The Américas Award : honoring Latin@ children's and young adult literature of the Americas /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Henderson, Laretta (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
Series:Children and yhouth in popular culture.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The Américas Award: Latino/a youth literature for the K-12 classroom / Laretta Henderson
  • Why does Latino/a youth literature matter? : how children and young adults learn about race / Erin Winkler
  • Envisioning tomorrow : the musings of Julie Kline on the history and future of the Américas Award / Ruth Quiroa
  • Educating for global competence through the Américas Award / Denise Woltering Vargas
  • The Américas Award, cultural competence, and the politics of publishing / Jamie Naidoo
  • Book awards, social responsibility and cultural contextualization / Laretta Henderson
  • The Américas Award books in early childhood education : reconceptualizing the conversation about diversity with pre-service teachers / Leanne Evans
  • Cultural and social justice issues in the Américas Award winning poetry anthologies / Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
  • Borders, home, spirituality, and language : sociopolitical themes in Latino/a children's literature 1990-2015 / Patricia Enciso and Carmen L. Medina
  • Border crossing : immigration in the Américas Award winning books / Ruth McKoy Lowery
  • The Américas Award on screen : promoting critical engagement with literature via multimodal composition / Candance M. Doerr-Stevens
  • The Américas Award on stage : a call for more Latino youth theater / Roxanne Schroeder-Arce
  • Translation and transformation : the status of Américas Award books translation in East Asia / Wooseob Jeong
  • Public library service to Latino/a communities / Colleen E. Marsh.