Full Description
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.
Contents
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
