{"product_id":"the-readers-advisory-guide-to-genre-blends-for-children-and-young-adults-9780838949900","title":"The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Blends for Children and Young Adults","description":"A fast-growing area in fiction for the young, genre blends allow for new possibilities and ideas, stimulating children's imaginations. This helpful guide orients readers' advisory staff, educators, and collection development librarians with a hand-picked selection of hybrid genres and novels published since 2000. \u003cp\u003eIt's no wonder that genre blends are some of most popular books for children and teens. When you mash up two different traditional genres, it's like doubling what makes each one pleasurable on its own. This guide, the first of its kind, will help public and school librarians, teachers, and collections staff identify genre blends for readers' advisory, curriculum development, or creating core collections. Profiling more than 200 titles, inside its pages you'll \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elearn about six of the most in-demand genre blends for young readers, including Fantasy Mysteries, Magical Realism, Steampunk, and Verse Novels;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebe introduced to each genre blend's most compelling novels and contemporary authors;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eunderstand both book appeal factors (such as genre and theme) and reader-appeal factors, assisting you in matching readers with the perfect book; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereceive guidance on finding genre blends for children who are facing difficult circumstances, such as their parents' divorce, cliques in school, lack of popularity, poor body image, or self-blame; and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efind what you're looking for quickly and efficiently with the help of succinct annotations and a thorough index.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePauline Dewan\u003c\/b\u003e is a liaison librarian at the Brantford, Ontario campus of Wilfrid Laurier University. Co-author of \u003ci\u003eConnecting Children with Classics: A Reader-Centered Approach to Selecting and Promoting Great Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, she has also written two books about children's literature and a number of articles about reading for pleasure. Dewan served for five years on the Reader's Advisory Committee of the Ontario Library Association. She won the 2015 RUSA Press Award for her article, \"Reading Matters in the Academic Library: Taking the Lead from Public Librarians.\" She received her MLIS from the University of Western Ontario and her doctorate in English from York University (Toronto).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeagan Lacy\u003c\/b\u003e is chief librarian at Stella \u0026amp; Charles Guttman Community College, CUNY. In addition to coauthoring \u003ci\u003eConnecting Children with Classics\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) with Pauline Dewan, she received the Emerging Scholar Award for her article \"Portraits of Children of Alcoholics: Stories that Hope to Hope,\" published in \u003ci\u003eChildren's Literature in Education\u003c\/i\u003e. She received her MLIS at the University of Washington and her MA in English at Indiana University at Indianapolis. She is currently completing her MFA in creative writing at City College, CUNY.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"ALA Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929857036562,"sku":"9780838949900","price":65.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fafabd7a-d799-4a0b-a981-e5a1f661ecae.jpg?v=1739054213","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-readers-advisory-guide-to-genre-blends-for-children-and-young-adults-9780838949900","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}