Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13614541.2022.2136597
P. Dewan
ABSTRACT The topic of children’s mental health is appearing with increasing frequency in the media. Although some mental health problems require professional help, many children need assistance coping with day-to-day challenges. Children’s fiction – a traditional source of support for managing life’s difficulties – relies on the same principles as cognitive behavioral therapy and can help children by encouraging them to reframe unhelpful thoughts. Although fantasy novels may not be the first genre that teachers, librarians, parents, and childcare specialists think of in terms of bibliotherapeutic support, such novels can be particularly useful in helping children reformulate their thinking about problems.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13614541.2022.2136596
Shai Rudin
ABSTRACT Since the beginning of the 21st century, young adults’ literature has seen a modus change, transitioning from realistic literature of the problem novel genre to graphic problem novels. This transition stemmed from changing reading habits and literacy levels, with younger generations seeking visuality in addition to texts. The aim of this article is to examine and map out the genre of the middle grade graphic problem novel from a structuralistic approach, which tends to include a distinct format, whereby the protagonist, who is facing a significant crisis, manages to overcome at least some issues. While this genre is similar to the realistic problem novel for young adults that was popular in the 1980s, it is unique in its protagonist characteristics, who I refer to as “hybrid heroes.” These heroes encompass traits of both classical heroes and anti-heroes, deal with crises throughout most of the plot, and are in constant survival mode. Moreover, illustrations replace regular monologues, striving to convey what is going on within the protagonist’s consciousness, yet with an added layer of humor. To map this genre, in this paper I analyze three middle grade graphic problem novels: Just Jaime by Terri Libenson, Heartstopper by Alice Oseman, and Middle School by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13614541.2022.2151866
Nai-Cheng Kuo, Josette M. Kubicki
ABSTRACT The development of humanity ensures the lasting development of society. When all human endeavors are geared toward the best interests of cultivating children’s humanity, all situations can ultimately be transformed into something positive. To engage youths in conversations on humanity through children’s literature, we used the three criteria: 1) story and character, 2) language, and 3) illustration and text, suggested by the University of British Columbia Library, to analyze Ikeda’s books for children. We then discuss potential initiatives that academic librarians, children and youth services librarians, and media specialists can do to plant the seeds of humanity.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13614541.2022.2136598
Dionysia Margariti
ABSTRACT This paper aims to give an overview of teachers’ library use in northwestern Greece. A questionnaire was distributed and filled in by 221 teachers (117 of upper elementary education and 104 of secondary) and was reinforced by interviews with 35 teachers. Teachers of elementary and secondary education supported that a school library with a plethora of appealing books and other resources can contribute greatly to the promotion of a culture of reading in contemporary school. A significant difference was observed between high-school teachers and upper elementary teachers with respect to the function of their school library. Further, elementary school libraries in one prefecture of Greece (Kastoria), compared to another (Ioannina), were found to be more functional, indicating that teachers’ interest for enriching their school library, as well as their enthusiasm, effort, and commitment in the school library can help children make more use of it.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13614541.2022.2151865
Andrew K. Shenton, N. Hay-Gibson
ABSTRACT This paper reports on an initiative to encourage reading that took place in an English high school in 2021/22. It involved extending a long-running science fiction club so as to address SF literature, as well as films and television. The hosts aimed to stimulate reading by directing the club’s members to a range of media-related books and seek items for themselves through the use of a database that provided citations of appropriate volumes and details of their availability. The methods employed to stimulate reading have wide transferability and could be employed in relation to a range of genres.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13614541.2022.2151867
James A. Erekson, Louise F. Benke
ABSTRACT The historical terminology around book leveling in reading education is unclear at best and confusing or misleading at worst, obscuring the actual role of quantitative levels and rankings as estimates when matching books to readers. This article recognizes the role of children’s librarians as educators who need clarity, understanding, and practical applications of “leveling,” “readability” and decodability systems to perform proficiently and comprehensively when advising readers about book selection.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-21DOI: 10.1080/13614541.2021.2020552
Sohyun Meacham, W. Hsieh, Su-Jeong Wee, Pei-Chun Chen, Bryce Davis
ABSTRACT This study analyzed how disabilities were portrayed in picturebooks with the Pura Belpré Award. We used the pool of 67 picturebooks recognized by the Pura Belpré Award from 1996 to 2018 as the data for our systematic content analysis. The results showed that characters with disabilities and the types of disabilities were represented disproportionately in the books compared to the general PreK-2 population with disabilities in the United States. Only six characters whose presence impacted the story were identified to have a disability. More materials that mirror LatinX children characters with disabilities are needed in the U.S.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13614541.2021.2020602
Sharon M. Demorest, Casey Rawson
ABSTRACT This study explores the information-seeking behaviors and search influences of children 9 to 13 years old (“tweens”) – as well as the effects of applying the term “digital natives” to this group – by examining their use of an online library catalog. Results of this qualitative research study indicate that these children become information seekers at a young age, often with little direct instruction. Examining the challenges and successes faced by this group of 10 tweens, this study provides insights into potential opportunities for teachers and librarians to assist children in becoming effective and discerning searchers in the library and the world.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13614541.2021.2020582
R. Lyons
ABSTRACT The people of Ireland held, and continue to hold, as sacred their “holy wells.” The literary theme of cleansing upon a journey to the water source also continues well into the present day. To “heal” our current neglectful attitude and mind-set toward the planet, and therefore begin to improve our water supply, we must remember and promote both old and new cultural legends/stories. Accordingly, this paper contemplates three categories of children’s literature which serve to instill a sense of the higher-level need of environmental stewardship within young readers.
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Pub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/13614541.2021.2021061
Debbie A. Bogard, P. Rafferty
ABSTRACT This study examines representations of librarianship in children’s picture books published recently in the UK. Representations of libraries and librarians have been gathered from both the narratives and illustrations in a set of eight children’s picture books published in the UK between 1994 and 2014 using a novel data-gathering framework. It was found that depictions of libraries and librarians have been more favorable in the present century than they were in the last. Even when stereotypical aspects were detected, they did not produce a negative view of the profession, and no correlation was found between stereotyping and the overall view of librarians. The textual analysis corroborated literature review findings of a lack in differentiation between professional and para-professional staff, which may be causing misunderstanding of the level of skills and knowledge that librarians possess.
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