Serious scholarship on African American children's and young adult literature is a relatively recent phenomenon. To date, only a handful of book-length works--aside from doctoral dissertations--have been devoted to the exploration of this body of work and the historical works that are at its foundation. Embracing, Evaluating, and Examining African American Children's and Young Adult Literature features 12 original essays that present research related to African American children's literature--books intended for youth that are written by and about African Americans--conducted by scholars from...
Serious scholarship on African American children's and young adult literature is a relatively recent phenomenon. To date, only a handful of book-lengt...
