FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Marilyn Courtot CLCD Company, LLC (301) 469-2070 marilyn@childrenslit.com Mary Frances Wilkens Booklist (800) 545-2433 mwilkens@ala.org THE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE WELCOMES BOOKLIST Bethesda MD - March 7, 2002 - The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) is pleased to announce that the children's book reviews from Booklist, an American Library Association publication, will soon be available in the database. Reviews from 1992 to the present will be included. "Booklist has a highly-regarded reviewing staff that is respected throughout the library world," says Marilyn Courtot, founder of the CLCD Company. "I know that our CLCD subscribers will be as delighted as we are to have the Booklist reviews of children's books available at their fingertips." Mary Frances Wilkens of Booklist stated, "We at Booklist know that librarians and teachers need easy, up-to-date access to information about children's literature. The CLCD helps toward that end by bringing together so many important review sources. I'm happy that Booklist reviews will be part of this unique database." About the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database Established in 1999 by Marilyn Courtot, a librarian, CLCD and its sister company, Children's Literature, help teachers, librarians, childcare providers, and parents make appropriate literary choices for children. As one of the 21 organizations that provide reviews to CLCD, Children's Literature's 125 independent reviewers read and critically review more than 4,000 books annually. Among the other sources providing reviews are ALAN, The Bulletin, CCBC Choices, KIRKUS, KLIATT, and VOYA. The CLCD database currently contains more than 70,000 reviews, with an average of 1,000 added each month. For further information about CLCD, or to sign up for a free trial, visit www.childrenslit.com. About Booklist Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association, is published 22 times a year. For more than 95 years, Booklist has been the librarian's leading choice for reviews of the latest books and more recently of electronic media. Every year more than 2,500 titles for children are reviewed. Each issue contains a wide variety of feature articles including author interviews, bibliographies, book-related essays by well-known writers, and a selection of columns. ###