Author : Joni Richards Bodart
Publisher : H. W. Wilson
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 22,28 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780824209230
Another volume in a series of booktalks about prize-winning children's and young adult literature, covering titles honored in 1995-1996.
Author : Joni Richards Bodart
Publisher : H. W. Wilson
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 14,26 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Education
ISBN :
Presents brief booktalks for over 450 books for young adults that won awards before 1992. Relies heavily on three annual lists: Best Books for Young Adults, Recommended Books for Reluctant Readers (Quick Picks), and School Library Journal's Best of the Year. Also includes a few titles which received the Delacorte Press Prize, the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the Golden Kite Award, the Hugo, the Coretta Scott King Award, the Nebula, the Edgar Allan Poe Award, or Voya's Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Award.
Author : Terrance Hayes
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 13,67 MB
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1101222883
Winner of the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry Watch for the new collection of poetry from Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, coming in June of 2018 In his fourth collection, Terrance Hayes investigates how we construct experience. With one foot firmly grounded in the everyday and the other hovering in the air, his poems braid dream and reality into a poetry that is both dark and buoyant. Cultural icons as diverse as Fela Kuti, Harriet Tubman, and Wallace Stevens appear with meditations on desire and history. We see Hayes testing the line between story and song in a series of stunning poems inspired by the Pecha Kucha, a Japanese presentation format. This innovative collection presents the light- headedness of a mind trying to pull against gravity and time. Fueled by an imagination that enlightens, delights, and ignites, Lighthead leaves us illuminated and scorched.
Author : Natalie Lloyd
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 47,7 MB
Release : 2022-08-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338654616
A Schneider Family Book Award Honor Book From the bestselling author of A Snicker of Magic comes a heartfelt story about a girl who -- armed with her trusty, snazzy wheelchair -- refuses to let her brittle bone disease stand in the way of adventure Twelve-year-old homeschooled Olive is tired of being seen as "fragile" just because she has osteogenesis imperfecta (otherwise known as brittle bone disease) so she's thrilled when she finally convinces her parents to let her attend Macklemore Elementary. Olive can't wait to go to a traditional school and make the friends she's always longed for, until a disastrous first day dashes her hopes of ever fitting in. Then Olive hears whispers about a magical, wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives near Macklemore. It’ll be the solution to all her problems! If she can find the bird and prove herself worthy, the creature will make her most desperate, secret wish come true. When it becomes clear that she can't solve the mystery on her own, Olive teams up with some unlikely allies who help her learn the truth about the bird. And on the way, she just might learn that our fragile places lead us to the most wonderful magic of all...
Author : Betty L. Criscoe
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 16,5 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : 9780810823365
Author : Margaret A. Edwards
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 20,31 MB
Release : 2002-11-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838935330
Edwards's philosophies and practices, as illustrated in The Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts, have influenced and inspired generations of librarians since its original publication in 1969, and continue to be a foundation for today's new young adult librarians.
Author : Jennifer Bromann-Bender
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 40,19 MB
Release : 2013-12-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0810888092
Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Sure-Fire Winners for Middle and High School Readers will provide an introduction to selecting and writing booktalks for nonfiction books with a focus on unique informational texts and biographies and autobiographies. A booktalk is a summary of a book presented in a way that would interest someone in reading the book described. Why non-fiction? Because the Common Core Standards Initiative, which most states have adopted, requires that 70% of the materials students read be from the category of informational texts it is especially important to focus on nonfiction when sharing books with students. Here’s everything you need to do just that. Chapters cover selecting, writing, preparing, and presenting booktalks, special tips for high-interest, low-level books, and using non-fiction in the library and the classroom. Two hundred ready-to-present booktalks arranged by genre are also included. Genres include animals, famous people, sports, crime and serial killers, movies and television, religion, war, history, and the supernatural.
Author : Deanna J. McDaniel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 2008-06-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0313094519
This volume recommends some 500 positive, heart-warming stories for young readers—stories of the human spirit and what it can accomplish; stories of loving families surviving crises in positive ways; historical tales full of quick-witted people (especially girls); fairy tales with strong women; true stories of survival; and more. These gentle and uplifting reads span every genre—from science fiction and fantasy, to mysteries, realistic fiction, biographies, and nonfiction. They are Accelerated Reader titles, Reading Counts titles, and Junior Library Guild selections. Primarily intended for grades 5 to 9, this is a list of reading suggestions for the young adult who wants a great read but does not want to be offended. Grades 5-9.
Author : Mary Anne Nichols
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 19,23 MB
Release : 2002-04-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
The first available book for young adult librarians who need to learn the marketing and merchandising techniques that will make library materials more attractive and accessible to teens.
Author : Laretta Henderson
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,53 MB
Release : 2015-12-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1498501613
First awarded in 1993, the Américas Award is given in recognition of books that authentically and engagingly portray Latino/as in Latin America, the Caribbean or the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The Award is unique in that selects Latino/a youth literature for classroom use and in that it focuses on the entire Western Hemisphere. Scholars from the fields of literature, education, lbrary science, and theater engage with Latino/a Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) in this ecollection of essays about the Américas Award, the Award-winning and honored books, and the contexts in which the books are used. This collection offers essays on the history of the award, close readings of Award-winning and honored books situated in the classroom, and discussions of how best to use the books in the classroom, library and theater.
