The Horn Book Guide

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Burns, Jan

Build Your Online Community: Blogging, Message Boards, Newsgroups, and More

104 pp. | Enslow | April, 2011 | Library ISBN 978-1-59845-130-6 $31.93

(4) YA Issues in Focus Today series. Seven concise chapters cover the history of the internet, offering information about various types of web-based communication tools and stressing the importance of critical thinking in both searching for and evaluating information. Tips and techniques for online safety and sample screenshots are included. Staged stock photographs of smiling teens using computers don't add much to the presentation. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo