Thanks much, Jan! If you've got other recommendations, send em' on
over.
gary
At 07:16 AM 06/29/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>>>>
<excerpt>How about <underline>The New York Times Guide to the Best
Childrens' Videos</underline> , the "definitive, authoritative,
all-inclusive guide to more than 1,000 children's videos", including over
500 family films and 100+ CD-Roms. The book is compiled by KIDS FIRST! an
initiative of the Coalition for Quality Children's Media
<italic>(www.cqcm.org)</italic>. This organization is "the only" national
non-profit organization that uses adult <italic>and</italic> children to
evaluate media. To get a KIDS FIRST! endorsement the film can't have
violence or sexual behavior, physical or verbal abuse, racial, gender,
cultural or religious bias, condescension toward children or unsafe
behavior. Listings are organized by age, from infancy to adolescence. It
covers a wide range of categories (holiday, naature, fairy tales, etc.),
it's annotated, employs a rating system and provides a "Producers"
appendix.
Is this what you're looking for? Jan Derks
Gary Handman wrote:
<excerpt>In connection with the fabled (purported?) 2nd ed of my
collection
development book, Randy Pitman and I are scouting around for useful print
resources--books and journals--useful as aids to selecting movies for
kids
(NB--that's MOVIES as in feature films...not kidvid or non-fiction
stuff).
I've come across:
The Parents Guide to the Best Family Videos : Great Movies for Parents
and
Kids to Share
by Patricia S. McCormick, Steve Cohen.
Anyone familiar with it?
Other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. If you recommend
something, it'd be useful to get a brief (few line) description of the
work.
Merci!
Gary Handman
Director
Media Resources Center
Moffitt Library
UC Berkeley 94720-6000
<<http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC>http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC
"Everything wants to become television" (James Ulmer -- Teletheory)
</excerpt>
--Jan Derks
AV Collection Development Librarian
Arapahoe Library District
Littleton,CO 80121
Phone: 303-220-7704 x239
Fax: 303-740-8283
E-mail: jderks@ald.lib.co.us
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Gary Handman
Director
Media Resources Center
Moffitt Library
UC Berkeley 94720-6000
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC
"Everything wants to become television" (James Ulmer -- Teletheory)