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On the Shoulders of Giants
Celebrating African American Authors of Young Adult Literature
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2019
Summary
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.
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Edition
1/2019
Copyright year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-4352-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-4354-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
132
Product type
Edited Book
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Foreword No access
Preface No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
1 Looking Back to Move Forward: A Retrospective of the Coretta Scott King Award No access
2 Themes and Critical Foundation of Early African American Authors of Young Adult Literature No access
3 Walter Dean Myers: A Lifetime of Stories No access
4 Virginia Hamilton, Liberation, and Bluish: Generating Acceptance and Empathy No access
5 These Tears Are Real: Historical Representations in Julius Lester’s Day of Tears No access
6 The Early Reception of Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry No access
7 Poet of Harlem: The Truth, Text, and Legacy of Walter Dean Myers No access
8 Reading, Learning, and Telling Folklore through Virginia Hamilton’s Zeely No access
9 Julius Lester’s Nonfiction Presentation of Slavery in To Be a Slave No access
10 Racialized Constructions in the Stories by Mildred Taylor No access
Editor and Author Biographies No access Pages 131 - 132
