Rainbow Project announces recommendations of young reader titles with significant GLBTQ content for 2010

Contacts: John Andrews
Rainbow Project Chair
 (775) 287-3365
jandrews@washoecounty.us

NEWS
For Immediate Release,
January 26, 2010

Rainbow Project announces recommendations of young reader titles with significant GLBTQ content for 2010

CHICAGO - The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table (GLBTRT) and the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) released the 2010 Rainbow Project Bibliography of recommended titles for youth from birth to age 18 that contain significant and authentic gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (GLBTQ) content.

Of the 46 recommended titles in this year’s Rainbow Project Bibliography, four were recognized by the jury for their impact on the body of GLBTQ literature of interest for youth: “How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity,” edited by Michael Cart (HarperTeen); “Ash,” by Malinda Lo (Little, Brown); “Into the Beautiful North,” by Luis Alberto Urrea (Little, Brown); “Finlater ,”by Shawn Stewart Ruff (Quote Editions).  In addition, the group commendedthe groundbreaking pair of complementary board books from Lesléa Newman, “Daddy, Papa, and Me” and “Mommy, Mama, and Me” (Tricycle Press/Ten Speed).

The 2010 Rainbow Project Bibliography, consisting of works published between July 2008 and December 2009, represents the increasing range of GLBTQ titles for youth, from board books to titles published for adults with appeal to teen readers.

To view the Bibliography, visit http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/glbtrt/rainbow/bibliographies.cfm.
 
The 2009-2010 ALA Rainbow Project jury consisted of John Andrews, Chair-elect (Washoe County Library System, Reno, Nev.); Michael Cart; Lynn Evarts (Sauk Prairie High School, Prairie du Sac, Wis.); K.T. Horning (Cooperative Children’s Book Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis.); Arla Jones (Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Kan.); Michael Santangelo (Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, N.Y.) ; Victor Schill (Harris County Public Library, Houston, Texas); Laurie Spurling (Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.); and Nel Ward, Chair.

-30-