Did you know it’s National Hispanic Heritage Month? Check out this great list of Latino and Latina YA and children’s writers!
(Source: lauriehalseanderson)
Great Gay Teen Books from Alex Sanchez
Alex Sanchez has compiled a great list of LGBTQ books for teens. He’s the author of a number of books including, Rainbow Boys, So Hard to Say, Getting It, The God Box and Boyfriends with Girlfriends.
YA, Why Not?
A blog devoted to YA readers’ advisory.
Percy Jackson Teaching Resources
Rick Riordan was a middle school teacher prior to the success of his Percy Jackson and Kane Chronicles series. So he knows how difficult it can be coming up with ideas.
Riordan is awesome enough that he created teaching guides and event ideas that are free for download from his website. I highly recommend checking them out whether you are a teacher or librarian; I found a bunch of program ideas through his site alone.
shhh! no running in the library!: Guys & Reading
A brief snippet of my presentation for today on ways to engage young men in libraries and classrooms:
1) Don’t tiptoe around the issue: address gender differences. Guys and gals are different. They learn and mature at different rates. They’re interested in different stuff. Talk to your kids. Pay…
These tips are fabulous! And she’s right in pointing out that the ya adolescent lit market is currently being run by female readers right now. Even Barnes & Noble has acknowledged this, dividing teen lit into strict “genres” of: teen fiction, teen action & adventure… and teen paranormal romance. There is stuff out there for boys, I know it!
Another thing I’d like to add though, boys looooooove science fiction. Haven’t met a teen boy that didn’t enjoy at least one sci-fi book. So I’d brush up on your sci-fi knowledge if it’s not very good, and checking out famed authors of the genre (Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Neil Gaiman, Robert Heinlein, Neal Stephenson) - all of those authors each have something different completely to offer and I guarantee at least one of them will be exceptionally appealing to an adolescent male reader. For all the flack it gets, a lot of science fiction can be quite deep without your realizing, and would also offer a lot of interesting discussion opportunities.
