Editor(s): Styslinger, Mary E.; Gavigan, Karen; Albright, Kendra. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: CFC; GLC; JNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 281 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350. . 2017. Paperback. . . . .

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Title: Literacy behind Bars: Successful Reading and Writing Strategies for Use with Incarcerated Youth and Adults
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Publication Date: 2017
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1442269251
ISBN 13: 9781442269255
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Literacy behind Bars: Successful Reading and Writing Strategies for Use with Incarcerated Youth and Adults is a practical resource for teachers, librarians, administrators, and community stakeholders who work with incarcerated youth and adults. The book includes examples of authentic literacy practices that have been successfully used with those incarcerated around the nation. These include:
creating graphic novels,book clubs,writing about gang life,reading buddies,urban literaturedeveloping a writing workshopestablishing a school library

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Mary E. Styslinger is an associate professor of English and literacy education at the University of South Carolina where she directs the Midlands Writing Project. Her research interests include interweaving literacy into the English curriculum and serving marginalized and at-risk youth; she has published articles in English Journal, Voices from the Middle, Language Arts, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and Kappan.

Karen Gavigan is an associate professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina. She and Mindy Tomasevich are co-authors of Connecting Comics to Curriculum: Strategies for Grades 6-12 (Libraries Unlimited), and Karen and Kendra Albright are co-editors of the graphic novel, AIDS in the End Zone.

Kendra Albright is Professor and Director of the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University and Editor of Libri, International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies. Dr. Albright’s interdisciplinary research addresses issues of information ethics and social justice for minority and disenfranchised populations.

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