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Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults
A Comprehensive Guide, Fifth Edition
Ruth Nadelman Lynn
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Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults

A Comprehensive Guide, Fifth Edition

Ruth Nadelman Lynn Ruth Nadelman Lynn

March 2005

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Series: Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference

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Satisfy your young readers' hunger for fantasy with this indispensable guide to more than 7,400 novels and story collections for grades 3 through 12.

Since the publication of Harry Potter and recently renewed interest in The Lord of the Rings, fantasy has become the hottest genre for young readers today—thousands of fantasy novels have flooded into the market, and young readers can't get enough. Librarians can build their collections and advise readers with Lynn's comprehensive guide, describing and categorizing fantasy novels and story collections published between 1900 and 2004. More than 7,500 titles—nearly 2,800 new to this volume—for readers grades 3-12 are organized in chapters based on fantasy subgenres and themes, including animal, alternate worlds, time travel, witchcraft, and sorcery. Lynn provides complete bibliographic information, grade level, a brief annotation, and a list of review citations, and notes recommended titles.

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Titles are organized in chapters based on fantasy subgenres and themes (e.g., allegorical, literary, animal, etc.) and arranged alphabetically by author. For each book, Lynn provides complete bibliographic information, grade level, a brief annotation, and a list of review citations. Recommended and highly recommended titles are noted. A versatile and authoritative guide for collection development, reference, reader's advisory, and research. Grades 3-12.
Preface
Guide to Use
Abbreviations of Books and Review Journal Cited
Introduction
Outstanding Fantasy, 1960-2004
Award-Winning Fantasy Literature
Allegorical Fantasy and Literary Fairy Tales
Animal Fantasy
Fantasy Collections
Ghost Fantasy
High Fantasy: Alternate Worlds or Histories
High Fantasy: Myth or Legend Fantasy
High Fantasy: Travel to Other Worlds
Humorous Fantasy
Magic Adventure Fantasy
Time Travel Fantasy
Toy Fantasy
Witchcraft and Sorcery Fantasy
Author and Illustrator Index
Title Index
Series Index
Subject Index
Reviews
"Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults remains a useful resource for librarians, teachers, and children's literature scholars."—Reference Reviews

"[D]efinately a comprehensive annotated guide to fantasy....[a]s a reference guide this book would be very valuable. It would be good to have available for a school system or public library use. Recommended."—Library Media Connection

"This eminently useful and comprehensive volume deserves a place in every school and public library."—VOYA





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