The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest growing division of the American Library Association (ALA), is celebrating the first ever Support Teen Literature Day tomorrow, April 19. Support Teen Literature Day is celebrated in conjunction with ALA’s National Library Week (April 15-21, 2007).
The purpose of this new celebration is to raise awareness among the general public that young adult literature is a vibrant, growing genre with much to offer today’s teens. Support Teen Literature Day also seeks to showcase some award-winning authors and books in the genre as well as highlight librarians’ expertise in connecting teens with books and other reading materials. I will mention those tomorrow.
Today I recommend two books for teachers of teens or relatives of teens. You Gotta BE the Book: Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading with Adolescents by Jeffrey Wilhelm. Wilhelm argues that literary reading depends on a reader's entering and becoming involved in a story-world. He develops this theory through his study of three of the most engaged seventh grade readers that he taught the year he collected data. The other book, Going With the Flow: How to Engage Boys (and Girls) in Their Literacy Learning by Michael Smith and Wilhelm, shares powerful ways to build strong literacy habits in adolescent boys and girls.
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