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YOUTHWIRED 011.65 GILLESPIE
By John T. Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden
YOUTHWIRED 011.65 GILLESPIE
Award-winning author and literature expert John Gillespie and author Corinne Naden treat you to lively and detailed commentary on 100 of the best, most recent, and most popular books for teen readers—from adult and juvenile contemporary fiction to classics, biographies, nonfiction titles, and old favorites. With this familiarizing guide, you’ll be able to deliver tantalizing, seductive booktalks on some of the hottest titles for teens.
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Karolides, Nicholas J.
YOUTHWIRED 025.213 BANNED
Literature Suppressed on Political Grounds makes a special contribution to the understanding of political censorship, which results largely from a fear on the part of public officials that citizens may have access to information or ideas that governments would rather restrict or retain in the presumed interest of national security.
Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds
Sova, Dawn B.
YOUTHWIRED 025.213 BANNED
Throughout history, tyrants, totalitarian states, church institutions and
democratic governments alike have banned books that challenged their assumptions or
questioned their authority. Literature Suppressed on Sexual Grounds is the first
reference work to examine the issues underlying the suppression of more than 100
"sexually obscene" works.
Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds
Sova, Dawn B.
YOUTHWIRED 363.3109 SOVA
Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds discusses writings that have been
proscribed over the centuries because they have offended or merely ignored official
truths, challenged widely held assumptions or contained ideas or language unacceptable to
a state, religious institution or private moral watchdog.
Hit List: Frequently Challenged Books for Young Adults
Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association
YOUTHWIRED 098.1 HIT
Hit List: Frequently Challenged Books for Young Adults is an up-to-date
guide to the books most likely to cause problems and to quick, effective responses
specific to these titles. Each listing includes: annotations highlighting content that
provokes would-be censors; specifics about the challenges on record; awards and prizes
given to the book; reviews and articles about the book; reference sources recommending the
book or describing the author.
Clements, Jonathan and Helen McCarthy
YOUTHWIRED 791.433 CLEMENTS
Here is the long-awaited, biggest guide ever, the absolute must-have for every fan, collector, library, and video-store browser. Included are over 2,000 Japanese animation films--from today's Pokemon, Tenchi Muyo, and Sailor Moon to the classic Tetsuwan Atomu (Astro Boy) and little-known artistic gems like the anime life of Mozart--with key personnel, running time, studio, alternate titles, cross references, critical comment, and kid-friendly ratings. The Anime Encyclopedia is the most complete guide of its kind in any language, including Japanese! Illustrated and fully indexed.
Anime Interviews: The First Five Years Of Animerica Anime &
Manga Monthly (1992-97)
LeDoux, Trish, Editor
YOUTHWIRED 791.433 ANIME
In this book, the very first collection of its kind, you will hear insights directly from
the mouths and minds of the anime and manga creators themselves, in interviews which are
often the only ones one record in English. Some of these creators are larger-than-life
legends in their native Japan, some are up-and-coming young talents, but all have a lot to
say on the subject of their work.
Graphic Novels: A Bibliographic Guide to Book-Length
Comics
Rothschild, D. Aviva
YOUTHWIRED 016.7415 ROTHSCHILD
Included in this guide are true graphic novels, trade collections, anthologies of comics
work, graphic nonfiction and biography, and European book-length series.
Manga! Manga! The World of
Japanese Comics
Schodt, Frederik L.
YOUTHWIRED 741.5952 SCHODT
Since its publication in 1983 Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics has been
the book to read for all those interested in Japanese comics. It is virtually a
"bible" from which all studies and appreciation of manga begin.
Kies, Cosette
YOUTHWIRED 813.087 KIES
Horror, an increasingly popular subject for books, television, and movies, is especially appealing to teenagers who are enthusiastic fans of ghouls and gore. The appeal of horror literature to young adults cannot be denied or ignored, and in Presenting Young Adult Horror Fiction, the first genre study in the Twayne Young Adult Authors Series, Cossette Kies concentrates on teenage interest in the field.
What’s So Scary About R.L. Stine?
Jones, Patrick
YOUTHWIRED 813.54 JONES
What’s So Scary About R.L. Stine? examines the most popular yet most controversial
author of books for young people. Answering Stine’s critics with a thoughtful
analysis of Stine’s body of work, Jones traces Stine’s literary output and
provides analysis of plot, character, and style to demonstrate Stine’s place in the
tradition of respected young adult authors.
Bromann, Jennifer
YOUTHWIRED 028.55 BROMANN
YOung adults may be the toughtest audience on Earth. Can librarians successfully use booktalks with teenagers who have grown up with the Internet, digital TV, and CD-Walkmans? The answer is yes! Noted booktalker Jennifer Bromann shows you how in this new manual with step-by-step guidance, plus a collection of 50 booktalks that work. Practical chapters discuss what teens want; how booktalkers can choose the right books (and which ones to avoid); booktalking basics; writing booktalks (including hints for preparing a booktalk when you don't have time to read all the books). Sample booktalks cover 10 genres: science fiction, realistic fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, nonfiction, short books, horror, mystery, humor, and popular books of temporary--but immediate--interest.
