Literacy behind Bars

About this book

Literacy behind Bars: Successful Reading and Writing Strategies for Use with Incarcerated Youth and Adults is a practical resource for teachers librarians administrators and community stakeholders who work with incarcerated youth and adults. The book includes examples of authentic literacy practices that have been successfully used with those incarcerated around the nation. These include: creating graphic novels book clubs writing about gang life reading buddies urban literaturedeveloping a writing workshopestablishing a school library