If you're a librarian charged with collecting curriculum materials and children's literature to support the Common Core State Standards, then this book-the only one that offers explicit advice on collection development in curriculum collections-is for you.While there are many publications on the Common Core for school librarians and K-12 educators, no such literature exists for curriculum librarians at the post-secondary level. This book fills that gap, standing alone as a guide to collection development for curriculum librarians independent of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The book provides instruction and guidance to curriculum librarians who acquire and manage collections so you can develop a collection based on best practices.The book begins with a primer on the CCSS and how curriculum librarians can support them. Discussion of the Standards is then woven through chapters, arranged by content area, that share research-based practices in curriculum development and instruction to guide you in curriculum selection. Material types covered include games, textbooks, children's literature, primary sources, counseling, and nonfiction. Additional chapters cover the management of curriculum collections, testing collections, and instruction and reference, as well as how to support and collect for special needs learners. Current practices in collection development for curriculum materials librarians are also reviewed. The book closes with a discussion of the future of curriculum materials.

CONTENTSAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: About Curriculum Collections: Their Composition, Arrangement, and ManagementChapter 2: A Primer on the Common Core for Curriculum ManagersChapter 3: Games, Toys, and other Play ThingsChapter 4: Textbooks and Curriculum SetsChapter 5: Children's and Young Adult LiteratureChapter 6: Nonfiction and Primary SourcesChapter 7: Subject Specific MaterialsChapter 8: School Counseling MaterialsChapter 9: Students with Special NeedsChapter 10: Educational TestsChapter 11: Instruction in Curriculum CollectionsChapter 12: The Future of Curriculum CollectionsAppendix A: Procedures for Cataloging Curriculum MaterialsAppendix B: Scavenger Hunt for the Curriculum Materials CenterAppendix C: Fiction Nonfiction PairsAppendix D: Games Listed by Curricular AreaAppendix E: Teaching Science with Picture BooksAppendix F: Teaching Math with Picture BooksAppendix G: Teaching about Disabilities through Children's and Young Adult LiteratureAppendix H: Books about War and PeaceAppendix I: Recent Historical Fiction for the Secondary GradesAppendix J: Picture Books for Older ReadersAppendix K: Graphic NovelsAppendix L: Wordless or Nearly Wordless BooksAppendix M: Picture Books and Young Adult Books on Sensitive TopicsAppendix N: Children's Books about Food and Nutrition, Movement and Sports Appendix O: Teaching Art through Children's LiteratureAppendix P: Select Professional Counseling Books>Index