Book Crush (original 2007; edition 2007)

by Nancy Pearl

Series: Book Crush (1), Book Lust (3)

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Presents lists of recommended book titles for children and teenagers divided into three age groups and then further subdivided into more than 118 categories, including animals, folktales, girl power, autobiographies, comic books, and many others.

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Member:	Yells
Title:	Book Crush
Authors:	Nancy Pearl
Info:	Sasquatch Books (2007), Paperback, 304 pages
Collections:	Read in 2012, Paper Book
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Book Crush: For Kids and Teens: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest by Nancy Pearl (2007)

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Perhaps my review of this one, and lack of my reviews of the other two, proves that children's lit is where my heart really lies. :D

Of course, I didn't like all the recommendations and I vehemently disagreed with several suggestions. But I rarely agree with anyone 100%. (

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OutOfTheBestBooks | Sep 24, 2021 |

The perfect book for anyone, professional or laymen, who wants to provide readers' advisory for children and teens. (

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RakishaBPL | Sep 24, 2021 |

This was a wonderfully helpful book in selecting books for the teens I work with. I am sure I will pull it off the self often! (

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grapeapril75 | Oct 18, 2014 |

Pearl's edition of reader's advisory for children is helpful and intuitive, offering many unique themes titles, accompanied by intriguing annotations that don't give too much away. A must-have for every children's librarian. (

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LibbyHopfauf | Mar 18, 2014 |

This is an excellent resource for a librarian to use to further their own knowledge and self-education in the field of youth literature. However, I may not use such a resource for a direct RA encounter with patrons.

I thought that this was a very comprehensive guide to subject categories and, as I said, would be invaluable in furthering my own personal knowledge and reading in any particular area. I could then use this increased knowledge to augment and strengthen my own abilities to provide RA to patrons. (

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Book Crush: For Kids and Teens: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest

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Introduction: My happiest memories of a childhood that was otherwise scarred by an anxious and raging father and a depressed and angry mother were of escaping into books.

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Presents lists of recommended book titles for children and teenagers divided into three age groups and then further subdivided into more than 118 categories, including animals, folktales, girl power, autobiographies, comic books, and many others.

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[From back cover]: Let Nancy Pearl help the children and young adults in your life fall for reading. With Pearl's unique recommendations based on topics, interests, and other themes, she presents more than 1,000 crush-worthy books organized into 118 lists aimed at youngest, middle-grade, and teen readers. From "A Dog's Life" to "Girl Power" to "Heartbreak Hotel," Nancy Pearl has a knack for connecting a subject, setting, or character with the right reader. Whether your young reader has yet to experience his or her first book crush or has devoured every Harry Potter novel multiple times, Book Crush points the way to a new and wonderful world of reading.

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