"Fichtelberg, a youth services librarian, and Volz, a children's literature consultant and former head of children's services at a public library, provide library specialists, parents, teachers, and caregivers with annotations of about 2,500 picture books and easy readers to introduce young children from ages three to eight to a variety of books. Focusing on selected titles published in the last ten years, the books are organized by subject or genre (such as everyday life, life around the world, nursery rhymes, holidays, arts and activities, the natural world, animals, history, and humor) and include bibliographic information, level, a summary, awards, and Spanish or bilingual availability. Indexes are by title, author and illustrator, subject, awards, and specialty subject"--From publisher.