Focuses on the establishment of, changes in, and discussions that have taken place at the Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth, celebrating its 17th year of stimulating dialogue on children's books. The conference honors author Virginia Hamilton, winner of almost every major award in the field of children's…

Argues that Anne Bronte, through her novel "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall," demonstrates an understanding of the unequal positions of men and women during the 19th century. Suggests that her narrative silences focus the reader's attention on questions of gender, particularly on the manner in which white male authority shapes women's lives.…

Offers an interview with poet X. J. Kennedy, winner of the prestigious National Council of Teachers of English Award for Poetry for Children for the year 2000. Outlines how he began writing poetry, his work writing poetry for adults, and how he began writing poems for children. Offers an overview of his work. (SR)

Compares retrieval performance of the "MLA International Bibliography" and the "Annual Bibliography for English Language and Literature" when searching British, American, and postcolonial writers. Considers earlier studies, implications of results that show MLA retrieves more citations, and future research needs. (LRW)

Shares information from conversations with Jerrie Oughton, writer of three novels and two picture books. Discusses her long road to publication; retelling traditional narratives; layers of setting, place, and character; story and life; her writing process; and life after publication. (SR)

Discusses the factors that have determined the author's approach to writing medical physiology textbooks. Reviews the author's career and the events surrounding the development of each textbook. Explains the motivation behind critical decisions made during the authoring process. (DDR)

Presents a profile of the children's author Milton Meltzer. Considers how although the focus of many of Meltzer's books has been on American history and society, some of his work has foreshadowed another trend in publishing, an emphasis on global interactions and connections. (SG)

Provides a review and analysis of research targeting the rift separating history written for adults and historical texts aimed at K-12 students. Emphasizes the role of personal agency in historical writing and discusses the relative silence of authorial voices within the discourse of history textbooks. (Contains 120 references.) (Author/SLD)

Presents brief annotations of 15 books chosen for older teens as well as a list of 11 favorite authors. Outlines five points of advice to teachers encouraging student to read, such as: giving students choices in what they read, hooking students up with interesting books, encouraging reading without force, and providing opportunities for reading…

Focuses on the work of Mem Fox. Explores Fox's life in order to better understand her work; examines books she has written for teachers and for parents; and reviews her children's books, emphasizing children's and teachers comments. Looks at best-loved books, bedtime books, predictable books for early readers, books that play with language, and…

Applies a method for measuring scientific author productivity to a wide variety of fields. Results show that each individual's production is constant over time, the time-period fluctuations follow the Poisson distribution, the productivity varies widely across individuals, and the distribution of productivity follows the exponential distribution.…

In this essay, the authors join with an emergent set of voices shifting intellectual focus to postcolonial carnivalesque practices. Here, they refer to writers such as Paget Henry (2000), Hommi Babha (1994), Michael Dash (1990), Sandra Drake (1989), and Russell McDougall (1989). The authors are particularly interested in the carnivalesque as…

This paper explores the link between research collaboration and innovation among faculty, as indicated by a self-reported assessment of the contribution of a co-authored publication to knowledge. Findings challenge the assumption that collaborators are rarely involved in theory development and the practice of crediting only the lead author for the…

Librarians and teachers know that helping kids develop a life-long love of reading is one of the most important things they can do. But let's face it, it's tough to come up with creative ways to get kids excited about books. One of the easiest ways to transform apathetic students into enthusiastic readers is to invite a children's book creator to…

Corrigan remembers well the angst and conflict of adolescence, as well as how important the right book at the right time could be in helping kids understand themselves and others. That ability to identify closely with teens permeates her story in verse, "Splintering," several verses of which are included here.