The Cybrarian’s Manual 2 new!
Ensor, Pat, Editor
YOUTHWIRED 025.04 CYBRARIAN"S
This broadened version of a 1997 original attempts to provide up-to-date information in new articles as well as information that could be considered timeless. Among the topics covered are networks and the Internet; markup languages for the Web; how to customize one's setup for multimedia presentations; metadata and other identifiers for Web documents; collecting electronic resources, including e-journals; and virtual reality. One section provides "cybrarians" with the knowledge needed to avoid being trapped by the "technology of the month." The final section considers lighter sides of the overall topic in such papers as a study of Rupert Giles, the librarian in TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and another on that library-lit perennial, how to deal with negative stereotypes of librarians.
Teaching Library Skills in
Middle and High School: A How-To-Do It Manual
Garrett, Linda J. and JoAnne Moore
YOUTHWIRED 027.8223 GARRETT
Teaching Library Skills in Middle and High School will assist library media specialists in
helping students achieve the performance level required in the curriculum. It provides 44
lesson plans and a detailed and extensive research process plan that teaches students how
to integrate their research skills by writing a term paper.
Teaching Information Literacy Skills
Iannuzzi, Patricia and Charles T. Mangrum II and Stephen S. Strichart
YOUTHWIRED 025.56 IANNUZZI
This book provides vital knowledge that will help educators master information literacy
skills and learn how to impart these skills to students for success in all subjects. The
book focuses on assessing information, locating and using materials such as reference
sources, visual materials, and the Internet, writing a research paper, and using resources
for oral presentations. Accompanying the book is a trial version of a computerized
assessment disk, which allows five administrations of information literacy skills
discussed in the book.
Do It Right! Best Practices for Serving Young Adults in School and Public
Libraries new!
Jones, Patrick and Joel Shoemaker
YOUTHWIRED 027.626 JONES
Young adults are a growing population in libraries, yet few librarians know how to
provide the unique kinds of services teenagers need and want. Now, YA experts Jones
and Shoemaker apply customer service theory and technique to serving this unique
population. Shoemaker explores ways to provide the best possible customer service in
school library media centers. Jones offers tips, techniques; and examples of how to
turn teenagers into "raving fans" of the public library. Includes charts,
examples, and real-life case studies. These two innovative YA librarians have
written the definitive guide to customer service for librarians serving youth.
Brainstorms and Blueprints: Teaching Library Research as a
Thinking Process
Stripling, Barbara K., and Judy M. Pitts
YOUTHWIRED 025.5678 STRIPLING
This book provides creative strategies (brainstorms) and logical processes (blueprints)
for secondary teachers and library media specialists who want to break the mindless
research cycle by teaching library research as a thinking process.
Managing Library
Outreach Programs: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Librarians new!
Trotta, Marcia
YOUTHWIRED 027.4 TROTTA
This unique resource defines and
clarifies the need for outreach services for children and youth, and then tackles the
practical matter of implementing successful programs. The author begins with needs
assessment and targeting patrons, then covers partnership building, training library and
volunteer personnel, and promotion. Model offsite programs are provided with all the
information needed to get started, as well as an appendix of appropriate materials.
Cruising Through Research: Library Skills for Young Adults
Volkman, John D.
YOUTHWIRED 025.56782 VOLKMAN
Many of the handouts included in this book provide practical ideas that librarians can use
immediately. Beyond customizing lessons, this book provides formats that you can follow to
construct your own units regardless of the discipline. Teachers can follow a basic format
and adapt it to fit their particular unit.
Adamson, Lynda G.
YOUTHWIRED 016.973 ADAMSON
This resource divides naturally into two main parts. The first part lists authors and titles in the categories of historical fiction, biography, collective biography, history trade book, CD-ROM, and videotape within specific time periods according to grade levels. The second part contains annotated bibliographies of titles listed in the first part: books, CD-ROMs, and videotapes.
Best Books
for Young Teen Readers, Grades 7-10
Gillespie, John T.
YOUTHWIRED 011.62 BEST
This essential collection helps you select the finest in recreational and curriculum-based
reading for teens in grades 7-10. This is a carefully selected list of over 11,000 fiction
and nonfiction titles that have been favorably reviewed by the leading review sources.
Also included are some 2,200 adult-level books suitable for the advanced teen reader.
100 More Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and
Bibliographies
Drew, Bernard A.
