CBC RELEASES ONLINE ELECTION BIBLIOGRAPHY

Just in time for the new school year and the height of the 2004 election season, the Children's Book Council, Inc. (CBC) has created a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of election-related titles for young people in grades K-12.

This list of books was compiled from titles submitted by CBC member publishers and represents a wide selection of titles for classroom and home use. From the Constitution and voting how-to's to Presidential biographies and vital Supreme Court decisions, these books provide a detailed and wide-ranging understanding of our electoral process and its effects on our government, society, and day-to-day lives.

The bibliography will be useful to students working on school reports, as well as those just wanting to know what all the fuss is about. Teachers and librarians can use the list to find and fill gaps on their election, history, and biography shelves. Parents wanting to explain the who, what, where, when, why, and how of this busy political season will find all the help they need by bringing this list to their local library or bookstore.

This election bibliography is free to the public and available on the CBC website at www.cbcbooks.org.

The Children's Book Council is a nonprofit association that promotes the use and enjoyment of children's trade books and related literacy materials for young people, and is the official sponsor of Young People's Poetry Week and Children's Book Week. The CBC's membership is made up of U.S. publishers and packages of trade books for children and young adults, and producers of related literacy materials. Proceeds from the sale of CBC materials help support the CBC's literacy efforts.