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Representing Africa in Children’s Literature explores how African and Western authors portray youth in contemporary African societies, critically examining the dominant images of Africa and Africans in books published between…
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Twelve-year-old Bridget and her friends are excited when they get admitted into one of the most prestigious boarding secondary schools in Kumba, Cameroon. Passing exams is the least of their…
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African and African American Children’s and Adolescent Literature in the Classroom
This book explores competing discourses on youth culture in Africa and the diaspora. Contributors examine constructions of African/black youth cultural identities in literature, popular culture, and social media. Students and…
Examines how creative works have depicted what it means to be a deaf or hard of hearing child in the modern world. Scholars discuss wide-ranging subjects and themes, including growing…
This book focuses on challenges women of color experienced while teaching or pursuing administrative duties within the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Contributors provide academic tools and strategies to…
The essays discuss Black cultural retellings of traditional, European fairy tales. The tales are rich and diverse in perspective, illuminating stories such as Aesop’s fables, Cinderella, Rapunzel and Ananse. Stories…
This book offers a rationale for why educators should approach nonfiction literature for children from a critical stance.
The book examines social issues prevalent in nonfiction literature and texts for children, their impact on society, and offers ideas on how educators might guide students to engage these issues…
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A COMPANION TO CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
A collection of international, up-to-date, and diverse perspectives on children’s literary criticism
A Companion to Children’s Literature offers students and scholars studying children’s literature, education…
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The book discusses how learners might be guided to interact with texts in a creative but critically engaged and sustainable manner.
Adolescents Rewrite their Worlds offers alternative ways teachers can engage young adolescents with the writing process using literature. The contributors discuss the values of writing in twenty-first century classrooms and…
