1st Edition
Teaching Multicultural Children’s Literature in a Diverse Society From a Historical Perspective to Instructional Practice
Part I: Multicultural Education within Classroom Teaching 1. Creating Spaces of Freedom: Multicultural Education and Children’s Literature 2. Classroom Bibliotherapy to Support Social Emotional Learning: Increasing Inclusion, Kindness, and Understanding of Diversity 3. Children’s Literature in Immersive Technologies: Stories as Magical Spaces for Diversity and Inclusion 4. Critical Equity Literacies for Moving Beyond State and National Standards 5. Censorship: Book Challenges in Classrooms and School Libraries Part II: Diverse and Marginalized Groups of People 6. Exploring Social Class and Poverty through Children’s Literature 7. Reading the African American Family: The Exploration of the Historical-Political and Sociocultural Representation of African American Families in Picture Books 8. Southeast Asian Refugee Children’s Literature: A Pedagogical Tool to Juxtapose War and Migration 9. Celebrating Latinx Children’s Literature 10. Resilience, Courage, Relocation: Deepening Understanding About Immigrants and Refugees with Children’s Literature 11. A Critical Multicultural Call to Action: Culturally Responsive Teaching for Indigenous Populations 12. Using LGBTQ+ Children’s Literature to Create a Sense of Belonging for All Within Elementary Classrooms 13. Children/ YA Literature that Represents Disabilities and the Special Child 14. Religious Diversity through Children’s Literature 15. Supporting Children and Families Impacted by Incarceration through Multicultural Children’s Literature
Biography
AnnMarie Alberton Gunn is an Associate Professor of Literacy at the University of South Florida, U.S.A.
Susan V. Bennett is an Associate Professor of Literacy at the University of South Florida, U.S.A.
