Annoyed that his friends have forgotten his birthday, detective Sam Sunday begins investigating the disappearance of some valuables at an old hotel.

As a genre text, not an anthology, this text teaches students about literature forms and discusses ways of using literature in the classroom. It is used to give students the background they need to evaluate, select, and use children's literature in their own teaching. A database of current literature is provided with the text and will be updated annually.

Presents a guide to nearly 27,000 children's oicture book titles grouped in over 1,200 subjects and indexed by author, title, and illustrator.

Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.