Urban Teens in the Library: Research and Practice by Denise E. Agosto and Sandra Hughes-Hassell

Urban Teens in the Library is the perfect solution for the concerns and uncertainty many librarians face when supporting this group of patrons and students. From a team of experts who have researched the information habits and preferences of urban teens to build better and more effective school and public library programs, this book will [...]

Street Lit: Teaching and Reading Fiction in Urban Schools By Andrew Ratner

New book out for teachers on urban fiction – In response to concerns about teacher retention, especially among teachers in their first to fourth year in the classroom, we offer future teachers a series of brief guides full of practical advice that they can refer to in both their student teaching and in their first [...]

Teacher’s Guide To The Bluford Series by Eliza A. Comodromos

The Teacher’s Guide to the Bluford Series offers a variety of lesson plans and handouts to promote reading as well as encourage reading, writing, and thinking skills. Ms. Comodromos also offers both brief and full summaries of ten of the books in the Bluford series.

Conscious Women Rock the Page: Using Hip-Hop Fiction to Incite Social Change by Marcella Runell Hall

Three award-winning activists and novelists-Black Artemis, E-Fierce, and J-Love, join social justice educator Marcella Runell Hall and a diverse team of seasoned educators to develop this collection of engaging and timely standards-referenced lesson plans for 6-12 and beyond. These lessons explore the tools of oppression that keep us divided such as violence, patriarchy and racism. [...]

BOOK OF RHYMES: THE POETICS OF HIP HOP by Adam Bradley

If asked to list the greatest innovators of modern American poetry, few of us would think to include Jay-Z or Eminem in their number. And yet hip hop is the source of some of the most exciting developments in verse today. The media uproar in response to its controversial lyrical content has obscured hip hop’s [...]

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