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CHAPTERS

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Goals for teaching literature: What does it mean to teach literature?

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Understanding students’ individual differences: Who are our kids?

3

Planning and Organizing Literature Instruction: How Do I Decide What to Teach?

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Using Drama to Foster Interpretation: How Can I Help Students Read Better?

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Leading Classroom Discussions of Literature: How Do I Get Them to Talk about Literature?

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Writing about literature: How do I get them to write about literature?

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Using narratives in the classroom: What’s the use of story?

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Teaching text and task-specific strategies: How does the shape of a text change the shape of my teaching?

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Teaching the Classics: Do I Have To Teach the Canon, And If So, How Do I Do It?

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Multiple Perspectives to Engage Students with Literature: What are Different Ways of Seeing?

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Teaching Media Literacy: What else is a text and how do I teach it?

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Assessing and Evaluating Students’ Learning: How do I know what they’ve learned?

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Text Selection, Censorship, Creating an Ethical Classroom Environment. and Teacher Professionalism: How do I Stay in Control, Out of Trouble, and Continue to Develop as A Teacher?

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Literary Texts

Short Story Anthologies for Adolescents

 

Bambara, T. (1992). Gorilla, my love. New York: Vintage Books.

 

Block, F. L. (2000). The rose and the beast: Fairy tales retold. Joanna Cotler.

 

Block, F. L. (2003). Wasteland. Joanna Cotler.

 

Frank, E. R. (2002). Life is funny. Puffin.

 

Goss, L. & Goss, C. (1995). Jump up and say! A collection of black storytelling. Simon Schuster.

 

Haynes, D. & Landsman J. (1998). Welcome to your life: Writings for the heart of young America. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions.

 

King, L. (1995). Hear my voice: A multicultural anthology of literature from the United States. Menlo Park: Addison-Wesley.

 

Lopez, T. A. (1993). Growing up Chicana/o: An anthology. William Morrow.

 

McCracken, E. (1997). Where’s your hat, what’s your hurry: Stories. Harper Perennial.

 

Moore, L. (1993). I know some things: Stories about childhood by contemporary writers. New York: Faber & Faber.

 

Muse, D. (1999). Prejudice: Stories about hate, ignorance, revelation, and transformation. Econo-Clad Books.

 

Power, S. (2002). Roofwalker. Milkweed Editions.

 

Rodriguez, A. (1992). The boy without a flag: Tales of the South Bronx. Milkweed Editions.

 

Snyder, S. (2003). Whispers of Eden: A collection of adolescent poetry and short stories (1980-1990). Writers Club Press.

 

Wittlinger, E. (2001). What’s in a name. Simon Pulse.

 

On-line Short Stories

 

East of the Web: Short Stories

 

Project Gutenberg: Short Stories

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Short Story Anthologies for Adolescents

Appelt, K.  (2000). Kissing Tennessee and Other Stories From The Stardust Dance.  Harcourt.

Armstrong, J.  (Ed.)  (2002).  Shattered: Stories Of Children And War.  Knopf.

Armstrong, J.  (Ed.).  (2004).  What a Song Can Do: 12 Riffs on the Power of Music.  Knopf.

Asher, S.  (Ed.).  (2004).  On Her Way: Stories and Poems About Growing Up Girl.  Dutton.

Bauer, M. D.  (Ed.).  (1994).  Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence.  Harper.

Blume, J.  (Ed.).  (2001).  Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers. Simon Pulse.

Bohner, C. H., & Grant, L.  (Eds.).  (2006). Short Fiction: Classic and Contemporary, 5/E.  Prentice Hall.

Brown, W., & Ling, A.  (Eds.).  (2003).  Imagining America: Stories from the Promised Land.  Persea.

Carlson, L. M.  (Ed.).  (1999).   American Eyes: New Asian-American Short Stories for Young Adults.  Sagebrush.

Carlson, L. M. (Ed.).  (2005).  Moccasin Thunder: American Indian Stories For Today.  HarperCollins.

Cart, M.  (Ed.).  (1999).  Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About the Future.  Scholastic.

Cart, M.  (Ed.).  (2001). Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth.  Simon.

