CALL FOR SPECIAL TOPIC ISSUES

POETRY: We invite submissions that examine poetry for young people through various cultural perspectives as well as though an international cultural lens. What is unique to particular cultures and what is universal to the imagery, music and multiple formats of contemporary poetry for young people?
Issue Vol 49 No 2
Deadline: August 1, 2010
Publication: April, 2011
 
Length: Up to 3000 words
 
Format: Word for Windows (Mac users please save
your document in rich text format – RTF) as an email
attachment; send illustrations as JPG attachments.
 
Style and layout: The full name/s of author/s, address, telephone, email and affiliation should appear ONLY in the title page of the manuscript.  References should be cited by name and date, for  example (Yokota, 1993). We recommend the following APA format for publication listed at the end of your article:


Yokota, J. (1993). Issues in selecting multicultural children's literature. Language Arts, 70, 156
167.
Vardell, S.M. (2006). Poetry aloud here!: Sharing poetry with children in the library. American
Library Association.
 
  
Contact details: Please send two copies:

one copy to
Kurkjianc@gmail.com and Kurkjianc@att.net

AND one copy to

SVardell@mail.twu.edu

 
NB: Please put Bookbird submission followed by
your initials in the subject line.