An Argument for the Dark Side of Literature for Young People
“It’s a natural human urge to protect our kids from everything that could hurt them—and it’s an urge we seem …
Build Your Stack: Five Ways to Stay on Top of the Latest and Greatest in Children’s Literature
This video and blog post are part of Build Your Stack,™ a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book …
Culturally Sustaining and Inclusive YA Literature: Valuing the Knowledge, Stories, and Truths of Adolescent Life
This post was written by NCTE member R. Joseph Rodríguez. Across the country, young adult (YA) literature is a …
Teachers as Researchers
While I do plenty of pleasure reading in the summer, I also find myself drawn to professional titles. I like …
This Text Is Right for Kids. Why’s It Not Right for Some Adults?
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth is about a lesbian teen who is sent away to receive …
Happily Imbalanced
This essay by Shea Kerkhoff is reprinted from the July 2018 issue of English Education. Becoming an academic and …
Celebrate the Birthdays of Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling!
It’s a double birthday! J.K. Rowling was born July 31, 1965, in Bristol, England. From the stories that Rowling tells …
Peek Inside July Language Arts
This is an excerpt from Debbie Reese’s article “Critical Indigenous Literacies: Selecting and Using Children’s Books about Indigenous Peoples” in …
Trouble in Comic Land
Comic-Con has come and gone but challenges to comic books/graphic novels continue. Challengers have recently complained about two renowned graphic …
Build Your Stack: It Takes a Village: Books That Remind Us Who We Are and Who We Are Becoming
This blog post is part of Build Your Stack,™ a new initiative focused exclusively on helping teachers build their book knowledge and …