On the Shoulders of Giants: Celebrating African American Authors of Young Adult Literature by Bickmore, Steven T.

On the Shoulders of Giants: Celebrating African American Authors of Young Adult Literature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781475843521)

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On the Shoulders of Giants: Celebrating African American Authors of Young Adult Literature by Bickmore, Steven T.

On the Shoulders of Giants: Celebrating African American Authors of Young Adult Literature

$59.00
On the Shoulders of Giants: Celebrating African American Authors of Young Adult Literature by Bickmore, Steven T.

On the Shoulders of Giants: Celebrating African American Authors of Young Adult Literature

$59.00
Format: Hardcover
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This first book in a three volume series celebrates and examines the work of four African American authors of young adult literature. They are Virginia Hamilton, Julius Lester, Walter Dean Myers, and Mildred D. Taylor; they serve as the foundation of young adult literature and provide robust stories that center and illuminate African American youth. In addition, this volume also examines the role of the Coretta Scott King Award in promoting access and visibility to authors and illustrators who shine a spotlight on African American youth and society. The chapter authors--librarians and established and emerging scholars in the field of young adult literature--survey the work of Hamilton, Lester, Myers, or Taylor; their accolades; and how audiences initially responded to their work. Each chapter highlights a single work and discusses how it might be taught, providing pre, during, and post reading activities or, in some cases, individual, small group, or whole class activities. This volume is a resource for classroom teachers, teacher educators, reading specialists, librarians, and other educators who study, research, and read young adult literature. This first volume supplements studies in the foundations of African American authors of young adult literature and explorations of critical works by these authors.

Author: Steven T. Bickmore
ISBN-10: 1475843526
ISBN-13: 9781475843521
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2019
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
By Steven T. Bickmore
By Steven T. Bickmore
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Steven T. Bickmore is an Associate professor of English Education at UNLV and maintains a weekly academic blog on YA literature (http: //www.yawednesday.com/). He is a past editor of The ALAN Review (2009-2014) and a founding editor of Study and Scrutiny: Research in Young Adult Literature.

Shanetia P. Clark, Ph.D. is an associate professor of literacy in the Department of Early and Elementary Education at Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland. Her interests include young adult and children's literature, the exploration of aesthetic experiences within reading and writing classrooms, and writing pedagogy.

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