Pre- and in-service teachers get what they need to connect with adolescent students-and to help them connect with good literature-in this engaging, balanced look at the world of young adult literature. Here readers get foundational knowledge combined with a look at the pathways leading to the literature itself, to begin to open the door to exploring young adult literature. Brief enough to give readers the opportunity to read the books themselves, yet comprehensive enough to ensure that teachers truly understand adolescents, their literature, and how to connect the two, Young Adult Literature by Bucher and Hinton provides what's needed to ensure a rich educational experience for adolescents, while nourishing their love of reading.
In 1983 a total of three Newbery honors were presented for nonfiction (to Kathryn Lasky, Rhoda Blumberg, and Patricia Lauber); ... created the Robert F. Sibert Medal to be awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most ...
Features in this new edition include: Updates to the widely popular features from the Second Edition Reorganized content for a more user-friendly approach Updated lists of young adult literature New information and features about the Common ...
However, the voices of teacher educators, teachers, and increased recognition of the need for relevant professional learning are beginning to appear a little more frequently in the literature today (Bach, Choate, & Parker, 2011; Bull, ...
Explains how libraries and communities can work together to strike a true partnership with the young adults in their community to develop services for teens that are both collaborative and outcome-driven.
This text will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, academics, professionals, and libraries in the field of young adult literature, fiction literacy, children’s literacy and feminist studies.
Helps YA librarians who want to freshen up their readers advisory skills, teachers who use novels in the classroom, and adult services librarians who increasingly find themselves addressing the queries of teen patrons.
Now, the authors you know and love are coming together in one book! With standalone short stories from a handpicked set of FR authors, this fabulous collection will often feature characters or worlds from existing Fierce Reads titles.
With the rise of mega blockbuster films based on these books in recent years, the young adult genre is being co-opted by curious adult readers and by Hollywood producers.
Young adult literature provides a mirror in which adolescents can observe themselves and their world with an ease and security that other kinds of texts fail to provide. It is...
The essays in this volume suggest ways high school and college instructors can incorporate YA texts into courses in literature, education, library science, and general education.