By Katrina Bartow Jacobs, Patricia Crawford (author) Part of the Bloomsbury Handbooks series
"A rigorous, inspiring and indispensable resource for educators who take reading seriously - not just as a curriculum requirement but as a meaningful force in children’s lives."
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This handbook brings together international research and classroom practice in a way that is both scholarly and deeply practical.
Contributors from across the field explore how children’s and YA literature functions within educational spaces: how texts shape identity, how reading for pleasure connects to wellbeing, how diverse voices transform student engagement, and how literature can be used purposefully to support critical thinking and cultural understanding.
What makes this volume particularly valuable for schools is its dual focus on theory and practice. Chapters ground big ideas about literacy, identity and inclusion in real classroom contexts, offering insights that can inform policy, teaching sequences, book selection and reflective practice.
Whether you’re an early-career teacher looking to deepen your pedagogical toolkit or a literacy leader shaping whole-school reading culture, this handbook gives you language, evidence and strategies to support your decisions.
Practitioners will appreciate the book’s attention to:
The educational power of narrative and story worlds
How literature intersects with equity, diversity and inclusion
Ways to move beyond surface comprehension toward deep engagement
How reading can be positioned as meaningful, not merely assessed
This book reminds us why literature matters. For any literacy lead, English department or reading advocate, this handbook is both a touchstone and a springboard - a guide to why we read, as well as how we can ensure that reading thrives.
Aimed directly at educators, this is a comprehensive guide to engaging with children's and YA literature in schools. It covers the history of children's literature and its practical application, exploring crucial classroom topics like diversity, anti-racism, trauma-informed pedagogy, and the enduring power of folk and fairy tales
Katrina Bartow Jacobs is Associate Professor of Practice, Language, Literacy and Culture at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. Patricia Crawford is Professor of Early Childhood, Language, Literacy and Culture at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Children's and Young Adult Literature in Education features in the following genres: Books for Teachers, Educational: Language, literature and literacy, Recommendations, Educational material, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Children's and Young Adult Literature in Education was written by Katrina Bartow Jacobs, Patricia Crawford and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Children's and Young Adult Literature in Education has 392 pages
Yes it is part of Bloomsbury Handbooks series
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