Class #1, November 14  Welcome  Housekeeping Group presentations Chapter book paper Bibliographies Books Discussion board  Brief history of books for adolescents  Book jargon and genres  Literary elements

History of children’s books Oral tradition — all ages, not just children  Aesop, Greece, c BCE  “Mother Goose” first published mid-1600s but origins probably in France, 8 th c. or earlier  Charles Perrault, France,  Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Germany  Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark,  Joel Chandler Harris, USA,

History of children’s books Publishing  1600s to 1800s: Moral stories  Gradually more entertaining, less moralizing  Late 1800s children’s magazines (St. Nicholas) & serialized novels  1906 Anne Carroll Moore, NYPL  1916 Bookshop for Boys and Girls (Bertha Mahony Miller)  1919 first children’s department (Macmillan)  1922 Newbery Medal  1924 Horn Book (Bertha Mahony Miller)

Books for adolescents Key books 1857 Tom Brown’s School Days by Thomas Hughes 1883 Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 1908 Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery 1938 The Yearling by Margery Kinnan Rawlings 1954 The Lord of the Flies by William Golding (adult) 1954 The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger (adult) 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (adult) 1967 The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton 1974 The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier 1975 Forever by Judy Blume 1982 Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden

Publishing for adolescents  1960s-1980s boom in YA (Title II funds for school libraries)  1966 BBYA list from ALA  1988 Margaret A. Edwards Award (lifetime achievement award for author of popular YA literature)  2000 Michael L. Printz Award  Graphic novels

Themes in books for adolescents  Adolescence  Coming of age  “Problem novels” - Eating disorders - Sexuality - Drugs - Death - Dysfunctional families - All of the above

Breaking down books (divisions and subdivisions) Publishing categories  Books for adults  Books for children (including YA) Within children’s books  Text books  Mass market books  Trade books

Breaking down books Within children’s trade books  Fiction  Nonfiction Within nonfiction  Information books  Poetry  Traditional literature

Breaking down books Genres in books for adolescents  Contemporary realistic fiction  Fantasy (high fantasy, science fiction, magical realism)  Historical fiction  Information books (Science, history, geography, etc.)

Breaking down books Labeling & leveling books  Chapter book  YA book (young adult)  Middle school; High school (Horn Book Magazine)  Intermediate; Older (Horn Book Guide)  Grades 4-6; YA (Guide Online)  12 & up; 14 & up (publishers)

Literary elements  Plot  Characterization  Point of View  Setting  Style  Theme

Next week  Chapter book response paper due  Read Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key and All Alone in the Universe  Post to discussion board  Presentations on Gantos and Voigt  Hilary Van Dusen, guest speaker after break