A joint project of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children's Book Council, this bibliography features K-12 annotated titles published in the previous calendar year and selected by a book review committee appointed by the NCSS. Titles are grouped by subject, including: Biography; Contemporary Concerns; Environment and Ecology; Folktales; Geography, Peoples, and Places; History, Life, and Culture in the Americas; Reference; Social Interaction and Relationships; World History and Culture; and Economics. Each annotation contains bibliographic data and a brief description.
NCSS members interested in joining the review committee should complete the interest form and submit it to NCSS.
Full-color copies of the annotated list are available at the price of $5 per copy (includes S&H).
Please send a check to the following:
The Children's Book Council, Inc.
attn: Social Studies
12 West 37th Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10018
Previous years' lists are available online. Updated every June.
Publishing companies are encouraged to submit their titles to this project each year.
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