Christine A. Jenkins is associate professor in the Graduate School
of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign. She holds a PhD and MS in library and information
studies and an MA in children’s literature. Jenkins is recipient of
several teaching awards and has a decade of experience as a school
librarian/media specialist. She is co-editor of the Handbook of
Research on Children’s and Young Adult Literature (2011), and
co-author (with Michael Cart) of Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens
(2015).
Michael Cart is a columnist and reviewer for ALA's Booklist
magazine, and has also written countless articles that have
appeared in The New York Times, Parents Magazine, American
Libraries, School Library Journal, and elsewhere. The former
president of both YALSA and ALAN, Cart is the recipient of the 2000
Grolier Award and the first recipient in 2008 of the
YALSA/Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Award. He
appointed and chaired the Task Force that created the Michael L.
Printz Award and subsequently chaired the 2006 Printz Committee. He
is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including Young
Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism, Third Edition
(2016).
Jenkins and Cart are co-authors of The Heart Has Its Reasons: Young
Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004
(Scarecrow Press, 2006).
Representing the Rainbow in Young Adult Literature offers a
comprehensive look at books for teens that discuss sexuality and
gender issues…. This work offers a guide to the content of these
books, helping readers make collection development decisions that
will result in shelving books with positive role models and
accurate depictions free of stereotypes and myths…. It is
fascinating to observe the development of LGBTQ+ literature
throughout the years, as both quality and quantity gradually
improve…. Representing the Rainbow in Young Adult Literature is an
essential reference for those maintaining a collection in which
they hope to include the best books about LGBTQ+ characters…. It is
an excellent reference tool for anyone who is doing collection
development or who wants a detailed history of young adult
literature covering LGBTQ+ issues.
*VOYA*
Starred Review: Each chapter discusses a mix of broad themes and
trends relevant to each decade and insightfully analyzes
significant titles—with enough summary that librarians need not
have read the books discussed to understand their importance . . .
An essential update for scholars. The bibliographies will
invaluably help round out LGBTQ+ collections.
*Library Journal*
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