Cart, M.  (Ed.).  (2003). Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are.  HarperTempest.

Cart, M.  (Ed.).  (2004).  Rush Hour: A Journal Of Contemporary Voices (Vol. 1):  Delacorte.

Carter, A. R.  (2006). Love, Football, and Other Contact Sports.  Holiday House.

Cisneros, S.  (1991). The House on Mango Street.  Vintage.

Coon, N. E. (Ed.).  (2003). It's Your Rite - Girls' Coming of Age Stories. Beyond Words Publishing.

Crutcher, C.  (1991).  Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories. Greenwillow.

Davis, J.  (Ed.).  (2003).  Open Your Eyes.  Viking Juvenile.

Duncan, L.  (Ed.).  (1997).  Night Terrors: Stories Of Shadow And Substance: Stories Of Shadow And Substance. Simon Pulse.

Duncan, L.  (Ed.).  (2001).  On the Edge: Stories at the Brink.  Simon Pulse.

Ehrlich, A.  (Ed.).  (2002).  When I Was Your Age, Volume Two: Original Stories About Growing Up.  Candlewick.

Emra, B.  (2001).  Coming of Age, Vol. 2: Literature About Youth and Adolescence. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.

Flake, S.  (Ed.).  (2004).  Who Am I Without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives.  Hyperion Books.

Fraustino, L. R.  (Ed.).  (1998).  Dirty Laundry: Stories about Family Secrets.  Viking.

Fraustino, L. R.  (Ed.).  (2002).  Soul Searching: Thirteen Stories about Faith and Belief.  Simon.

Frosh, M. (Ed.) (1995).  Coming of Age in America: A Multicultural Anthology.  New Press.

Gallo, D. (Ed).  (1984).  Sixteen: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults.  Delacorte.

Gallo, D. (Ed).  (1987).  Visions: 19 Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults.  Delacorte.

Gallo, D. (Ed).  (1993).  Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults.  Delacorte.

Gallo, D. (Ed).  (1995). Ultimate Sports: Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults. Delacorte.

Gallo, D. (Ed).  (1997).  No Easy Answers: Short Stories about Teenagers Making Tough Choices.  Delacorte.

Gallo, D. (Ed).  (1999).  Time Capsule: Short Stories about Teenagers throughout the Twentieth Century. Delacorte.

Gallo, D. (Ed).  (2001).  On the Fringe.  Dial.

Gallo, D. (Ed).  (2003).  Destination Unexpected.  Candlewick.

Gallo, D. (Ed).  (2004).  First Crossing: Stories about Teen Immigrants.  Candlewick.

Gallo, D. (Ed).  (2006.).  What Are You Afraid Of? Stories about Phobias.  Candlewick.

Hanh, T. N.  (2005).  The Stone Boy and Other Stories.  Parallax Press.

Halpern, D.  (Ed.).  (2000).  The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories. Penguin.

Hoffman, M. & Lassiter, R.  (Eds.).  (2003). Lines in the Sand: New Writing on War and Peace. The Disinformation Company.

Hong, M.  (Ed.).  (1993).   Growing Up Asian American: Stories Of Childhood, Adolescence, and Coming Of Age In America From the 1800s To The 1990s By Thirty-Two Asian American Writers. Avon.

Howe, J.  (Ed.).  (2003).  13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen.  Atheneum.

Howe, J.  (Ed.).  (2003).  The Color of Absence: 12 Stories About Loss and Hope. Simon Pulse.

Kurtz, J.  (Ed.).  (2003).  Memories of Sun: Stories of Africa and America. Harper.

Lanagan, M.  (2005).  Black Juice.  Harper.

Macy, S.  (Ed.).  (2001).  Girls Got Game: Sports Stories and  Poems.  Holt.

Martin, A., & Levithan, D.  (Eds.).  (2005).  Friends: Stories About New Friends, Old Friends, And Unexpectedly True Friends. Scholastic.

Mazer, A.  (Ed.).  (1993).  America Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories.  Persea Books.

Mazer, A. (Ed.).  (1997).  Working Days: Short Stories About Teenagers at Work.  Persea Books.

