Michael Cart

Michael Cart was an American author and expert in children's and young adult literature. Born in Logansport, Indiana, he earned a degree in Library Science from Columbia University in 1964 and a degree in journalism from Northwestern University. From 1964 to 1967 he served in the United States Army. 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.

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Books15

Representing the Rainbow in Young Adult Literature: LGBTQ+ Content since 1969

Representing the Rainbow in Young Adult Literature: LGBTQ+ Content since 1969

with Christine A. Jenkins

Confessions of a Book Reviewer

Confessions of a Book Reviewer

2018

Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns

Taking Aim: Power and Pain, Teens and Guns

2015

with Elizabeth Wein, Ron Koertge, Walter Dean Myers and Marc Aronson

Cart's Top 200 Adult Books for Young Adults

Cart's Top 200 Adult Books for Young Adults

2013

The Heart Has Its Reasons: Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004

The Heart Has Its Reasons: Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004

2006

with Christine A. Jenkins

Necessary noise

Necessary noise

2003

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002

2002

911

911

2002

Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth

Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth

2001

Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About the Future

Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About the Future

1999

Tomorrowland: Ten Stories about the Future

Tomorrowland: Ten Stories about the Future

1999

with Ron Koertge

Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism

Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism

1996

My father's scar

My father's scar

1996

From Romance to Realism

From Romance to Realism

1996

What's So Funny?: Wit and Humor in American Children's Literature

What's So Funny?: Wit and Humor in American Children's Literature

1995

Graphic novels1

Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens: Coming Out, Being Out, and the Search for Community

Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens: Coming Out, Being Out, and the Search for Community

2014

Collections1

In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians

In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians

2003