Essentials of Young Adult Literature [Paperback]

Carl M. Tomlinson (Author), Carol Lynch-Brown (Author)

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Publication Date: November 18, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0205290140 | ISBN-13: 978-0205290147

Based on a genre approach to literature, Essentials of Adolescent Literature offers a comprehensive, clear, and succinct overview of adolescent literature, includes recommended books listed by genre and topic, and provides clearly stated positions on current issues affecting schools and literature. Written by well-known authors Carl Tomlinson and Carol Lynch-Brown, this resource for teachers, librarians, and parents places emphasis on having adolescents read a wide variety of young adult literature and addresses all types and formats of literature including novels, short stories, graphic novels, and picture books for older readers. In addition, notable authors are featured in each genre chapter and multicultural and international literature is integrated throughout and treated more fully in its own chapter. Unique to the market, this long-awaited book also includes strong pedagogical chapters that provide practical strategies for connecting secondary school students with young adult books such as how to select books that students will read and enjoy, how to motivate resistant readers to read, and how to develop text sets for classroom study across the curriculum.Teachers will be equipped with the knowledge to use trade books as excellent teaching and learning materials and will not be limited to using textbooks alone. Finally, Dr. Tomlinson and Dr. Lynch-Brown engage readers by offering a thorough discussion of the major trends and issues affecting young adult literature, such as censorship, the literary canon, and accountability.

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Essentials of Young Adult Literature

 

Based on a genre approach to literature, this long-awaited book offers a comprehensive, clear, and succinct overview of adolescent literature.  It includes recommended books listed by genre and topic, and engages readers by offering a thorough discussion of the major trends and issues affecting young adult literature such as censorship, the literary canon, and accountability. It provides clearly stated positions on the current issues affecting schools and literature.

 

Written by well-known authors Carl Tomlinson and Carol Lynch-Brown, Essentials of Young Adult Literature places emphasis on reading a wide variety of young adult literature and addresses all types and formats of literature including novels, short stories, graphic novels, and picture books for older readers. In addition, notable authors are featured in each genre chapter and multicultural and international literature is integrated throughout the book and then treated more fully in its own chapter.

 

Current and future teachers will appreciate the authors’ practical strategies for connecting secondary school students with young adult books, such as how to select books that students will read and enjoy, how to motivate resistant readers to read, and how to develop text sets for classroom study across the curriculum. Readers will be equipped with the knowledge to use trade books as excellent teaching and learning materials and will not be limited to using textbooks alone.

 

 

Key Features

 

• Literature Across the Curriculum features found in all genre chapters give examples of how young adult literature can help students and teachers in the content areas learn or present course content in a more interesting, memorable way.
• Extensive lists of recommended books briefly annotated with topics and age levels follow each genre chapter.
• One full chapter devoted to addressing the specific needs of resistant readers give middle and high school teachers much-needed strategies for addressing common obstacles to reading and for motivating students to read.
• Every chapter presents one to three charts with information about milestone books, history of specific genres, and research.
• Appendices feature Young Adult Book Award lists and YA Magazines, organized by content area and include ordering information.

 

 

By the same authors

 

Essentials of Children's Literature, Fifth Edition

©2005, Allyn & Bacon, ISBN 0-205-42015-X

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About the Author

Carl M. Tomlinson taught graduate and undergraduate courses in children’s literature and language arts at Northern Illinois University. As an elementary school teacher, he packed his classroom with good children’s books and read aloud to his students every day. His research interests are literature-based reading and international children’s literature. In addition to Essentials of Young Adult Literature, he has co-authored Essentials of Children’s Literature (Allyn and Bacon) and is the editor of Children’s Books from Other Countries (Scarecrow/USBBY).

 

Carol Lynch-Brown taught graduate and undergraduate courses in children’s and young adult literature, reading, and language arts education at Florida State University.  She was a teacher in elementary school, grades 1, 2, and 4, and in middle school, grades 6 to 8, in St. Paul and Minneapolis Public Schools. She also taught English to young adults in French public schools. Literature was the foundation of her instruction in all these classroom situations. She is currently raising a teenaged grandson and seeing, once again, the benefits of literature in a young person’s life.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon (November 18, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205290140
• ISBN-13: 978-0205290147
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #964,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super resource for teachers & parents of upper elementary through high school students, February 15, 2008

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I am a pre-service Secondary Education Major (English & History) and have been using this book for a class focusing upon Young Adult Literature. The lists themselves are reason enough to pickup this book! It is the perfect reference for someone who is new to or even well versed in young adult literature. This text also provides several sources for finding award winning literature for students of all reading levels. You will not be sorry for investing in such an excellent source!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and to the point, May 29, 2010

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This review is from: Essentials of Young Adult Literature (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

Essentials of YA Literature has fulfilled my expectations: to get a concise yet thorough panorama on the fiel of YA lit. Useful for teachers and students of Children's Lit, it affords up-to-date information as well as suitable ways of categorizing the different kinds of books offered to this varied range of audience.
M.C.Thomson

4.0 out of 5 stars Essentials of Young Adult Literature, February 14, 2011

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This review is from: Essentials of Young Adult Literature (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

This is a good reference book for school librarians and English teachers of grades 7-12. It gives concise points about using various kinds of literature with students, but even more valuable are the reference lists of books that have recently been published for young adults. I was disappointed that there were no pictures or graphics - since the price seemed high, I assumed it would be illustrated.