Answering a demand to have "The Booklist" bibliographies available in monograph form, the American Library Association has collected and reprinted here in alphabetical order by column title, rather than chronological sequence, the first ten "Popular Reading" columns from "Booklist" in their entirety.
Barbara Elleman was named a Distinguished Scholar of Children's Literature by Marquette University's School of Education. The creator and editor-in-chief of Book Links magazine, Barbara also spent many years as a book reviewer, media specialist, and lecturer.