| Description |
xii, 555 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Pt 1. The reader. Children reading at home: an historical overview / Evelyn Arizpe and Morag Styles -- Questioning the value of literacy: a phenomenology of speaking and reading in children / Eva-Maria Simms -- The book as home? It all depends / Shirley Brice Heath -- Reading literature in elementary classrooms / Kathy G. Short -- Readers, texts, and contexts in the middle: re-imagining literature education for young adolescents / Thomas P. Crumpler and Linda Wedwick -- Reading literature in secondary school: disciplinary discourses in global times / Cynthia Lewis and Jessica Dockter -- Imaging a writer's life: extending the connection between readers and books / Elizabeth Dutro and Monette C. McIver -- Teaching Latina/o children's literature in multicultural contexts: theoretical and pedagogical possibilities / Maria E. Franquiz, Carmen Martinez-Roldan, and Carmen I. Mercado -- School libraries and the transformation of readers and reading / Eliza T. Dresang and M. Bowie Kotrla -- Public libraries in the lives of young readers: past, present, and future / Paulette M. Rothbauer, Virginia A. Walter, and Kathleen Weibel -- Becoming readers of literature with LGBT themes: in and out of classrooms / Mollie V. Blackburn and Caroline T. Clark -- Immigrant students as cosmopolitan intellectuals / Gerald Campano and Maria Paula Ghiso -- |
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Pt 2. The book. History of children's and young adult literature / Deborah Stevenson -- Point of departure / Lois Lowry -- Dime novels and series books / Catherine Sheldrick Ross -- Point of departure / Candice Ransom -- Folklore in children's literature: contents and discontents / Betsy Hearne -- Point of departure / Julius Lester -- African American children's literature: researching its development, exploring its voices / Rudine Sims Bishop -- Point of departure / Jacqueline Woodson -- The art of the picturebook / Lawrence R. Sipe -- Point of departure / Chris Raschka -- Point of departure / David Wiesner -- Comics and graphic novels / Robin Brenner -- Point of departure / Gareth Hinds -- Point of departure / Raina Telgemeier -- A burgeoning field or a sorry state: U.S. poetry for children, 1800-present / Laura Apol and Janine L. Certo -- Point of departure / Janet S. Wong -- Nonfiction literature for children: old assumptions and new directions / Barbara Kiefer and Melissa I. Wilson -- Point of departure / Penny Colman -- Genre as nexus: the novel for children and young adults / Mike Cadden -- Point of departure / Philip Pullman -- Young adult literature: growing up, in theory / Karen Coats -- Point of departure / Markus Zusak -- Reading indigeneity: the ethics of interpretation and representation / Clare Bradford -- Point of departure / Joseph Bruchac -- Literary studies, cultural studies, children's literature, and the case of Jeff Smith / Roderick McGillis -- Point of departure / David Filipi -- Point of departure / Lucy Shelton Caswell, David Filipi, and Jeff Smith -- Ideology and children's books / Robyn McCallum and John Stephens -- Point of departure / M.T. Anderson -- The author's perspective / Claudia Mills -- Point of departure / Phyllis Reynolds Naylor -- Archives and special collections devoted to children's and young adult literature / Karen Nelson Hoyle -- Point of departure / Leonard S. Marcus -- |
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Pt. 3. The world around. Where worlds meet / Ana Maria Machado -- Point of departure / Katherine Paterson -- Translation and crosscultural reception / Maria Nikolajeva -- Point of departure / Tara F. Chace -- The implied reader of the translation / Petros Panaou and Tasoula Tsilimeni -- Point of departure / Kostia Kontoleon -- International communities building places for youth reading / Michael Daniel Ambatchew -- Point of departure / Jane Kurtz -- Point of departure / Yohannes Gebregeorgis -- Censorship: book challenges, challenging books, and young readers / Christine A. Jenkins -- Reviewing children's and young adult literature / Michael Cart -- Awards in literature for children and adolescents / Junko Yokota -- The economics of children's book publishing in the 21st century / Joel Taxel -- Spinning off: toys, television, tie-ins, and technology / Margaret Mackey -- Listening for the scratch of a pen: museums devoted to children's and young adult literature / Elizabeth Hammill. |
| Summary |
This multidisciplinary handbook pulls together in one volume the research on children's and young adult literature which is currently scattered across three intersecting disciplines: education, English, and library and information science. |
| Subject |
American literature -- History and criticism.
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Children's literature, American -- History and criticism.
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Young adult literature, American -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Wolf, Shelby Anne.
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| ISBN |
9780415965064 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0415965063 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780415965057 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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0415965055 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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