For my last activity and post, I looked at a vlog released by the New York Library Association on how to build a diverse and inclusive Young Adult collection. The vlog webinar includes a comprehensive reading guide which provides some wonderful examples of works that could be included into a diverse and inclusive young adult collection.
To read more about building a diverse and inclusive collection and to watch the vlog webinar, click on the Diversity tab.
This week I conducted a book review for a Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2020 shortlisted book. The shortlisted books are selected by a panel of adult authors (updated every year), and the winner is chosen from a panel of children. Astrophysics for young people in a hurry (2019) by celebrated author Neil deGrasse Tyson is a great book for young poeple (and adults) to learn about the history of the Earth and the universe.
Click on the Young People’s Book Award page to learn all about an educational award and also a great book 🙂
In this week’s post I look at digital materials/resources and emerging technologies by creating a reading guide blog for young adults. “The creation of a literature blog … offers multiple benefits, as it develops literacy, communicative and digital skills” (Neira-Pineiro, 2014, p 555).
More information on this activity can be found by clicking on the Digital materials /resources and Emerging technologies tab.
This week I explored censorship and silencing in children’s literature. I found the difference between being silent and being silenced interesting, as “not everyone who is silent is necessarily silenced” (Joosen, 2020, p 112) and that by silencing (censoring) authors we take away voices and topics for children’s literature.
Read more by clicking on the censorship tab.
Welcome to my brand new blog, developed for my assessment in Library Services for Children and Young Adults. It will have four main posts to cover the topics of Censorship, Diversity, Young People’s Book Awards, and Digital Materials/Resources and Emerging Technologies, with a professional development activity explored in each.