I forgot to
mention earlier that among the twenty or so new books that I processed there
was one I had recommended to Ms. Gratto. The book is Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older.
All throughout
my MLIS program I have been interested in learning more about multicultural
children’s literature. Every time I have had the opportunity, I have worked on
researching titles with multicultural characters and authors. I had included
Older’s Shadowshaper on an Urban
Fantasy Recommended Reads list I put together for an LIS 566 Resources for
Digital Age Children assignment but I had not had the opportunity to read it.
When I first started my DFW at the library I searched for it in the catalog and
couldn’t find it. Ms. Gratto had mentioned that one of their collection
development goals was to add more multicultural titles to the collection so I
recommended Older’s book. Ms. Gratto included Shadowshaper in her latest book order and I not only read it (it
was awesome!) but also processed it and added it to the library catalog (which
left me with a nice feeling of accomplishment). This week I am going to
booktalk this great title and hopefully get some students interested in
multicultural literature.
Shadowshaper was included in several Best YA Books of
2015 lists. Including Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2015.