Mazer, H.  (Ed.).  (1997).  Twelve Shots: Outstanding Short Stories about Guns.  Delacorte.

Mercado, N.  (Ed.).  (2005).  Every Man for Himself: Ten Original Stories About Being a Guy. Dial.

Meyer, S. H., & Meyer, J.  (Eds.).  (2004).  Teen Ink: Written in the Dirt: A Collection of Short Stories, Poetry, Art and Photography.  HCI Teens.

Mills, M.  (Ed.).  (2003).  Crafting the Very Short Story: An Anthology of 100 Masterpieces.  Prentice Hall.

Monture, J.  (1996).   Cloudwalker: Contemporary Native American Stories.  Fulcrum.

Myers, W. D.  (2000).  145th Street: Short Stories.  Delacorte.

Naidoo, B.  (2003).  Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope.  Harper

November, S.  (Ed.).  Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction.  Firebird.

Noyes, D.  (Ed.).  (2004).  Gothic: Ten Original Dark Tales.  Candlewick Press.

Oates, J. C.  (2003).  Small Avalanches and Other Stories.  Harper.

Ortiz Cofer, J.  (1995).  An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio. Orchard Books.

Otfinoski, S.  (2006).  Extraordinary Short Story Writing.  Franklin Watts.

Paulsen, G.  (Ed.).  (2003).  Shelf Life: Stories by the Book.  Simon & Schuster.

Peck, R.  (Ed.). (2004).  Past Perfect, Present Tense: New and Collected Stories. Dial.

Pickering, J. H. (Ed.).  (2004).  Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Stories, 10/E.  http://www.prenhall.com/pickering/

Riley, P.  (Ed.).  (1993).  Growing Up Native American: Stories Of Oppression And Survival, Of Heritage Denied And Reclaimed; 22 American Writers Recall Childhood In Their Native Land.  Avon.

Robson, C.  (Ed.).  (2006).  Outside Rules: Short Stories About Non-conformist Youth.  Persea.

Rochman, H., & McCampbell, D. Z. (Eds.).   (1997).  Who Do You Think You Are?: Stories of Friends and Enemies.  Little, Brown.

Rochman, H., & McCampbell, D. Z. (Eds.).  (1998).  Leaving Home: Stories.  Harper.

Rodgers, D.  (2005).  Ghosts at the Coast.  TripleTree Publishing.

Rosenthal, L.  (Ed.).   (2001).  The Eloquent Short Story: Varieties of Narration, An Anthology.  Persea.

Safier, F.  (Ed.).  (1996).  Impact: Fifty Short Stories. Holt.

Saldaña, R. (2003).  Finding Our Way.  Wendy Lamb

Scieszka, J.  (Ed.).  (2005).  Guys Write for Guys Read.  Viking Juvenile.

Singer, M.  (Ed.).  (1999).  Stay True: Short Stories for Strong Girls. Scholastic.

Singer, M.  (Ed.).  (2004).  Face Relations: Eleven Stories about Seeing beyond Color.  Simon.

Singer, M.  (Ed.).  (2005).  Make Me Over: Eleven Stories of Transformation. Dutton Juvenile.

Singer, M. (Ed.).  (2000).  I Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes with Religion. HarperCollins.

Snell, G.  (Ed.).  (2001).  Thicker Than Water: Coming Of Age Stories By Irish And Irish-American Writers.  Delacorte.

Soto, G. (Ed.).  (1993). Pieces of the Heart: New Chicano Fiction. Chronicle Books.

Sullivan, P.  (Ed.).  (2002).  Young Adult Short Story Competition 2001-2002.  Writer's Showcase Press.

Summer, J.  (Ed.).  (2004).  Not the Only One: Lesbian and Gay Fiction for Teens. Alyson Publications.

Summers, B.  (Ed.).  (2005).  Open the Unusual Door: True Life Stories of Challenge, Adventure, and Success by Black Americans.  Graphia.

Tashlik, P.  (Ed.).  (1994).  Hispanic, Female and Young: An Anthology.  Pinãta Books.

Villaseñor, V.  (1994). Walking Stars: Stories of Magic and Power.  Piñata Books.

