Book Resumes

Immediate, authoritative information about the children's and young adult books in your collections.


What are Book Resumes?

Book Resumes are instantaneously generated reports that aggregate professional and credentialed information about children's and young adult books. Our goal is to efficiently enable stakeholders to determine if a book is relevant for their needs.

Explore two samples:

Book Resume Sample
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Book Resume Sample
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Search for Book Resumes

Enter a book title below, and select the title to access the Book Resume.

Note: Book Resumes are only available to educators and library professionals as part of paid library and school TeachingBooks accounts. Must be signed in to access.

Impact of Book Resumes

  • Empower educators and library staff to feel confident about both their existing collections and forthcoming purchases.
  • Offer consistent, time-saving, and transparent process for documenting book decisions.
  • Save time complying with new government regulations and requirements.

Access Book Resumes

Available to educators and library professionals as part of paid library and school TeachingBooks accounts.

  1. Sign into TeachingBooks—you will see “Welcome” and your first name in the upper left corner.
  2. Search for a title, and select the “book resume” option
  3. View, print, or share—seamlessly giving community stakeholders documentation about your book selections

Note: Access book resumes for every title in a list by selecting “Download Spreadsheet” when viewing your list.

Book Resumes contain...

  • Full professional reviews licensed from 8 sources
  • Details about book recognitions from awards, state lists, and journals
  • Metadata at-a-glance about reading levels, subject headings, and more
  • Digital previews via audio and ebook excerpts