Looking for a book review for children’s literature?

Best Books for Children by John T. Gillespie
Call number: Ref Z 1037.G48

There are three editions: 1998, 2002, 2006

1. Go to the Title Index of the book beginning on p. 1402 of the 2002 edition. (You can also look up books by author in the Author Index, and by subject in the subject index).
2. Select a title. 
3. Note the number at the end of the title. This is a citation number NOT a page number. Each book listed is cited in numeric order within the book. 
4. Locate the title/author/subject by the citation number. 
5. At the end of the entry, in most cases, there will be initials that indicate a journal title. For example: SLJ = School Library Journal, BL = Book List, HBG = Horn Book Guide, BCCB = Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, etc. It will also give you the dates that the book was reviewed and grade levels.
6. Go to the bound journal section of the ERL and locate the journal. They are in alphabetical order by title. 
7. Find the review and make a copy. 
8. You can also locate some of the journals online. For example: Horn Book Guide and School Library Journal.

This information can be found on the ERL web page.

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