Viramontes, H. M.  (1995).  Under the Feet of Jesus. Dutton.

Wallace, R.  (2003). Losing Is Not an Option.  Knopf.

Weiss, M. J., & Weiss, H. S.  (Eds.).  (1999).  From One Experience to Another: Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction.  Forge Books.

Weiss, M. J., & Weiss, H. S.  (Eds.).  (2000).  Lost and Found.  Forge.

Weiss, M. J., & Weiss, H. S.  (Eds.).  (2002).  Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth.  Persea Books.

Weiss, M. J., & Weiss, H. S.  (Eds.).  (2006).  Dreams and Visions: Fourteen Flights of Fantasy. Starscape.

Yep, L.  (Ed.).  (1993).  American Dragons: Twenty-Five Asian-American Voices.  HarperCollins.

Yolen, J., & Hayden, P. N.  (Eds.).  (2005). The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens: First Annual Collection. Tor Teen.

Young, C.  (Ed.).  (2002).  One Hot Second: Stories About Desire.  Knopf.  http://www.grouchy.com/angst

Yourgrau, B.  (2005).  NASTYbook.  Harper.

 

(original Literary Texts group below 3/5/06)

Aldrich, B. (1997). Outsiders and others: Stories of outcasts, rebels, and seekers by American teen writers (American Teen Writer Series).

Allen, P.G. (Ed.) (1989). Spider Woman’s granddaughters: Traditional tales and contemporary writing by Native American women.

Angus, D. (1987). Best short stories of the modern age.

Angus, D., & Angus, S. (1996). Contemporary American short stories.

Antler, J. (Ed.) (1990). America and I: Short stories by American Jewish women writers.

Appelt, K. (2000). Kissing Tennessee and other stories from The Stardust Dance.

Armstrong, J. (2002). Shattered: Stories of children and war.

Asher, S. (1999). With all my heart, with all my mind: Thirteen stories about growing up Jewish.

Asimov, I. (1980). 100 great science fiction short-short stories.

Atwood, M. (19 ). Dancing girls and other stories.

Augenbraum, H., & Stavans, I. (1993). Growing up Latino: Memoirs and stories.

Banks, R. (2001). Angel on the roof: The stories of Russell Banks.

Bauer, M. D. (1995). Am I blue?: Coming out from the silence.

Bausch, R. (Ed.) (2001). The cry of an occasion: Fiction from the Fellowship of Southern Writers.

Blease, M.K. (2000). One dark night: 13 masterpieces of the macabre.

Block, F. L. (1998). Girl goddess #9: Nine stories.

Blume, J. (2001). Places I never meant to be: Original stories by censored writers.

Blume, J. (Ed.) (1999). Places I never meant to be: Original stories by censored writers.

Bolger, D. (1995). The vintage book of contemporary Irish fiction.

Bradbury, R. (1979). The martian chronicles.

Braines, R. (2000). Paper families: An anthology of short stories.

Cahill, S. (1993). Growing up female: Stories by women writers from the American mosaic.

Cahill, S. (2001). For the love of Ireland.

Canfield, J. (19 ). Chicken soup for the teenage soul II: 101 more stories of life, love, and learning.

Capote, T. (1993). Breakfast at Tiffany’s and three stories.

Carlson, L. (1994). American Eyes: New Asian-American short stories for young adults.

Carlson, L. (1995). American Eyes: New Asian-American short stories for young adults.

Carroll, R. (1997). Sugar in the raw.

Cart, M. (2001). Love and sex: Ten stories of truth.

Cart. M. (2003). Necessary noise: Stories about our families as they really are.

Carver, P. (2000). Close ups: Best stories for teens.

Carver, R., & Jenks, T. (1989). American short story masterpieces.

Cather, W. (1992). Collected stories.

Chaon, D. (2002). Among the missing.

Charters, A. (Ed.). (2000). The American short story and its writers: An anthology. Boston: St. Martin’s Press.

Chase, R. (1943). Jack Tales. Houghton Mifflin.

Choa, C., & Li-qun, D. (2001). The vintage book of contemporary Chinese fiction.

