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- Description
- Table of Contents
- About the author
- Reviews
A past-president of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and longtime spokesperson for First Amendment issues as they relate to children and young adults, for several decades Scales has been a tireless champion for children’s reading in all its richness and diversity. This collection gathers her most popular editorials, feature articles, and author interviews from the pages of Book Links magazine. Filled with stimulating ideas for school and public librarians, this book
- spotlights compelling editorial columns that cover the core values of ALA, including democracy, privacy, and diversity;
- includes interviews with popular authors such as Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Graham Salisbury, Elana K. Arnold, Angela Cerrito, and many others; and
- features essays on reading trends and classroom discussion topics, with annotated bibliographies.
These interesting and engaging pieces will inspire all those who work with young readers.
Preface
How Reading Shapes Us
- Playing House
- Talking with Elana K. Arnold
- Somewhere in the Darkness
- Gotcha Day
- Talking with Rita Williams-Garcia
- Let’s Read Short Shorts
- Sidetracked by Books
- Reading Turquoise
- Ambassador of the World
What History Tells Us
- Moving Day
- How Do We Say Thank You, Jean Fritz?
- Jean Fritz’s You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?
- Talking with Gennifer Choldenko
- It’s Not My War
- Talking with Graham Salisbury
- They Laughed
- Talking with Angela Cerrito
- No One Wanted Us
- Talking with Susan Goldman Rubin
- Loving v. Virginia and Interracial Families
- Trouble, Folks
Where Science Leads Us
- The Man in the Moon
- My Mother Was Rosie the Riveter
- Talking with Steve Sheinkin
- Architecture and Construction
- On the Street Where I Lived
- Families Coping with Mental Illness
When Art Inspires Us
- A Lesson from Frank
- E. L. Konigsburg’s The Second Mrs. Giaconda: An Update
- “Pointe” the Way
- Times a-Changin’
How Freedom to Read Defines Us
- It’s About Conversation
- Studying the First Amendment
- Because of Alice: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s Alice Books
- Talking with Dori Hillestad Butler
- Three Bombs, Two Lips, and a Martini Glass
- It’s September
Index
"The collection as a whole provides an effective overview of the importance of engaging and empowering young readers with quality literature, and gives educators and librarians alike a passionate, practical starting point for doing so.”
— School Library Journal