The Collection is a selective list of fiction and non-fiction books recommended for children and young adolescents (grades 5 through 9).

Middle & Junior High School Core Collection, (10th Edition, 2009) is a guide to over 10,000 books (over 7,500 titles are new to this edition), plus review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists. The Collection is a selective list of fiction and non-fiction books recommended for children and young adolescents (grades 5 through 9), along with review sources and other professional aids for librarians and school media specialists. It includes analytical entries for parts of books, a list of recommended periodicals for middle and junior high school libraries, and a list of recommended electronic resources. Titles are selected by librarians, editors, advisors, and nominators-all of them experts in services to adolescents and young adults.

The collection is a valuable tool for collection development and maintenance, reader's advisory and curriculum support for the middle and junior high school library. Richly enhanced records provide a wealth of useful information. All entries include complete bibliographic data as well as price, subject headings, annotations, grade level, Dewey classification, cover art, and quotations from reviews. Many entries also list awards, best-book lists, and starred reviews.


Save Time: Efficiently organised and includes ""Starred"" titles
Save Money: Allocate your resources to the best materials available
Stay Relevant: Discover the best in important, contemporary categories
Complete Coverage: Includes recommendations on periodicals and electronic resources, too