Two installments of "Young Adult Literature" are presented in this compilation. "Young Adult Literature," which offers reviews of young adult books, is a regular feature of the National Council of Teachers of English publication, "Notes Plus." The articles included in this compilation give favorable reviews to two…

A national autobiography competition was conducted for the Finnish people in 1979. Altogether, 137 autobiographies were received. Characteristics of four generations of Finns and changes in historical perspective as revealed in the autobiographies are discussed. (RM)

Discusses the biographical aspects of James Thurber's classic humorous fairy tale, "Many Moons." (HOD)

Recollections is an occasional series in which writers looked back at their childhood, school days, or youth. To open the series, the author widely praised Akenfield, linking his early attempts to become a writer with his more recent experience of talking to children about their own imaginative work. (Editor/RK)

A paper, presented at a workshop on "Teachers Writing" at the 1976 Conference on English Education, which describes an English methods course that involves students in writing autobiographies. (DD)

There is a wealth of information contained in the American Indian autobiographical literature that has not been fully utilized by anthropologists and folklorists. (JC)

Stories consume lives and lives become stories. A unit of study examines the creation of self in autobiographies and biographies looking closely at how we construct a life from the fragments of human experience and memory. This paper looks briefly at the different theoretical perspectives about biography and autobiography, following closely the…

Extensive discussion of Puerto Rican culture and Thomas' life as depicted in his book. (SP)

Because children are experts in at least one subject--themselves--their best written work is usually autobiographical. This article suggests various specific autobiographical writing assignments teachers might want to use with their students. (JMK)

Explores the ways that Andrew Carnegie used the famous folk tale, "Jack and the Beanstalk," to shape his own autobiography. (HOD)

Because editors generally clarify the collaborative process used to produce "as-told-to" autobiographies of Native American people in the introductory section, an understanding of the handling of the issues which usually appear in introductions can be helpful to understanding Native American bi-autobiographies. (CM)

Shows how the eagerness to learn and the wealth of experience of senior adults makes a composition course in autobiography particularly effective for such students. (JL)