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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Childrenâs and Young Adult Literature in Education : Bloomsbury Handbooks - Katrina Bartow  Jacobs

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Childrenâs and Young Adult Literature in Education

By: Katrina Bartow Jacobs (Editor), Patricia Crawford (Editor)

Hardcover | 2 April 2026

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This handbook provides a comprehensive review of the research and practice of engaging with childrenâs and young adult literature in education. Drawing across scholarship focused on genre, creation, and utilization of childrenâs literature, it provides a unique perspective on the role that childrenâs literature can play in educational spaces from age 2 to 18, and from picture books to YA literature.

The volume is divided into three main sections: first, a review of the history of childrenâs literature and its application in education; second, a discussion of methodological approaches for studying childrenâs literature in educating young people - particularly in relation to critical literacy and multimodality; and third, a cross section of research organized by the developmental use of childrenâs literature in school settings. The chapters cover a range of topics including diversity, intersectionality, transactional theory, representation, trauma-informed pedagogy, anti-racism, immigration, folk and fairy tales and more.

Written by leading scholars based in Australia, South Africa, South Korea, and the UK, the handbook represents the global use of childrenâs literature in schools, revealing connections across international contexts while also honoring the differences in how literature is conceptualized and utilized across the world.

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