"Unlike most collections of African American literature, this is not an anthology of African American literature, not is it merely a bibliographic potpourri of books about and for African American children and youth. Instead, this collection of essays represents perhaps the first attempt on the part of scholars of Africa American children's literature to give scholarly status to the study, analysis, and critique of such literature. As scholars in children's and youth literature addressing 'those who work with children and books,' these authors communicate a walth of information and provide valuable scholarship. This collection successfully meets the intent expressed in its objectives, but it also provides for educators a much needed repository of literary criticism, history and studies on the development and genres of literature for African American children and youth. Thus, the volume could be a supplementary text in English methods courses as well as reading methods courses for prospective teachers." -Betty McEady-Gilead, Journal of Reading

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
OSAYIMWENSE OSA is Associate Professor of English at Clark Atlanta University, and former Head of the Department of Languages and Literature, Bendel State University (now Edo State University) in Ekpoma, Nigeria. He has taught in various universities on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1989, Dr. Osa established the Journal of African Children's Literature (JACL), now Journal of African Children's & Youth Literature, and the editor of this journal. He has been a visiting scholar to the International Youth Library for Children's Literature, Osaka, Japan.

CATEGORY
Literature, Literary Criticism/AFRICA