Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It!: Subject Access to the Best How-to Guides for Children and Teens(Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference)

For busy librarians and educators, finding instructions for projects, activities, sports, and games that children and teens will find interesting is a constant challenge. This guide is a time-saving, one-stop resource for locating this type of information - one that also serves as a valuable collection development tool that identifies the best among thousands of choices, and can be used for program planning, reference and readers' advisory, and curriculum support. Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It! identifies hundreds of books that provide step-by-step instructions for creating arts and crafts, building objects, finding ways to help the disadvantaged, or engaging in other activities ranging from gardening to playing games and sports. Organized by broad subject areas - arts and crafts, recreation and sports (including indoor activities and games), and so forth - the entries are further logically organized by specific subject, ensuring quick and easy use.

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Subject Headings I. Arts and Crafts II. Social Science III. Sports and Recreation IV. Science and Technology Subject Index I. Arts and Crafts II. Social Science III. Sports and Recreation IV. Science V. Science Projects Bibliography Titles by Series Keyword Index

About the Author :
Catharine A. Bomhold, PhD, is an assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. Her published works include Twice Upon a Time: A Guide to Fractured, Altered, and Retold Folk and Fairy Tales, also co-authored with Terri Elder and published by Libraries Unlimited. She holds an M.S. in Library Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and doctorate in Communication and Information from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. Terri E. Elder, EdS, is a National Board Certified K-8 school library media specialist in the Birmingham City Schools District, Birmingham, AL. Her published works include Libraries Unlimited's Twice Upon a Time: a Guide to Fractured, Altered, and Retold Folk and Fairy Tales, co-authored with Catharine Bomhold. She holds and Master's degree in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and an EdS in Library Media from the University of West Alabama in Livingston.

Review :
Most school and public librarians will find this a useful guide to have on hand. . . . This work is recommended for school, public, and academic libraries supporting school media preparation programs. The text is a comprehensive catalog of project or how-to books for children and teenagers published from 2007 to the present. . . . [W]ill be of interest to librarians, educators, and others who are involved with children and children's activities.