history and criticism

Examine the origins of the popular protest song, and describes the role the song played in civil rights, labor, and anti-war movements in America. Includes an audio CD with a performance by Pete Seeger.

Brief biographies provide insight into the lives, work, inspiration and creative process of 75 favorite childrens authors and illustrators.

Looks to mythology, folklore, and literature to investigate the sources of ideas for some of the images, characters, and themes found in J. K. Rowling's stories of fledgling wizard Harry Potter.

Profiles authors, filmmakers, and actors famous for their ability to scare, including Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Stephen King, R. L. Stine, Alfred Hitchcock, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, and six others.

Provides background on some of history's man-made horrors, including Frankenstein, robots, mutants, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, slashers, Jack the Ripper, and others, and shares stories of real-life horrors.

A collection of thirteen short stories by various authors that were inspired by Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy.

Explores the philosophies and exploits of the young writers and readers who were members of the circle that gathered around English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelly and journalist Leigh Hunt, including Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, Vincent Novello, Charles and Mary Lamb, and others.

Provides information for librarians who are trying to build their manga and anime collections; discussing the history of manga and anime, vocabulary, cultural differences in format and content, programming and event ideas, genres, and more.

Examines the concepts of comic writing, discussing clarity, persuasion, intensity, character design, facial expressions, body language, word choice, sense of place, tools, techniques, technology, style, and the professional comic writer. Presented in graphic novel format.