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Title: Ten English authors for young adults.(Children's Literature)(Skellig)(Postcards from No Man's Land)(Eva)(Goodnight, Mr. Tom)(Book Review)
Author: Kathy Howard Latrobe
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2005
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: 79Issue: 1Page: 69(4)

Article Type: Book Review, Children's Review

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Featuring 12 original essays that present research related to African American children's literature conducted by scholars from leading academic institutions, editors Wanda M. Brooks and Jonda C. McNair offer a bouquet of diverse perspectives on African American children's and young adult literature, focusing attention on texts, on readers, and on pedagogical strategies that have the potential to bring the texts and the readers together. ... Read more

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The long-awaited third edition of a classicThe new Third Edition of this renowned reference work illuminates African American contributions to the genre of books for children and young adults with the biographies of 121 new 247 authors and artists. The book presents a rich source of biographical data on each individual, covering birthplace, education, their approach to art or literature, career development, awards and honors received, families, and current place of residence. Over 120 photographs of the subjects bring the biographies to life, and 46 covers of important children's books are reproduced in black and white. The new edition includes 121 new biographies.
These special features make it easy to find a wealth of informationThe entries cite publication dates of the subject's books, and many of the narratives are preceded by a personal statement which can serve as an inspirational source to the reader. An extensive title index lists over 1,250 books by black authors and illustrators, and the book features a handy list of publishers, bookstores, and distributors arranged by state, making it easy for readers to locate books of interest. A listing of annual awards presented to African American authors and illustrators by the Caldecott, Newbery, and Boston Globe-Horn Book award committees and a complete, up-to-date listing of the Coretta Scott King award and honor recognitions enhance the usefulness of this book for parents, librarians, educators, and young readers. ... Read more

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Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults is a biographical dictionary that provides comprehensive coverage of all major authors and illustrators – past and present. As the only reference volume of its kind available, this book is a valuable research tool that provides quick access for anyone studying black children’s literature – whether one is a student, a librarian charged with maintaining a children’s literature collection, or a scholar of children’s literature.

The Fourth Edition of this renowned reference work illuminates African American contributions to children’s literature and books for young adults. The new edition contains updated and new information for existing author/illustrator entries, the addition of approximately 50 new profiles, and a new section listing online resources of interest to the authors and readers of black children’s literature.

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Excellent reference of Black Authors, Illustrators for Kids
Definitely a book for the library reference section.A valuable home reference for those involved in multicultural literature and African American children's and young adult literature.The fourth edition includes extensive biographical information, such as author and illustrator websites and email, bookcovers, listing of Coretta Scott King Award and Honor Books from 1970 - 2006 and a listing of African American- owned bookstores in the US.I enjoy the in-depth bibliographic information for each author and illustrator.The MAJOR disappointment is the lack of fact checking of the bookstore list, which includes several that are out-of-business or moved to new locations.The fourth edition does include new entries and has deleted some entries from previous editions.Yes, it's a must have. ... Read more

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The book focuses on writers of the 1990s but also includes 12 classic authors who are still widely read by teens. An affordable alternative to multivolume publications, this book makes a great collection development tool and resource for author studies as well as a great way to find books by and about students' favorite writers. ... Read more

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This book is wonderful....
This book introduces students to authors and artists, but does so in a clear and concise fashion.My daughter found it extremely enjoyable, and also very informative.Mr. McMahon did a wonderful job in focusing on the important people of our time. ... Read more

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Here's a fresh opportunity to learn more about these fine titles and integrate them into the curriculum. The first half of the book presents annotated bibliographies of all author and illustrator winners and honor books. The entire second half of the book is devoted to activities, including some reproducibles, based on select titles. ... Read more

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Terrific Resource for Great YA Literature
I discovered this book when I was coordinating a middle school book group with at-risk kids, primarily African American kids.I was looking for great books that would appeal to the kids, characters and stories they could relate to, outside of the norm.The Coretta Scott King Award List is a wonderful source of young adult literature.This book is the only one of its kind that I could find that offered lesson plans and reading guides, all kinds of enrichment materials, based on CSK Award Winners.My only complaint is that it was published in 2000 and has not been updated! ;-( ... Read more

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To millions of kids, the books they read are more than entertainment—they are mirrors to hold up to their own lives. And the creators of thosebooks are more than just writers—they are mentors, confidants, friends,sometimes the only ones who understand. There is often an unspoken,unseen bond between an author and his or her readers.

