IS 413 Teen Materials 2022 Spring Term B

Hello readers! The beginning of the year was chaotic so I didn’t have a chance to post my IS 491 Asian American Youth Literature reading list, but here is my IS 413 Teen Materials reading list.

By our first meeting on March 21, students will be required to read the first in a series (such as the Binti series, The Hunger Games trilogy, Uglies, etc.) and one of the following books:

1. Daly, Maureen. Seventeenth Summer 
2. Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War 
3. Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
4. Blume, Judy. Forever

For weeks 2-7, the readings are:

1. Acevedo, Elizabeth. The Poet X
2. Ali, S.K. Saints and Misfits
3. Dimaline, Cherie. The Marrow Thieves
4. Elhillo, Safia. Home is Not a Country 
5. Lewis, John and Andrew Aydin. Illustrated by Nate Powell. March Book One
6. Lo, Malinda. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
7. Oshiro, Mark. Anger is a Gift
8. Pérez, Ashley Hope. Out of Darkness
9. Spiegelman, Art. Maus 1: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History
10. Taylor, Whit. Ghost Stories
11. Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give
12. Treuer, Anton. Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition
13. Zoboi, Ibi. Pride: A Pride and Prejudice Remix

For the above books, to the extent that it is possible and accessible, read at least one as an eBook and listen to one on audio.

Throughout the semester, students will also be required to explore apps, films, podcasts, comics, zines, and other materials.

Happy reading and see you soon 🙂

IS 563 Social Justice in Youth Literature

Here it is – my reading list for my first class at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois! There’s a lot of overlap with the reading list from my summer LIS 7190 Social Justice and Children’s/Young Adult Literature class.

1. Alarcón, Francisco. Illustrated by Paula Barragán. Poems to Dream Together/Poemas para soñar juntos
2. Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. Fighting Words
3. Burton, Virginia Lee. The Little House
4. Curato, Mike. Flamer
5. Danticat, Edwidge. Illustrated by Leslie Staub. Mama’s Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation
6. Day, Christine. I Can Make This Promise
7. DuBois, W.E.B, Augustus Granville Dill, and Jessie Redmon Fauset (eds). The Brownies Book. 
8. Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne. Adapted by Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People
9. Elliott, Zetta. Illustrated by Loveis Wise. Say Her Name
10. Gansworth, Eric. Apple: (Skin to the Core)
11. Hudson, Wade and Cheryl Willis Hudson (eds). The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love and Truth
12. Jamieson, Victoria and Omar Mohamed. Illustrated by Iman Geddy. When Stars are Scattered
13. Lindstrom, Carole. Illustrated by Michaela Goade. We are Water Protectors
14. Lukoff, Kyle. Illustrated by Kayla Juanita. When Aidan Became a Brother
15. Reynolds, Jason and Ibram X. Kendi. Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You OR Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Anti-Racism, and You
16. LeZotte, Ann Clare. Show Me a Sign
17. Mabalon, Dawn and Gayle Romasanta. Illustrated by Andre Sibayan. Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong
18. Salazar, Aida. Land of Cranes
19. Smith, Cynthia Leitich (ed). Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
20. Tatum, Beverly Daniel. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race (must be 2017)
21. Spiegelman, Art. Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History
22. Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah. Illustrated by Lisa Uribe. Your Name is a Song
23. Wang, Andrea. The Many Meanings of Meilan
24. Weatherford, Carole Boston. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
25. Yang, Kelly. Front Desk
26. Yoo, Paula. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement

• Pick and read one of the following (pick a book you haven’t read before):
  • Abe, Frank and Tamiko Nimura. Illustrated by Ross Ishikawa and Matt Sasaki. We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
  • Atkins, Laura and Stan Yogi. Illustrated by Yutaka Houlette. Fred Korematsu Speaks Up
  • Chee, Traci. We Are Not Free
  • Hughes, Kiku. Displacement
  • Oppenheim, Joanne. Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference
  • Takei, George, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott. Illustrated by Harmony Becker. They Called Us Enemy
  • Uchida, Yoshiko. Journey to Topaz

• Pick and read one of the following (pick a book you haven’t read before):
  • Coles, Jay. Tyler Johnson was Here 
  • Magoon, Kekla. How It Went Down
  • Medina, Tony. Illustrated by Stacey Robinson and John Jennings. I am Alfonso Jones
  • Oshiro, Mark. Anger is a Gift
  • Reynolds, Jason and Brendan Kiely. All American Boys
  • Stone, Nic. Dear Martin
  • Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give
  • Watson, Renee. Piecing Me Together

LIS 7190 Social Justice and Children’s/YA Lit

Hello, here is my reading list for LIS 7190 Social Justice and Children’s/YA Literature. We’ll also have some “find and read” assignments, such as “find and read a picture book about transracial adoption” or “find and read a book from the Sydney Taylor Book Award list” or “pick one and read” from a provided list. I am looking forward to having you all in class this summer!

1. Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. Fighting Words
2. Burton, Virginia Lee. The Little House 
3. Callender, Kacen. King and the Dragonflies
4. Charles, Tami. Muted
5. Chee, Traci. We Are Not Free
6. Curato, Mike. Flamer
7. Danticat, Edwidge. Illustrated by Leslie Staub. Mama’s Nightingale
8. Day, Christine. I Can Make This Promise
9. Elliott, Zetta. Illustrated by Loveis Wise. Say Her Name (Poems to Empower)
10. Gibney, Shannon. See No Color 
11. Hudson, Wade and Cheryl Willis Hudson. The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love and Truth
12. Jamieson, Victoria and Omar Mohamed. When the Stars are Scattered
13. LeZotte, Ann Clare. Show Me a Sign
14. Lowery, Lynda Blackmon. Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March 
15. Mabalon, Dawn and Gayle Romasanta. Illustrated by Andre Sibayan. Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong 
16. Nayeri, Daniel. Everything Sad is Untrue
17. Okorafor, Nnedi. Akata Witch
18. Robertson, David A. The Barren Grounds
19. Salazar, Aida. Land of the Cranes
20. Silvera, Adam. History is All You Left Me
21. Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Hearts Unbroken
22. Smith, Cynthia Leitich (ed.) Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
23. Spiegelman, Art. Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History
24. Tatum Jr, Beverly Daniel. Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
25. Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah. Illustrated by Lisa Uribe. Your Name is a Song
26. Weatherfold, Carole Boston. Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
27. Yang, Kelly. Front Desk
28. Yoo, Paula. Illustrated by Lin Wang. Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story

LIS 7220 Library Materials for YA 2021 Spring

Hello, here is my reading list – in no particular order – for LIS 7220 Library Materials for Young Adults. This course is cross listed with EDUC 3450 and EDUC 7450. I am looking forward to having you all in class!

Young Adult Materials – Required

1. Myers, Walter Dean. Monster
2. Davis, Angela Y. Are Prisons Obsolete?
3. Lewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. March trilogy
4. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
5. Charleyboy, Lisa and Mary Beth Leatherdale (eds). #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
6. Oh, Axie. Rebel Seoul
7. Dimaline, Cherie. The Marrow Thieves
8. Wilson, Willow G. Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal
9. Medina, Meg. Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
10. Colbert, Brandy. Little & Lion
11. Jewell, Tiffany. This Book is Anti-Racist
12. Ribay, Randy. Patron Saints of Nothing
13. Acevedo, Elizabeth. Clap When You Land
14. Gansworth, Eric. Apple: (Skin to the Core)
15. Yoo, Paula. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement (to be published April 6, 2021)
16. Green Card Youth Voices

Young Adult Materials – Pick One

1. Daly, Maureen. Seventeenth Summer
2. Cormier, Robert. The Chocolate War
3. Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye
4. Blume, Judy. Forever

Young Adult Materials – Pick One

1. Oshiro, Mark. Anger is a Gift
2. Elliott, Zetta. Say Her Name
3. Magoon, Kekla. How It Went Down
4. Medina, Tony. I Am Alfonso Jones
5. Reynolds, Jason and Brendan Kiely. All American Boys
6. Stone, Nic. Dear Martin
7. Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give
8. Watson, Renée. Piecing Me Together

Young Adult Materials – Pick One

1. Adeyemi, Tomi. Children of Blood and Bone
2. Butler, Octavia. Kindred
3. Butler, Octavia. Parable of the Sower
4. Elliott, Zetta. A Wish After Midnight
5. Okorafor, Nnedi. Akata Witch

Young Adult Materials – Pick Two

1. Gibney, Shannon. Dream Country
2. Quigley, Dawn. Apple in the Middle
3. Griffin, Molly Beth. Silhouette of a Sparrow
4. Trung, Le Nguyen. The Magic Fish
5. Petrus, Junauda. The Stars and the Blackness Between Them

Young Adult Materials – Pick One

1. Chung, Nicole. All You Can Ever Know
2. Miller, Chanel. Know My Name: A Memoir
3. Sjöblom, Lisa Wool-Rim. Palimpsest: Documents from a Korean Adoption

Young Adult Materials – Pick One

1. Saedi, Sara. Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
2. Vargas, Jose Antonio. Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen (either the original or the young readers’ edition)

LIS 7210 Children’s Materials 2020 Fall

Hello, here is my reading list for LIS 7210 Library Materials for Children.

Required Textbooks

1. Bang, Molly. (2000). Picture This! How Pictures Work. Chronicle Books.
2. Horning, Kathleen T. (2010). From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books. HarperCollins.

Required Youth Materials

1. Alexander, Kwame. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. The Undefeated
2. Callender, Kacen. Felix Ever After
3. Craft, Jerry. New Kid
4. Diaz, Alexandra. The Only Road
5. Edrich, Louise. Birchbark House
6. Edwards, Sue Bradford and Duchess Harris. Black Lives Matter
7. Lê, Minh. Illustrated by Andie Tong. Green Lantern: Legacy
8. Lin, Grace. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
9. Lindstrom, Carole. Illustrated by Michaela Goade. We Are Water Protectors
10. Lukoff, Kyle. Illustrated by Juanita Kaylani. When Aidan Became a Brother
11. Mendoza, Jean and Debbie Reese. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People
12. Morales, Yuyi. Dreamers
13. Phi, Bao. Illustrated by Thi Bui. A Different Pond
14. Reynolds, Jason and Ibram X. Kendi. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
15. Takei, George, Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott. Illustrated by Harmony Becker. They Called Us the Enemy
16. Woodson, Jacqueline. Brown Girl Dreaming
17. Any of the Cilla Lee-Jenkins books written by by Susan Tan and illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
18. Any Sadiq book written by Siman Nuurali and illustrated by Anjan Sarkar
19. Any Astrid and Apollo book written by V.T. Bidania and illustrated by Dara Lashia Lee
20. Any book by John Coy
21. Any book by Stephen Shaskan and Trisha Speed Shaskan