1st Edition
Teaching Challenged and Challenging Topics in Diverse and Inclusive Literature Addressing the Taboo in the English Classroom
Foreword: The Necessity of Teaching Taboo Topics
Stergios Botzakis
Introduction
Rachelle S. Savitz, Leslie D. Roberts, and Jason DeHart
SECTION 1
1 Un Maravilloso, Dual-Language Read Aloud: Making Families Visible Through Testimony in the Primary Classroom
Beth A. Buchholz and Jean Carlos Garcia Reyes
2 What Makes You Unique?: Valuing Classroom Diversity Within Writing Instruction
Kate Bentley, Amy Broemmel, and M. Chris Douglass
3 Sliding the Glass Door: Making Time and Space for Difficult Conversations With Youth Through Multivoiced Young Adult Literature
Heather Waymouth, Keith Newvine, Sarah Fleming, Pamela Margolis, Sarah Mellon, and Tina Middaugh
SECTION 2
4 Exploring Gender Identity and Equity Through Lily and Dunkin
Jennifer S. Dail, Julie M. Koch, Shelbie Witte, and Lauren Vandever
5 Remixing for Relevance: Talking Gentrification in Pride
Brooke Bianchi-Pennington and Arianna Banack
6 Layering Discourse: Encouraging Diverse Perspectives in a High School Literature Class
Renee Stites Kruep and Lauren Popov
7 Curating Socially Just Classroom Libraries for Middle Grade Readers
Kristie W. Smith and Erica Adela Warren
SECTION 3
8 ‘I Don’t Understand, I Don’t Speak Spanish’: Exploring Linguistic and Cultural Differences Through Picture Books
Julia López-Robertson and Maria del Rocio Herron
9 Combating Ableism With Classroom Literature
Emily Poynter and Rachelle S. Savitz
10 Engaging Dynamic Discussions Through Storytelling
K. N., H. S., Amanda Carter, and Nayelee Villanueva
11 Cultivating Students’ Civic Agency Through Participation in a Social Justice-Themed Book Club as a Subversive Approach to Critical Literacy in Education
Elizabeth E. Schucker
12 Scattering Stars: Graphic Novel Book Studies With Middle Grades Students to Explore Refugee Stories
Rebecca Harper and Alicia Stephenson
Afterword: On Taboos and Teaching Them Anyway
Kimberly N. Parker
Biography
Rachelle S. Savitz is Associate Professor of Reading/Literacy at East Carolina University, USA.
Leslie D. Roberts is Assistant Professor of Reading at Georgia Southern University, USA.
Jason DeHart received his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
