Children's Books about Religion
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dole, Patricia Pearl, PUBLISHER: Libraries Unlimited, This selective bibliography makes it easier thong>anong> ever to find quality children's books that focus directly on religious themes or characters. Dole offers more thong>anong> 675 critical evaluations of recently published (since ) materials appropriate for preschool through middle school students. Material is arrong>anong>ged alphabetically by author within subject-ong>basedong> chapters (e.g., "God," "Prayer," "Christiong>anong> Church History ong>anong>d Biography"). Works covered rong>anong>ge from age-appropriate reference materials to folktales, prose, poetry, plays, ong>anong>d picture books. Reflecting publishing trends, the largest sections of the book are those on Christiong>anong>ity ong>anong>d Judaism, but Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, ong>anong>d Africong>anong>, Chinese, ong>anong>d Native Americong>anong> beliefs are also addressed. Useful as a ready reference ong>anong>d collection development guide, this book is ong>anong> ideal reference ong>anong>d collection development tool for school, public, ong>anong>d church libraries.