{"id":8105,"date":"2014-02-09T14:52:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T19:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=8105"},"modified":"2014-02-09T14:52:57","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T19:52:57","slug":"how-juvenile-books-portray-the-prison-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/how-juvenile-books-portray-the-prison-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"How Juvenile Books Portray the Prison Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2013 Rebecca Hickman wrote an ALSC blog post about Serving Children Whose Parents Are Incarcerated<\/i><\/a><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>She included tips for making the library a welcoming, non-judgmental environment.\u00a0 <\/span>She also identified some book titles that addressed this topic.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Most people are understandably reluctant to discuss the experience of incarceration.\u00a0 <\/span>As I considered ways that children could learn about what happens in prison, I began reading books for children and teens.\u00a0 <\/span>The result of this exploration is a new online course that I will be offering with the sponsorship of ASCLA, the ALA division that represents librarians providing service to the incarcerated and detained.<\/span><\/p>\n

Going to Jail:\u00a0 <\/span>How Juvenile Books Portray the Prison Experience<\/i><\/a><\/span>, <\/span><\/i>is a four week online course, taught in the ALA Moodle site, which will begin February 24, 2014 and run through March 23, 2014.\u00a0 <\/span>The course will provide an opportunity for librarians to read and discuss several books that include scenes in prison settings.\u00a0 <\/span>Each week there will be an online books discussion, using the JoinMe<\/i><\/a> <\/span> platform.\u00a0 <\/span>Books that will be read and discussed during the course are:<\/span><\/p>\n

Visiting Day<\/span><\/i> by Jacqueline Woodson
\nAmber was Brave, Essie was Smart<\/i> by Vera B. Williams
\nMama Loves Me from Away<\/i> by Pat Brisson
\nWhen Andy’s Father Went to Prison<\/i> by Martha Whitmore Hickman<\/span><\/p>\n

Harry Sue<\/span><\/i> by Sue Stauffacher
\nLockdown<\/i> by Walter Dean Myers
\nHole in My Life<\/i> by Jack Gantos<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the book discussions, the course will provide an opportunity to share stories about how library services can be designed for this important under-served population. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo of Kate Todd taken by herself<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our guest blogger today is <\/i>Kate Todd. Kate worked as a librarian at The New York Public Library and Manhattanville College.\u00a0 She has provided online courses on topics of interest to children\u2019s librarians since 2008.\u00a0 She can be contacted at <\/span>edukatetodd@gmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/em>.<\/em><\/span><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

Please note that as a guest post, the views expressed here do not represent the official position of ALA or ALSC.<\/i><\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to write a guest post for the ALSC Blog, please contact Mary Voors, ALSC Blog manager, at\u00a0alscblog@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2013 Rebecca Hickman wrote an ALSC blog post about Serving Children Whose Parents Are Incarcerated.\u00a0\u00a0 She included tips for making the library a welcoming, non-judgmental environment.\u00a0 She also identified some book titles that addressed this topic.\u00a0 Most people are understandably reluctant to discuss the experience of incarceration.\u00a0 As I considered ways that children could learn about what happens in prison, I began reading books for children and teens.\u00a0 The result of this exploration is a new online course that I will be offering with the sponsorship of ASCLA, the ALA division that represents librarians providing service to the incarcerated and detained. Going to Jail:\u00a0 How Juvenile Books Portray the Prison Experience, is a four week online course, taught in the ALA Moodle site, which will begin February 24, 2014 and run through March 23, 2014.\u00a0 The course will provide an opportunity for librarians to read and discuss several books…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[134,13],"tags":[443,442],"class_list":["post-8105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-blogger","category-other-ala-divisionsprograms","tag-incarceration","tag-online-class"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}