Michael Cart, born on March 6, 1941 in

Logansport, Indiana Logansport is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, Indiana, United States. The population was 18,366 at the 2020 census. Logansport is located in northern Indiana at the junction of the Wabash and Eel rivers, northwest of Kokomo. Hi ...

, United States is an author and expert in

children's A child ( : children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger ...

and

young adult literature Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults. The subject matter and genres of YA correlate ...

. He earned a degree in

Library Science Library science (often termed library studies, bibliothecography, and library economy) is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and ...

from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 1964 and a degree in

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

from

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

. From 1964 to 1967 he served in the

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. Cart received the Grolier Award in 2000 and was the inaugural recipient of the YALSA/ Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Award in 2008.

Selected works

* Cart, M. ''Cart's top 200 adult books for young adults: Two decades in review. Chicago: ALA editions. 2013'' * Cart, M. ''In the stacks: Short stories about libraries and librarians''( 1st ed.). New York: Overlook Press. 2002. * Cart, M., & Jenkins, C. ''Top 250 LGBTQ books for teens: Coming out, being out, and the search for community.'' Chicago: Huron Street Press, 2015 * Cart, M. ''What's so funny?: Wit and humor in American children's literature''(1st ed.). New York, NY: HarperCollins publishers. 1995. * Cart, M. ''Young adult literature: From romance to realism.'' Chicago: American Library Association. 2010. * Cart, M., & Jenkins, C. ''Top 250 LGBTQ books for teens: Coming out, being out, and the search for community.'' Chicago: Huron Street Press, 2015

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cart, Michael 1941 births Living people People from Logansport, Indiana American literary theorists Columbia University School of Library Service alumni