This practitioner-oriented introduction to literature for children ages 5–12 covers the latest trends, titles, and tools for choosing the best books and materials as well as for planning fun and effective programs and activities.• Includes recommendations and evaluations of digital ebooks, apps, and audiobooks as well as print titles, providing full coverage of today's range of materials for children• Features short essays by top authors and practitioners in the field to give readers expert opinions and guidance• Provides author comments, collaborative activities, featured books, special topics and programs, selected awards and celebrations, historical connections, recommended resources, issues for discussion, relevant professional standards, and assignment suggestions within each chapter • Addresses the most recent professional and curricular standards for elementary school students—a key element of today's education assessment standards
Taking a genre approach, this overview of young adult literature shows new librarians and library science students the criteria to use for selecting quality books, including recommended titles.• Provides unbiased, authoritative guidance for finding recommended classic and recent titles by genre• Presents an excellent introduction to the field of young adult literature for undergraduate and graduate students who intend to be public or school librarians and for librarians who are new to working with young adults • Focuses on timely topics such as diverse books, LGBTQ+ selections, the role of book formats, and the relevance of librarians serving teen populations • Provides updated information on audio and e-books, accessible books, and graphic novels• Shows how YALSA and AASL standards and competencies can be demonstrated
This indispensable, well-respected volume helps librarians as well as patrons and teachers identify the best books for high school readers out of the thousands published each year.
This book explores how mental illness is portrayed in 21st-century young adult fiction and how selected works can help teachers, librarians, and mental health professionals to more effectively address the needs of students combating mental illness.• Offers extensive analysis of contemporary young adult fiction to help teachers and mental health professionals make informed choices when selecting novels to study in their courses or to recommend to individual adolescents• Examines the symptoms and warning signs of mental illness in adolescents in addition to how various disorders are diagnosed and treated• Suggests strategies for incorporating texts into existing educational curricula and community initiatives aimed at confronting the stigma associated with mental illness• Follows a standardized chapter format that makes it easy for readers to learn about the books and the mental illnesses they highlight• Provides an extended list of resources at the end of each chapter that includes addi
