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Since
1977,
Joni Richards Bodart has written 19 books and done hundreds of lectures
and workshops on booktalking.
Let her help you to hook yourself and others on the addictive joys
of reading for pleasure and recreation.
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known as an author, lecturer, and workshop leader on booktalking
and young adult literature and services, Joni Richards Bodart
has been active in the ALA Young Adult Library Services Association
since the 1970s, when she was a young adult librarian in northern
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Joni
lives in Colorado, where in addition to teaching,
she works as a writer, as a consultant to public and
school libraries, and as a part-time YA/reference
librarian for
Denver Public Library. |
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Formerly an assistant professor at Emporia State
University in the School of Library and Information
Management, she is now on the adjunct faculty of the
Division of Library and Information Science, College
of Education, University of Denver.
Dr. Bodart also teaches "Collection Management"
and "YA Resources" for the library school
at
San Jose State University.
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Bodart's newest books are available from Scarecrow
Press, and are aimed at both teens and the professionals
they work with. The
World's Best Thin
Books, or What to Read When your Book Report is Due
Tomorrow! examines quality titles under
200 pages in length for middle and high school students,
and includes Booktalks, major themes and ideas, and
ideas on how to write a booktalk or a book report
on each title. |
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Joni
Richards-Bodart |
Radical
Reads: 101 YA Novels on the Edge, analyzes recent
controversial titles for teens.
In addition to the kind of information presented in
Thin Books, each entry
includes the title's strengths and risks, awards each has
won or lists each has been placed on, and excerpts from reviews.
Appendices include information on censorship and how to deal
with it. Both titles
are extensively indexed. |
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Bodart
is available for workshops and lectures on a wide variety
of topics, ranging from booktalking and youth literature to
censorship and how to combat it, to information psychology
and the impact of technology on youth in the 21st
century.
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