{"product_id":"evaluating-and-promoting-nonfiction-for-children-and-young-adults-paperback","title":"Evaluating and Promoting Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDon Latham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvaluating and Promoting Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults isn't another bibliography that will quickly become outdated. Instead, it situates nonfiction resources within the recent emphasis on reading nonfiction as a way of enhancing critical thinking and combating susceptibility to \"fake news.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDonald Latham offers strategies for evaluating nonfiction for the purposes of collection development, providing readers' advisory, and developing programs using nonfiction for children and young adults. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book includes lists of professional resources as well as recommended nonfiction titles.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Latham is a professor in the School of Information at Florida State University.?His research focuses on information behavior of young adults, digital literacies, and young adult literature and literacy practices, and he has published in such journals as \u003ci\u003eLibrary Quarterly, Library and Information Science Research, Children's Literature, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChildren's Literature in Education\u003c\/i\u003e.?He has received research grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, OCLC\/ALISE, and the Florida State University Council on Research and Creativity.?He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eFrom Text to Epitext: Expanding Students' Comprehension, Engagement, and Media Literacy \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), \u003ci\u003eThe Information Literacy Framework: Case Studies of Successful Implementation \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), \u003ci\u003eLiteracy Engagement through Peritextual Analysis \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), and co-author of \u003ci\u003eYoung Adult Resources Today: Connecting Teens with Books, Music, Games, Movies, and More\u003c\/i\u003e (2014). He teaches graduate courses in Information Needs of Children, Information Needs of Young Adults, Graphic Novels in Libraries, and in spring 2023 he will teach a special topics course on Nonfiction Resources for Children and Young Adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52514327298355,"sku":"9781538175569","price":63.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/JznGhQWzjS9781538175569.webp?v=1760385246","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/evaluating-and-promoting-nonfiction-for-children-and-young-adults-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}