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What’s Hot in
Street Literature
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What are pre-teens and teens reading?
What do we call these books?
Ghetto LiteratureHip Hop LiteratureStreet Literature
Urban FictionUrban Literature
What are ‘labels’?Can ‘labels’ be dangerous?
'Urban' is the new 'Black' by Vanessa Morrishttp://streetliterature.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-07-04T11%3A50%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=4
Urban
'Urban' is the new 'Black' by Vanessa Morrishttp://streetliterature.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-07-04T11%3A50%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=4
Urban Fiction
'Urban' is the new 'Black' by Vanessa Morrishttp://streetliterature.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-07-04T11%3A50%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=4
Urban Literature
'Urban' is the new 'Black' by Vanessa Morrishttp://streetliterature.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-07-04T11%3A50%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=4
Street Literature
Shepard, LeslieThe History of Street Literature: The Story of Broadside Ballads, Chapbooks, Proclamations, News-Sheets, Election Bills, Tracts, Pamphlets, Cocks, Catchpennies, and other Ephemera. Detroit, Michigan: Singing Tree Press, 1973.
'Urban' is the new 'Black' by Vanessa Morrishttp://streetliterature.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-07-04T11%3A50%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=4
Street Literature – reality based stories about the streets that are authentic, unapologetic and truthful.
'Urban' is the new 'Black' by Vanessa Morrishttp://streetliterature.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-07-04T11%3A50%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=4
Not every book
IsStreet
Literature
Make sure your school has a written selection and reconsideration policy that addresses written challenges to books. If you don’t, you’re totally vulnerable.
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6632974.html
Librarians should make purchasing decisions based ontheir knowledge of the following: Students Communities Collection needs Other criteria set forth in the CPS Collection Development
Policy for School Librarians
Why Should Library Collections Contain Some Street Literature Titles?
Timeless themes such as peer pressure, violence, pregnancy, divorce, drugs and sex appear in the stories.
Students should be exposed to a variety of genres.
The stories are cautionary tales that takes the reader on a journey that forces them to compare the stories to their own lives.
The students can directly relate to the characters and empathize with their struggles.
Why Should Library Collections Contain Some Street Literature Titles?
The stories within the genre serve as a platform for discussion/dialogue for tweens and teens with adults.
Some students are avid readers and are looking for a challenge when reading Street Literature.
Some students possess the emotional maturity to understand and handle the content in these books.
The genre meets the needs of a group of library patrons that have historically been ignored.
Popular Street Literature ‘Read Alikes’
Middle School
Popular Street LiteratureNovels And Series: High School
K.C.’s “Must Read” Booklist
Where can I find more information about Street Literature?
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K.C. Boyd, LibrarianChicago Public Schools Email: [email protected]: K.c. Boyd Blog: http://missdomino.blogspot.com/Twitter: kc_boydContributing writer for: http://phatfiction.wikispaces.com/
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