Children’s and Young Adult Literature: Resources

Here is a sample of recent articles published on adolescent literacy. For more, use Publications search.

The Reading Teacher

• “The Great Poetry Race”
• “'Tech-to-Stretch': Expanding Possibilities for Literature Response”
• “The Importance of Visibility: Students' and Teachers' Criteria for Selecting African American Literature”
• “We, Too, Sing America”

Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy

• “What's Happening in YA Literature? Trends in Books for Adolescents”
• “It's All About the Book: Motivating Teens to Read”
• “Reading for a Better World: Teaching for Social Responsibility With Young Adult Literature”
• “Online Book Clubs: Bridges Between Old and New Literacies Practices”

Reading Research Quarterly

• “'The Blues Playingest Dog You Ever Heard Of': (Re)positioning Literacy Through African American Blues Rhetoric”

Click a title to find a detailed description and to browse contents and sample chapters of these recent releases. Use Publications Search to find more.

• Using Children’s Literature in Preschool to Develop Comprehension, by Lesley Mandel Morrow, Elizabeth Freitag, and Linda B. Gambrell
• Bright Beginnings for Boys, by Debby Zambo and William G. Brozo
• What Should I Read Aloud?, by Nancy A. Anderson
• Scaffolding With Storybooks, by Laura M. Justice and Khara L. Pence

• Reading Starts With Interests, just one of a six-DVD set from Words That Cook!, an award-winning series for parents about using children's books to support literacy growth

• What Kids Really Want to Read
• Books Are Cool! Keeping Your Middle School Student Reading (booklet)