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Karen Woodworth-Roman, Editor. Karen received her MS in Library Science from the University of Illinois in May 2004. She also has a Certificate of Professional Development in Crop Science form the University of Illinois, 2002.
Catherine Wong, MS Biology, MS Library Science, Consultant and Reviewer. Visit her new Zine at www.organicfamilymagazine.com and www.sciencelibrarian.com
Gene K. Wong, Ph.D., Consultant and Reviewer
Bibliography
- Horning, Kathleen T. From Cover to Cover : Evaluating and Reviewing Children's Books. New York, NY : HarperCollins, c1997. Practical advice on how to write reviews.
- Sieruta, Peter D. "Reviewing by Number". Horn Book 79 no5 S/O 2003. 29 Nov. 2003.
- Sutherland, Zena. Children And Books / Zena Sutherland. Addison-Wesley Pub Co; 9th edition. 1997.
- Wilson, Margo and Kay Bishop. Criteria for Reviewing Children's Books. Library Resources and Technical Services 43 no 1 3-13 Ja '99. 29 Nov. 2003. Discusses what criteria should be used to evaluate Children's Book.
Webography
- The Appraisal. Web site of the now defunct children's science book review.
- Booklist
- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
- Children's Literature Comprehensive Database A database of reviews from many sources.
- DeCandido, GraceAnne Andreassi. How to Write a Decent Book Review: and how to begin reviewing, should you so desire.
- Education Review : a journal of book reviews. This site is an example of a high quality book review web site. Noteworthy on this site are "Guidelines for Contributing a Book Review" and " Review Procedures and Criteria"
- The Horn Book
- Library of Congress Tracer Bulletins -- Research guides and bibliographies
- McMillan, Bruce. Accuracy in Books for Young Readers: From First to Last Check. Author's article previously published in The New Advocate Volume 6, Number 2 Spring 1993 Article on accuracy in children's science books. (7 December 2003).
- The Reviewer's Toolbox. " Recommended Resources for Book Reviewers, Selected by Elaine Bearden, The Urbana Free Library, Illinois, and Anne St. John, The Cuyahoga County Public Library, Ohio. Presented as part of "The Reviewer's Toolbox: Tips and Tools for Evaluating and Reviewing Children's Literature" at the Ohio State University Children's Literature Conference, January 25-27, 2001."
- Science Books & Films Online "A critical review journal for all sciences and all ages"
- ScienceLibrarian.com A resource for Science Librarians
- School Library Journal
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