Michael Cart

Michael Cart, born on March 6, 1941, in Logansport, Indiana, United States is an author and expert in children's and young adult literature. 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

1. Day, Frances Ann (2000). Lesbian and Gay Voices: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Literature for Children and Young Adults. Greenwood Press. pp. 188–190. ISBN 0-313-31162-5.
2. Cart, Michael (2011). Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism. American Library Association. ISBN 978-0-8389-1045-0.