fluff filler) without enough criteria. At least is was cheap and it was easy to read; those are rare qualities in a textbook. :-)
ejdecoster's review
4.0
Read for LBSC 647: Children's Services in the Public Library. An indispensable reference for children's literature; it really helped me get caught up with terms and concepts in children's literature for my class, given my lack of background with children's services. I only wish I had time to read all the fabulous-sounding books Horning referenced!