Guides to Collection Development for Children and Young Adults

This has been compiled with a sure hand. John Gillespie is an old hand in the field, with other works to his credit (such as Best Books for Junior High Readers, Bowker, 1991; Junior plots4: A Book Talk Guide for Use with Readers Ages 12‐16, Bowker, 1993; and others) and with Folcarelli compiled Guides to Library Collection Development for Libraries Unlimited, 1994). Although clearly for a mainly US market, they are all sound, well‐selected, informative, up‐to‐date, and worth the money. The same can be said for the work under review, Guides to Collection Development for Children and Young...