KQW
Knowledge Quest Web Edition
September/October2006

Snagging Teen Readers: Authors to Zines

" Teens are intrigued by the least understood, most mysterious aspects of life and human behaviour " - Cathy Belben

Homepage
Portkeys to Vocabulary
Debbie Abilock (KQ Print PDF)

President's Column
AASL is You and You Are AASL
Cindi Phillip (KQ Print PDF )

AASL Community Columns
The NSLMPY Award: May I Gush?
Sara Kelly Johns
Spotlight on ELMSS
Lesley Farmer

Tough Choices
What Do I Do with the Swimsuit Issue?
Gail Dickinson (KQ Print PDF)

Site Snaps
Research on Adolescent Literacy for Practitioners

No Flying, No Tights: Superheroes (and Comics) Aren’t What They Used to Be

Web Profile
The Lure ofShort Books
Danny Brassell

Curriculum Enhanced MARC
CE_MARC: The Educator's Library "Receipt"
Tom Adamich (KQ Print PDF)

Professional Pages Book Reviews
Crime and Punishment in America
Reviewer: Mary Beth Simiele

Books for the Journey: A Guide to the World of Reading
Reviewer: Marianne Carello

• Where To Go for YA Lit
  Anita Beaman
• YA Lit Soundtrack
  Anita Beaman
• YA Librarian 2.0: Cutting Edge Services for Teens
  Anita Beaman
• Just What is It With Graphic Novels Anyway ?
  Kat Kan
• Zines, Literacy and the Adolescent
  Denise Aulik
• Lesson Plans:
  Murder in the Adirondacks
  K. Stafford and A. Beaman
  Comics in the Classroom: Reaching Out
  to Reluctant Readers
  M. Warfield & A. Beaman
  

Features
It's Not Just Whodunnit, but How: "The CSI Effect," Science Learning and the School Library
Marcia A. Mardis (KQ Print PDF)

Creating a True Crime Collection
Cathy Belben (KQ Print PDF)

True Crime Resources
Debra Gniewek and Noreen Moore

Tablet Autopsy
Elizabeth Cullen

• Tips for Creating a Community of Readers
  Julia Roberts

• A Passion for Research
  Jane Kurtz
  
• True Confessions: Grabbing Hold of Those Tough to Reach Kids
  Elizabeth Partridge
  
• Collaboration Schedule
  Dorcus Hand