Chopin, K. (19 ). The awakening and selected short stories.

Cisneros, S. (1992). Woman hollering creek and other stories.

Cofer, J. (1995). An island like you: Stories of the barrio.

Comber, L. (1996). More Oriental stories for young and old.

Cormier, R. (19 ). Eight plus one stories.

Coville, B. (2000). Odder than ever.

Crane, M. (1984). Fifty great American short stories.

Crutcher, C. (1989). Athletic shorts: Six short stories.

Datlow, E. (2002). The year’s best fantasy and horror: Fifteenth annual collection.

DeSpain, P. (1997). Thirty-Three Multicultural Tales to Tell. August House.

Dines, C. (1999). Talk to me: Stories and a novella.

Dockery, R. and & Dockery, J. (1990). Favorite Scary Stories of American Children. August House.

Donoghue, E. (1999). Kissing the witch: Old tales in new skins.

Dorris, M. (19 ). Working men: Stories.

Doyle, A. (1995). Extraordinary cases of Sherlock Holmes.

Duncan, L. (1997). Night terrors: Stories of shadow and substance.

Duncan, L. (1999). Trapped!: Cages of mind and body.

Emra, B. (1999). Coming of age: Fiction about youth and adolescence.

Farley, J. K. (2002). All eagles are supposed to soar: Positive teachers give their students wings.

Fitzgerald, F. S. (1996). Babylon revisited and other stories.

Ford, R. (19 ). The Granta book of the American short story.

Forest, H. (1998). Wonder Tales from Around the World. August House.

Fuentes, C., & Ortega, J. (2000). The vintage book of Latin American stories.

Gallo, D. (1987). Visions: Nineteen short stories by outstanding writers for young adults.

Gallo, D. (1991). Connections: Short stories by outstanding writers for young adults.

Gallo, D. (1999). No easy answers: Short stories about teenagers making tough choices.

Gallo, D. (1999). Time capsule: Short stories about teenagers throughout the twentieth century.

Gallo, D. (2003). Destination unexpected: Short stories.

Gallo, D. (1984). Sixteen: Short stories by outstanding writers for YA.

Gallo, D. (1993). Join in: Multiethnic short stories by outstanding writers for young adults.

Gallo, D., & Hornik, L. (2001). On the fringe.

Gallo, G. (1997). Ultimate sports: Short stories by outstanding writers for young adults.

Gonzalez, R. (Ed.) (2000). Mirrors beneath the earth: Short fiction by Chicano writers.

Goss, C., & L. (Eds.) (1995). Jump up and say! A collection of black

Greenberg, M. H. (1999). Starfall.

Gurganus, A. (2001). The practical heart.

Hamilton, M.& Weiss, M. (1999). How & Why Stories: World Tales Kids Can Read and Tell. August House.

Hanson, s. W. (1999). Mountains of the moon: Stories about social justice.

Harris, A. (Ed.) (1997). A new life: Stories and photographs from the suburban South.

Haviland, V. Favorite Folktales Told in______. Little, Brown, v.d. (There are 15 titles in the series, each presenting tales from a different country.)

Hawthorne, N. (19 ). Selected tales and sketches.

Heminway, E. (1995). Snows of Kilimanjaro and other stories.

Heminway, E. (1995). Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway.

Henderson, B. (Ed.) (2002). The Pushcart book of short stories: The best short stories from a quarter-century of the Pushcart prize. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

Heyen, J., (2002). Boys’ house: New and selected stories.

Heynen. J. (2001). Fishing for chickens: Short stories about rural youth.

Holt, D. (1994). Ready-toTell-Tales. August House.

Holt, D., & Mooney, B. (1999). Spiders in the hairdo: Modern urban legends.

Hong, M. (1993). Growing up Asian American: Stories of childhood, adolescence, and coming of age in America from the 1800s to the 1990s by thirty-two Asian American writers.

Howe, J. (2002). The color of absence: Twelve stories about loss and hope.

Hughes, L. (1990). The ways of white folks.

Hughes, M. (1998). What If?: Amazing stories.

Hurston, N. Z. (1996). Complete stories.

Ice, K. (1995). Tapestries: An anthology.

