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Over 7,500 children's books appropriate for grades kindergarten through sixth and that are part of a series or that have shared themes and characters are included here.The contents include books with literary value, as well as ones with easy readability, or that are high in popularity, or which attract the reluctant reader. There are many, of course, that challenge the true reader.This book has a broad coverage. It includes stories about ethnic groups, families, sports, humor, animals, birds, fish, etc. You should be able to find the proverbial well-rounded collection within these sequels, just as you would find in your collection overall.
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School Library Journal Review
Doubling the number of books listed in her first edition of Fiction Sequels (McFarland, 1990; o.p.), Anderson compiles about 3000 annotated titles and over 400 authors in this guide to sequels, sequences, and series for older readers. Criteria include interest and age appropriateness, literary value, and broad appeal. The arrangement by author is clear, and the annotations are good. Grade levels are not included. Only a few small quibbles: Rene Goscinny's "Asterix" comic series is listed, but not Herge's "Tintin" books; a few authors' names are misspelled; and yes, there are some books missing in a few of the listings. Still, this is an essential readers' services tool to answer the important "what comes next" question. Sequels in Children's Literature contains about 7500 titles listed in sequence for picture books and series literature for children through sixth grade. The entries are arranged by author and include brief annotations and grade levels. This terrific resource covers current popular titles and favorite older series. Every juvenile reference collection needs this book.-Bette Ammon, Missoula Public Library, MT (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
"I loved this book, what's the next one in the series?" Children love series, whether Clifford and Spot or the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and Laura Ingalls Wilder; so these books, one a new title and one an update of a previous title, are welcome. The author, a practicing librarian, has accumulated titles over the years in an effort to help her patrons. The results are lists of around 7,500 titles for readers in kindergarten through grade six, and approximately 3,000 titles for children ages 10 to 16, arranged alphabetically by author. Although Anderson states that literary value was considered, readability and popularity were also factors in her selection. Books are nearly all hardcover, and all in English, although some translations are included, such as the Pippi Longstocking series. The introduction to Fiction Sequels indicates that 1960 was chosen as the beginning date for selection, but if some books in a series were written before that year, they are included as well. The starting date for Sequels appears to be the same. In-print status was not relevant. In both volumes, coverage extends into the mid-1990s. Fiction Sequels adds works published since the first edition appeared in 1990. A few series, such as Brian Jacques' Redwall series, appear in both volumes. Each entry includes basic bibliographic information and usually a one-sentence plot summary. If an author has written more than one series, they are separated. General age categories are also noted only in Sequels. A few cross-references exist for series written by more than one author. Separate indexes by age group and by main character would have been useful. Similar works exist, such as Susan Roman's Sequences: An Annotated Guide to Children's Fiction in Series (ALA, 1985). Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults (4th ed., Bowker, 1995) covers many genre sequels and series. Gale's Something about the Author provides information on sequence titles, including older series not covered in Anderson's books, syndicates (Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys), and popular paperback series, such as Fear Street. Anderson's volumes are not definitive or comprehensive, but are recommended as collection-development and readers' advisory tools.