Aronson, Marc. Exploding the Myths: The Truth about Teenagers and Reading. Scarecrow (Z 718.5 A76 2001). 13 previously published articles and one new one (What is YA, and What Is Its Future: Voice, Form, and Access - A Dialogue with Jacqueline Woodson) by a major critic in YA literature.

Lindskoog, Kathryn. Sleuthing C.S. Lewis: More Light in the Shadowlands. Mercer University Press (PR 6023 E926 Z7797 2001). An update from the author of The C.S. Lewis Hoax.

Rand, Donna and Toni Trent Parker. Black Books Galore! - Guide to Great African American Children's Books about Boys. (E 185 R362 2001)

Weiss, Jacqueline Shachter. Profiles in Children's Literature: Discussions with Authors, Artists, and Editors. Scarecrow (PS 490 W45 2001). About 70 people are included in this very readable volume based on videotaped interviews beginning in the 1970s. Hard to put it down!

Zipes, Jack. Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter. Routledge (PN 1009 A1 Z57 2001). Seven revised unpublished talks, one revised published essay and the previously unpublished or spoken "postscript" which is the best thing I've seen on Harry Potter to date.

And some textbooks...

Freeman, Evelyn and Barbara Lehman. Global Perspectives in Children's Literature. Allyn & Bacon (PN 1009 A1 F69 2001)

Glazer, Joan I. Literature for Young Children. Merrill/Prentice Hall (Z 1037 A1 G573 2000)

Hancock, Marjorie R. Celebration of Literature and Response: Children, Books, and Teachers in K-8 Classrooms. Merrill/Prentice Hall (LB 1575 H36 2000)

Mikkelsen, Nina. Words and Pictures: Lessons in Children's Literature and Literacies. McGraw Hill (LB 1575 M55 2000)

Savage, John F. For the Love of Literature: Children & Books in the Elementary Years. McGraw Hill (LB 1575 S28 2000)

Sheridan, Daniel. Teaching Secondary English: Readings and Applications. Erlbaum (LB 1631 T33 2001)

And some related titles...

Fernandez, Ramona. Imagining Literacy: Rhizomes of Knowledge in American Culture and Literature. University of Texas Press (LC151 F47 2001). From the conclusion: "Reimagining literacy is central to our survival in a postmodern cacophony of mixed cultures, transmuting technologies, and constantly transmogrifying threats to individuals, communities, nations, and the planet." This one is a good read, including chapters on EPCOT and the Smithsonian.

Jones, Dudley and Tony Watkins. A Necessary Fantasy? The Heroic Figure in Children's Popular Culture. Garland (P 94.5 C55 N43 2000). 17 essays by different authors, covering topics from Cinderella to Nancy Drew to Robin Hood to Dan Dare to Spider-Man to Peter Pan to Dahl. This is in a publisher's series "children's literature and culture" edited by Jack Zipes.

Trimbur, John, ed. Popular Literacy: Studies in Cultural Practices and Poetics. University of Pittsburgh Press (PN 56 P55 P67 2001). 14 essays by different authors, less directly related to children's literature, but interesting nonetheless.

Westfahl, Gary. Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture: Coming of Age in Fantasyland. Greenwood (PS 374 S35 W44 2000). 11 essays by Westfahl, with the two most closely connected ones being "Mystery of the Amateur Detectives: The Early Days of the Hardy Boys" and "Giving Horatio Alger Goosebumps, Or, From Hardy Boys to Hapless Boys: The Changing Ethos of Juvenile Series Fiction."