Jackson, S. (1991). The lottery and other stories.

James, H. (19 ). Turn of the screw: Other short novels of Henry James.

Jen, G. (2000). Who’s Irish?: Stories.

Kafka, F. (19 ). The metamorphosis and other stories of Franz Kafka.

Kafka, F. (1995). The Metamorphosis, in the penal colony, and other stories.

Kay, J., & Gelshenen, R. (2001). Discovering fiction 1: A reader of American short stories, vol. 1

Kennedy, J. G. (1995). Modern American short story sequences: Composite fictions and fictive communities. New York:

Kenny, M. (Ed.). (2000). Stories for a winter’s night: Short fiction by Native Americans.

Ketchin, A. (1997). 25 and under.

Kightlinger, L. (1999). Quick shots of false hope: A rejection collection.

Kimmel, E. (1999). Sword of the samurai: Adventure stories from Japan.

Kulpa, K. (1996). Taking off: And other coming of age stories by American teen writers.

Kupla, K. (1997). Something like a hero: Stories of daring and decision by American teen writers.

Lavelle. J. V. D. (1999). Slapboxing.

Le Guin, U. K. (2002). Tales from earthsea.

LeGuin, U. K. (1991). The Wind’s twelve quarters: Seventeen stories of fantastic adventure.

Lester, J. (1987) Tales of Uncle Remus: the Adventures of Brer Rabbit. Dial.

Levithan, D. (2002). You are here, this is now: The best young writers and artists in America.

London, J. (1969). Short stories of Jack London.

London, J. (1993). Call of the wild, white fang, and other stories.

Lord, C. (1997). Freshmen: Fiction, fantasy and humor by ninth grade writers.

Lubarl D. (1997). The Psychozone: The witch’s monkey and other tales.

Lynn, K. S. (2000). Short stories.

MacDonald, M. R. (1986). Twenty Tellable Tales: Audience Participation Folktales for the Beginning Storyteller. Wilson.

Macy, S. (2001). Girls got game: Sports stories and poems.

Malamud, B. (19 ). The magic barrel.

Mann, T. (19 ). Death in Venice and other stories of Thomas Mann.

Mason, B. A. (2001). Shiloh and other stories.

Mazer, A. (1997). Twelve shots.

Mazer, A. (1997). Working days: Short stories about teenagers at work.

Mazer, A. 1998). A walk in my world: International short stories about youth.

McCullers, C. (1991). Collected stories of Carson McCullers.

McCullers, C. (1971). Ballad of the sad café and other stories.

McKinley, R. (2002). Water: Tales of elemental spirits.

McNees, P. (1996). Contemporary Latin American short stories.

Meyer, S. H. & Meyer, J. (2001). Teen ink: Friends and family.

Miller, T. (1988). Joining In: An Anthology of Audience Participation Stories and How to Tell Them. Yellow Moon Press.

Milord, S. (1994). Tales Alive! Ten Multicultural Folktales with Activities. Williamson Publishing.

Moffett, J., & McElheny, K. (1989). Points of view: An anthology of short stories.

Mohr, N. (1993). El Bronx remembered: A novella and stories.

Monture, J. (1996). Cloudwalker: Contemporary Native American stories.

Moss, S. (1998). World’s shortest stories: Murder, love, horror, and suspense.

Myers, Walter Dean. (2001). 145th street: Short stories.

Naidoo, B. (2003). Out of bounds: Seven stories of conflict and hope.

Namioka, L. (1995). Join in: Multiethnic short stories by outstanding writers for young adults.

Novakovich, J., & Shapard, R. (Eds.) (2000). Stories in the stepmother tongue.

O. Henry. (1984). Forty one stories, vol. 41.

O’Connor, F. (1999). A good man is hard to find.

Oates, J. C (2003). Small avalanches and other stories.

Oates, J. C. (19 ). American gothic tales.

Oates, J.C. (19 ). Where I’ve been, and where I’m going.

Olsen, T. (1971). Tell me a riddle.

O’Rourke, F., & Carlson, E. (2002). The heavenly world series: Timeless baseball fiction.

