The Newbery/Printz Companion: Booktalk and Related Materials for Award Winners and Honor Books

by John T. Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden

This comprehensive and practical guide to the influential Newbery and Printz awards for children's and young adult literature provides information on each year's winners and honor books, as well as on the awards themselves and the librarians for whom they are named. For each award-winning book, there is a plot summary, list of characters and themes, background on the author, incidents for booktalking, related reads, and fresh ideas for introducing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591583136
• ISBN13: 9781591583134
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.3" x 10.0"