The Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts, Centennial Edition: The Library and the Young Adult

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American Library Association, 08.11.2002 - 206 Seiten

The original 1969 edition of this text featured essays connecting reading, the library, and young people. This centennial edition reproduces the original, with added insights by Betty Carter, an annotated list of all the Alex award-winning and nominated books, and more.

 

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Roots
1
The Growing Season
11
Teenagers The Beasts
13
The YA Librarians Training
15
The YA Librarian at Work
18
The Rulers of the Queens Navee Thoughts on Supervision
23
Branching Out
31
Blueprint for a Book Fair
34
YA The Library Bastard
67
The City Kid and the Library
72
The Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts
81
Let the Beasts In
87
I Once Did See Joe Wheeler Plain
90
We Have Been True to You Melvil Dewey after Our Fashion
101
The Tool Shed
109
Selection Policies for Books for Young Adults
138

Teenage Book Reviewing
37
On the Wagon A Grafted Branch
39
Thinning the Plants
48
The UNY and I
50
The Book Week Parties
51
Provender for the Beasts
52
Let the Lower Lights Be Burning The Teenage Novel
57
Fighting Weeds and Insects
64
A Bibliography for the Librarian Working with Young Adults
141
The Alex Awards Introduction and List
154
Back to the Future with Adult Books for the Teenage Reader
173
The Margaret A Edwards MAE Award Introduction and List
185
Notes and References
197
Index
201
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Seite 198 - Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's will. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows.

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