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Z.J. Loussac Library – The Z.J. Loussac Library, located in Anchorage, Alaska is the main branch in the Anchorage Public ...
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt – “This beloved children’s classic with more than 10 million copies sold.” (TeachingBooks ...
Z.J. Loussac Library – The Z.J. Loussac Library, located in Anchorage, Alaska is the main branch in the Anchorage Public ...
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt – “This beloved children’s classic with more than 10 million copies sold.” (TeachingBooks ...
Beloved by Toni Morrison – Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Toni Morrison’s Beloved is a spellbinding and dazzling innovative portrait of a woman haunted by the past”- (TeachingBooks.Net) Mary Shelley – ...
A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe is a unique, lyrical tapestry of stories in various formats, and the talented ...
By Jessica E. Moyer, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Are teens really not reading as much as they did in the past? Are teens reading, but in nontraditional formats that are underreporte… ...
Great Graphic Novels for Teens is a list of recommended graphic novels and illustrated nonfiction for those ages 12-18, prepared yearly by YALSA. Click on the title of each book to be taken to the … ...
‘ ‘ Minority-race (non-white) protagonists are also underrepresented across all three categories of titles. Overall, 81.1% of protagonists in the sample were white; this compares to a national ...
YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults Committee presents fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18. Click on the title of each b… ...
A content analysis of the winners of the Michael L. Printz Award revealed six common content trends: journeys, teenage angst leading to self-actualization, family relationships, romantic relationships ...
School libraries today feel increasing pressure to reinvent themselves in the face of increasing financial pressures, new media technologies, and a progressively media-savvy population. Their ...