This second edition examines over 300 books published in the last decade that deal with issues of human existence and survival. Titles are categorized under the following themes: The individual--aloneness and loneliness, feelings, images of self and others, and sexuality; pairings and groupings--friendship, peer pressures, social interaction, and families; and world views--people and the environment, religion and politics, war and peace, and celebration of life and death. Annotated with social and psychological commentary, the books reviewed cover a wide range of materials written for children from preschool to young adult. Programming ideas, including lists of related films, appear after each major section.