Crossing Boundaries with Children's Books [Paperback]

This annotated bibliography-organized geographically by world region and country, describing nearly 700 books representing 73 countries-is a valuable resource for librarians, teachers, and anyone else seeking to promote international understanding through children's literature. It is the third volume sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People. The first, Carl M. Tomlinson'sChildren's Books from Other Countries(1998) is a compendium of international children's literature with annotations of both in and out of print books published between 1950 and 1996. Susan Stan'sThe World Through Children's Books(2002) was the second and it included books published between the years 1997 and 2000.Crossing Boundariesincludes international children's books published between 2000 and 2004, as well as selected American books set in countries other than the United States. Editor Doris Gebel has compiled an important tool for providing stories that will help children understand our differences while simultaneously demonstrating our common humanity.Doris J. Gebelis the Head of Youth Services at Northport-East Northport Public Library.

As with the earlier titles, this is a valuable source for collection development. Booklist

This is a fairly extensive resource for building or enhancing a collection with international flair, something that will have increasing importance as libraries' clientele continue to diversify and interest in international material expands. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

This is an important resource for all libraries to build and promote collections that reflect a global vision. School Library Journal

...particularly valuable....this book should be in every library's professional collection. The Trumpet

The book opens with three thought-provoking essays on reading, translating, and publishing international books...Nearly seven hundrlÓÎ