This comprehensive overview helps students and librarians better understand young adult literature, build and manage collections, and use it to support curricula and programming. Young Adult Literature in Action is an ideal resource for teaching young adult literature courses and specifically meets the needs of LIS faculty and students. Taking a genre approach, it offers an easy-to-use guide for establishing selection criteria and finding the best titles for specific usage in the library and classroom. In this new edition ...
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This comprehensive overview helps students and librarians better understand young adult literature, build and manage collections, and use it to support curricula and programming. Young Adult Literature in Action is an ideal resource for teaching young adult literature courses and specifically meets the needs of LIS faculty and students. Taking a genre approach, it offers an easy-to-use guide for establishing selection criteria and finding the best titles for specific usage in the library and classroom. In this new edition, each chapter includes thoroughly updated information on collaborative activities, featured books, special topics and programs, selected awards and celebrations, historical connections, recommended resources, issues for discussion, author comments, and assignment suggestions. In this thoroughly revised and updated edition, coverage of graphic novels--especially "manga" titles within this genre--has been significantly expanded, reflecting the growing number of titles and increasing interest in them. Additionally, recent titles have been added that reflect popular trends and interests in young adult literature, such as science fiction and fantasy books that blur the lines between genres--novels about dystopias, vampires, and zombies, for instance. - 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, students who are new to the study of young adult literature, or librarians who are new to working with young adults - Includes a new section consisting of fascinating answers from 14 authors explaining their motivations and inspirations for writing for young adult readers - Provides expanded coverage on the popular genres of graphic novels and science fiction books
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