Peyer, B.C. (Ed.) (1989). The singing spirit: Early short stories by North American Indians.

Poe, E.A. (1970). Great short works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Potok, C. (2000). Zebra and other stories.

Ravenel, S. (1996). Best of the South: From ten years of new stories from the South.

Reynolds, M. (1995). Beyond dreams.

Rice, D. (1996). Give the pig a Chance and other stories.

Riley, P. (1993). Growing up Native American: Stories of oppression and survival, of heritage denied and reclaimed — 22 American writers recall childhood in their native land.

Rochman, H. (1990). Somehow tenderness survives: Stories of Sourthern Africa.

Rochman, H. 1997. Who do you think you are?: Stories of friends and enemies.

Rylant, C. (1988). Every living thing.

Saldana, R. (2003). Finding our way.

Salinger, J. D. (1991). Nine stories.

Schinto, J. (1995). Show me a hero: Great contemporary stories about sports.

Schwartz, A. (1981). Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. HarperCollins.

Schwartz, A. (2001). Scary stories to tell in the dark: Collected from American folklore.

Singer, M. (1999). Stay true: Short stories for strong girls.

Snell, G. (2001). Thicker than water: Coming-of-age stories by Irish and Irish American writers.

Soloman, B. (1998). Other voices, other vistas: Short stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America.

Soto, G. (2000). Baseball in April and other stories.

Soto, G. (1993). Local news: A collection of stories.

Soto, G. (1998). Petty crimes.

Staudhohar, P. (1999). Boxing’s best short stories.

Stegner, W., & Stegner, M. (1985). Great American short stories. Storytelling.

Sullivan, P. (2002). Young adult short story competition 2001-2002.

Tashjian, V. (1973). With a Deep Sea Smile. Little, Brown.

Thomas, R. (1999). Doing time: Notes from the undergrad.

Trelease, J. (2001). Hey! Listen to this: Stories to readaloud.

Twain, M. (1990). The complete short stories of Mark Twain.

Updike, J., & Kenison, K. (Ed.) (1999). The best American short stories of the century.

Van Belkom, E. (2000). Be afraid!: Tales of horror.

Velde, V. (1997). Curses, Inc. and other stories.

Velde, V. (2001). Being dead.

Weiss, M. J. (2002). Big city cool: Short stories about urban youth.

Welty, E. (1999). Bloom.

Westall, R. (1997). Demons and shadows: The ghostly best stories of Robert Westall.

Williford, L. & Martone, M. (Eds.) (1999). The Scribner anthology of contemporary short fiction: Fifty North American stories since 1970.

Wolff, T. (1994). Vintage book of contemporary American short sStories.

Wolff, T. (Ed.). (2000). Best new American voices 2000. San Diego: Harcourt, 2000.

Yee, P. (2002). Dead man’s gold and other stories.

Yep, L. (1993). American dragons: Twenty-five Asian-American voices.

Yolan, J. (1986). Favorite Folktales from Around the World. Pantheon.

Yolen, J. (1997). Twelve impossible things before breakfast.

Yolen, J. (1998). Here there be ghosts.

Yolen, J. (2000). Sister Emily’s lightship and other stories.

Yolen, J. (2002). Vampires.

Young, C. (2002). One hot second: Stories about desire.

On-line Short Stories

The English Server Fiction Collection

ClassicReader.com

Classicauthors.net

Bartleby.com

Bibliomania.com

bygosh.com

Short Stories for English Courses

Folklore and mythology

Classic horror short stories

Gothic tales

20 Great American Short Stories

The Turn of the Screw

Fifty Famous People, James Baldwin

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

The Awakening and Selected Stories, Kate Chopin

The Blue Hotel, Steven Crane

The Pit and the Pendulum, Edgar Allan Poe

Winesburg, Ohio, Sherwood Anderson

Winesburg, Ohio, Sherwood Anderson

The Troll Garden and Other Stories, Willa Cather

One Basket — Thirty-one Short Stories

Tales of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Faith of Men and Other Stories, Jack London

Moon-Face and Other Stories, Jack London

When God Laughs and Other Stories, Jack London

Spoon River Anthology, Edgar Lee Masters

 

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