YOUTHWIRED 810.99283 DREW
This book features another 100 biographies and biographical sketches of popular young
adult authors. Included are authors that did
not appear in the first volume, as well as dozens of fresh voices that have since emerged
in the field of young adult literature. Drew
covers a wide variety of genres, focusing on contemporary authors who are tuned to current
language, events, and styles, and those who have either won an award, shown remarkable
strength in writing, or pioneered new directions.
Teen Genreflecting
Herald, Diana Tixier
YOUTHWIRED 016.813 HERALD
This book is a guide for those who help teen readers to identify authors and titles of
genre books in libraries and bookstores. It is not intended to identify "safe"
or "clean" books for inclusion in censored collections. It is to help find books
of interest for teens who read and enjoy genre fiction.
The Young Adult Reader's Adviser, Volume 1: The Best in
Literature and Language Arts, Mathematics and Computer Science
Immell, Myra, general editor
YOUTHWIRED 011.62 YOUNG V.1
The Young Adult Reader's Adviser is partly a work of reference and partly a book
for browsing; so, one can utilize it to locate specific information and one is also able
to read it for pleasure. Each broad discipline, whether it be American literature or
world history, geography or computer science, psysics or psychology (or any other area),
opens with a brief introductionfollowed by general reading lists (where necesary) and then
by profiles (biographical sketches) of individuals noteworthy in each field and subfield.
The 851 profiles are followed by lists of selected "books by" and
"books about" the individual.
Outstanding Books for the College Bound: Choices for a Generation
Lewis, Marjorie, editor
YOUTHWIRED 011.625 OUTSTANDING
Outstanding Books for the College Bound organizes more than 1,000 selections by
genre with a brief annotation and the years it was selected. The selections inside are a
starting point from which young adult readers may cull a personal reading list, teachers
may find ideas for expanding their curricula, and parents, recognizing titles they once
read, may find bridges of discussion and debate between the generations.
Literature for Today’s Young Adults, fourth edition
Nilsen, Alleen Pace
YOUTHWIRED REFERENCE 028.55 NILSEN
This new edition features thirty boxed inserts containing essays by some of the best-known
young adult writers, along with attention-getting photographs; an insightful treatment of
multicultural literature; a new chapter on teaching literature in high-school English
classes; a look at controversial issues, including sex-related topics; and a meaningful
discussion of whole-language instruction.
Teaching Guides for 50 Young Adult Novels
Shipley, Roberta Gail
YOUTHWIRED 813.009 SHIPLEY
Teaching Guides for 50 Young Adult Novels includes novels that are well written,
lend themselves to discussion, and are relevant to today’s teenagers. Several of the
novels have won many awards and honors. Material for each novel begins with a list of
subjects, a summary, and comments to guide the teacher.
Tests for 250 Young Adult Novels
Shipley, Roberta Gail
YOUTHWIRED 813.009 SHIPLEY
The 250 novels for which these tests are designed were selected based on the following
criteria: quality of writing, popularity, currency, genre, and multiculturalism. The books
cover a wide range of reading abilities, everything from titles of interest for reluctant
readers, through those that are sure to challenge even the most gifted students.
The Coretta Scott King Awards Book, 1970-1999
Smith, Henrietta M., editor
YOUTHWIRED 028.5 CORETTA
The book features full annotations of the winning and honor books; photographs and
biographies of prominent African American authors and illustrators; four-color
illustrations from the most recently honored books, and interviews with artist Jerry
Pinkney and author Walter Dean Myers.
What Do Young Adults Read Next?: A Reader’s Guide to
Fiction for Young Adults, Volume 2
Spencer, Pam
YOUTHWIRED 016.813 SPENCER
What Do Young Adults Read Next? is a reader's advisory tool designed to match young
adults (readers from Grades 6 through 12) with books that reflect their interests and
concerns. It guides both reluctant and avid readers to new authors and titles for further
reading. In addition, each entry provides alternate reading selections; giving young
adults, parents, and librarians the answer to the frequently asked question "What do
I read next?"
Books for You: A Booklist for Senior High Students,
eleventh edition
Wurth, Shirley, editor
YOUTHWIRED 011.625 BOOKS
With nearly 800 plot summaries of current books for young adults, addressing topics
ranging from John Kennedy to Len Bias, from evil vampires to self-educating robots, and
from family crises to dizzying romances, Books for You covers the full spectrum of
young adult literature. Each entry is designed to stimulate senior high school students to
read the best of the current books written for them.
Immroth, Barbara and Kathleen de la Peņa McCook, Editors
YOUTHWIRED 027.63 LIBRARY
As society grows more inclusive, librarians struggle with how to properly create and maintain library programs and a collection suitable to the needs of the local community. Chief among the communities ripe for redress are the barrios, those pockets of Hispanic culture amid the sprawl of cultural homogeneity, where Hispanic youth must achieve some sense of their own and their culture’s identity. In this series of essays prepared for the Trejo Foster Foundation for Hispanic Library Education Fourth National Institute , librarians and national leaders address such topics as the creation of programs, collection building, and planning an devaluating services to Hispanic patrons.
