Librarian's Guide to Developing Christian Fiction Collections for Children

by Barbara J. Walker

With this guidebook you will be able to successfully meet the challenge of finding quality Christian fiction for children. Its recommendations will help you develop reading lists, storytimes, or theme-related activities. As Christian fiction continues to be an increasingly important genre, its inclusion in your library enables you to appeal to a broader spectrum of users. Since 1998, Barbara Walker has been showing media specialists how to develop collections of Christian fiction for children and adults. In her new guides, she has compiled core groups of books, literary series, DVDs, and videos, intended to appeal specifically to children and young adults.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Kate Hastings · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally-- a source recommending a core collection of Christian fiction for libraries! So few books are reviewed in journals, and the demand isn't usually such that libraries are able to purchase EVERY series... so I was hoping this would solve all of these problems.

The disappointing part was that the majority of the titles are currently out of print. I discovered one new series-- Lily-- that looked modern enough to buy. BUt many of the covers were so 80's-looking that even if they were still in print, i'd have to pause.

Still, it is the ONLY source I know about for public libraries.