Dear Author brings this bond to light for the whole world to see andto celebrate. Laurie Halse Anderson, Chris Crutcher, Jerry Spinelli,Christopher Paul Curtis, and many more of today’s bestselling YAauthors respond to this intimate mix of heartbreakingand heartwarming letters, giving a glimpse into thehearts and souls of kids today, and the writers who havechanged their lives. It’s nothing short of inspirational. ... Read more

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great book
This book will help those teens who are struggling with adolescence.There's good advice given and hope offered for teenagers who are going through extraordinary circumstances:teen pregnancy, poverty, children of alcoholics, etc. ... Read more

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This is the first worldwide guide to contemporary Spanish-speaking authors and illustrators for young readers. It features personal and professional information on more than 200 contemporary Spanish-speaking authors and illustrators from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela, as well as a complete listing of their books written in Spanish for children and young adults. Schon, author of numerous bibliographies of children's and young adult literature in Spanish, compiled the information from responses given by the authors themselves to a questionnaire she developed. Quotes from the authors about their work add a personal touch. The first worldwide guide to contemporary Spanish-speaking authors and illustrators featuring personal and professional information, complete bibliographies of their work, and author quotes. ... Read more

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Beginning with an introduction that examines the works and influence of the classical masters of science fiction and its development as an accepted literary genre, author Suzanne Reid in her new volume, Presenting Young Adult Science Fiction, explores in detail the lives and works of eight major figures of particular interest to teens. Written as an introduction to science fiction, especially as it relates to young adult readers, this book is aimed primarily at students and teachers who have not previously read the genre. Presenting Young Adult Science Fiction will serve as a valuable asset to any teacher of young people over the age of ten, and inspire thinking about a wide range of issues from practical management of physical resources to metaphysical queries into the very meaning of our existence. It is a must have for any young adult library. ... Read more

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Eminently readable, excellent library reference resource.
Presenting Young Adult Science Fiction Suzanne Elizabeth ReidMacmillan Library Reference ISBN: 080571653X, 1998. vii + 230.

Presenting Young Adult Science Fiction is clearly intended for a younger critical audience, the young adult reader of SF.The book is eminently readable, especially for a less experienced audience of the genre, as is intended for the Twayne's Young Adult Authors Series. This series "enables young readers to research the world of their favorite authors," and "provides teachers and librarians with insights and background material for promoting and teaching young adult novels." (ix).

Reid succeeds with introducing the history of SF and of YA SF in that context.She contextualizes YA SF within the history of SF publishing in the West and in English.Her introductory essay is very useful to those unfamiliar with the field, hitting all the high points and missing little that the uninitiated need to know.It serves a reader best in pointing to by now familiar stages or periods for the development of the genre in general and in pointing to more detailed critical works for the details of these stages.She also makes largely defendable choices for seven major writers of YA science fiction, especially in the context of providing single-author studies of young readers.

Yet a defense of her choice to focus on Orson Scott Card, Douglas Hill, H.M. Hoover, Pamela Sargent, Octavia Butler, Pamela Service and Piers Anthony, and Douglas Adams, would have to address the fact that at least five of these writers, Card, Sargent, Butler, Anthony and Adams were known for their adult SF much more than for their YA SF.Only two of the focal authors, Hoover and Hill, wrote almost exclusively for younger readers.It seems more clear that the choices of author were made to allow her to pursue thematic issues, as in the Sands and Frank work, while sticking to the series format of focusing on a single author. These themes are: historical perspectives, classical authors, science fiction adventure, alien worlds, feminism, gender and racism, science fantasy, humor, Cyberpunk and SF film.

The one glaring exception to the single-author focus, entitled "Feminism and Science Fiction: Pamela Sargent," attends to a basic description of Sargent's fictional contributions but also includes a mini-history of women in science fiction that would have made at least as much, if not more, sense in the introduction. Perhaps this was done because of Sargent's significance as an editor of early anthologies of women SF writers, but it still seems out of place as Sargent is not known as a YA author.

The bibliography thankfully is the same for Sargent in this as in all the other essays.Again like Sands and Frank, discussed below, Reid offers introductory essays that are easily readable but the lacunae, those authors who are barely mentioned, are obvious to a seasoned reader.The reader asks why she leaves out or gives short-shrift to such major, popular YA SF writers as Engdahl, Hamilton, L'Engle, Lawrence, Lowry and McCaffrey, to name a few.Yet the very choice of these authors emphasizes the impossibility of identifying a work as either YA or Adult SF.She does not stick to marketing categories, to an idealized list of authors who are known exclusively in YA circles.She mentions standard bibliographies and reference works as her background, but obviously has made a much more restrictive selection.

Jan Bogstad, Reviewer END ... Read more