Writers of Multicultural Fiction
for Young Adults: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook
Kutzer, M. Daphne
YOUTHWIRED 813.009 WRITERS
Multicultural fiction is an essential part of the American literary landscape. This
reference includes entries for 51 writers of multicultural fiction for young adults. For
the purpose of this volume, multicultural literature is defined as writing in English
about North American ethnic, cultural, and religious minority groups. Each entry includes
a biography, a discussion of the author’s critical reception, and primary and
secondary bibliographies.
Against Borders: Promoting Books for a Multicultural World
Rochman, Hazel
YOUTHWIRED 011.62 ROCHMAN
Part One of this book includes theme essays, that are intended only as flexible models of
some ways to connect books across cultures. Part Two includes resource lists that are
organized by culture, place, or historical event that have been selected with the advice
of expert consultants in each area.
Culturally Diverse Library Collections for Youth
Totten, Herman L., Carolyn Garner and Risa W. Brown
YOUTHWIRED 305.8 TOTTEN
Librarians’ efforts to ensure that book collections are ethnically inclusive can be
hampered by the lack of collection development tools. This up-to-date companion volume to
Culturally Diverse Library Collections for Youth is a single source describing
children’s books (non-fiction, biography, folk takes, and fiction) and related
reference books and scholarly works by ethnic classification. Each title has full
bibliographic data, suggested ages or grades, and a brief annotation.
Blostein, Fay
YOUTHWIRED 027.8223 BLOSTEIN
The revised and enlarged edition of the author's 1980 classic contains a wealth of techniques and devices to help teachers and librarians hook students and turn them into committed readers. Blostein's approach incorporates awards ceremonies, the yellow pages, agony columns, horoscopes, graffiti, and business cards. Demonstrating how these and other devices are used, she segues into appropriate book talks.
From
Hinton to Hamlet: Building Bridges Between Young Adult Literature and the Classics
Herz, Sarah K. with Donald R. Gallo
YOUTHWIRED
809.89283 HERZ
The literary classics that are traditionally required in grades 7-12 are often too
complex and removed from adolescent experience. This
highly readable guide, from a classroom teacher and one of the nation’s leading
authorities on Young Adult Literature, shows teachers and school librarians how to use
Young Adult Literature as a bridge to the classics to help students become more critical
and enthusiastic readers. Innovative thematic
connectors link quality Young Adult novels, many of them multicultural, to the 12 most
frequently taught works of literature. Extensive
annotated lists of additional works of Young Adult Literature complement each of these 12
classics. Herz and Gallo also show how Young
Adult books can be incorporated into other subject classes.
The
Power of Reading: Insights from the Research
Krashen,
Stephen
YOUTHWIRED 028.9 KRASHEN
This book examines the research into Free Voluntary Reading (FVR), the ways FVR
may be implemented, and issues related to reading, writing, and literacy. The possibilities free voluntary reading offers
individuals and society are great. The goal
of this book is to show the reader what free voluntary reading has to offer.
Disturbing the Universe: Power and
Repression in Adolescent Literature new!
Trites, Roberta Seelinger
YOUTHWIRED 813.009 TRITES
Roberta Trites expands on the notion of
the Young Adult novel as a coming-of-age story by chronicling the dynamics of power and
repression that weave their way through YA books. Characters in these novels must learn to
negotiate the levels of power that exist in the myriad social institutions within which
they function, including family, church, government, and school.
Kaywell, Joan F., Editor
YOUTHWIRED 615.8516 USING
Each chapter pairs a young adult literature expert and a therapist, including such authors as Chris Crutcher and Anne LeMieux, to provide possible treatment options for young adult protagonists in popular novels that address issues associated with families. These issues include divorce, parental illness, alcoholism, foster care, eating disorders, gay and lesbian teenagers, and suicide. Readers are provided with the insight into helping teenagers with similar problems , and with the tools to get teenagers reading and addressing their problems. Extensive annotated bibliographies in each chapter help the reader choose the best sources for each particular case.
Adolescents at Risk: A Guide to Fiction and Nonfiction for Young Adults,
Parents, and Professionals
Kaywell, Joan F.
YOUTHWIRED 028.162 KAYWELL
Alienation and identity, homosexuality, divorced and single parents, AIDS, abuse, alcohol
and drugs, eating disorders, and suicide—these are some of the problems that are part
of the lives of today’s adolescents. Organized by specific problem areas, this
annotated guide to young adult literature covers over 900 recommended fiction and
nonfiction books and articles published through 1992. It contains startling information
and current statistics which illuminate the gravity of the problem area, warning signs to
look for, and where to go for help. It also has an easily accessible format, readable
annotations, and bibliographic information for each entry.