Handbook of research on children's and young adult literature

• Part 1
• The Reader

• Introduction to Part 1

• 1
• Children Reading at Home: An Historical Overview

• 2
• Questioning the Value of Literacy: A Phenomenology of Speaking and Reading in Children

• 3
• The Book as Home? It All Depends

• 4
• Reading Literature in Elementary Classrooms

• 5
• Readers, Texts, and Contexts in the Middle: Re-imagining Literature Education for Young Adolescents

• 6
• Reading Literature in Secondary School: Disciplinary Discourses in Global Times

• 7
• Imagining a Writer's Life: Extending the Connection Between Readers and Books

• 8
• Theoretical and Pedagogical Possibilities in the Teaching of Latina/o Children's Literature in Multicultural Contexts

• 9
• School Libraries and the Transformation of Readers and Reading

• 10
• Public Libraries in the Lives of Young Readers: Past, Present, and Future

• 11
• Becoming Readers of Literature with LGBT Themes In and Out of Classrooms

• 12
• Immigrant Students as Cosmopolitan Intellectuals

• Part 2
• The Book

• Introduction to Part 2

• 13
• History of Children's and Young Adult Literature

• Point of Departure

• 14
• Dime Novels and Series Books

• Point of Departure

• 15
• Folklore in Children's Literature: Contents and Discontents

• Point of Departure

• 16
• African American Children's Literature: Researching Its Development, Exploring Its Voices

• Point of Departure

• 17
• The Art of the Picturebook

• Point of Departure

• Point of Departure

• 18
• Comics and Graphic Novels

• Point of Departure

• Point of Departure

• 19
• A Burgeoning Field or a Sorry State: U.S. Poetry for Children, 1800-Present

• Point of Departure

• 20
• Nonfiction Literature for Children: Old Assumptions and New Directions

• Point of Departure

• 21
• Genre as Nexus: The Novel for Children and Young Adults

• Point of Departure

• 22
• Young Adult Literature: Growing Up, In Theory

• Point of Departure

• 23
• Reading Indigeneity: The Ethics of Interpretation and Representation

• Point of Departure

• 24
• Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Children's Literature, and the Case of Jeff Smith

• Point of Departure

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• 25
• Ideology and Children's Books

• Point of Departure

• 26
• The Author's Perspective

• Point of Departure

• 27
• Archives and Special Collections Devoted to Children's and Young Adult Literature

• Point of Departure

• Part 3
• The World Around

• Introduction to Part 3

• 28
• Where Worlds Meet

• Point of Departure

• 29
• Translation and Crosscultural Reception

• Point of Departure

• 30
• The Implied Reader of the Translation

• Point of Departure

• 31
• International Communities Building Places for Youth Reading

• Point of Departure

• Point of Departure

• 32
• Censorship: Book Challenges, Challenging Books, and Young Readers

• 33
• Reviewing Children's and Young Adult Literature

• 34
• Awards in Literature for Children and Adolescents

• 35
• The Economics of Children's Book Publishing in the 21 st Century

• 36
• Spinning Off: Toys, Television, Tie-Ins, and Technology

• 37
• Listening for the Scratch of a Pen: Museums Devoted to Children's and Young Adult Literature

• Contributor List

• Author Index

• Subject Index