Evaluating and Promoting Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults

This essential guide for educators and librarians provides concrete strategies for evaluating children's nonfiction in an era of misinformation and digital overload. Rather than offering another static bibliography, it focuses on developing critical evaluation skills that help professionals assess informational texts for accuracy, authority, and age-appropriate presentation. The book directly addresses contemporary challenges like identifying credible sources and teaching media literacy to young readers navigating complex information landscapes. Latham's approach transforms how adults select and present factual content to children and teens.

What distinguishes this resource is its practical framework for collection development and programming that actively engages young readers with nonfiction. The methods help professionals move beyond basic fact-checking to foster deeper critical thinking skills through readers' advisory and educational activities. Librarians, teachers, and youth services specialists will find immediately applicable techniques for building collections and creating programs that empower young people to become discerning consumers of information. This timely work ultimately provides the tools needed to cultivate a generation of thoughtful, media-literate readers.