Reading and teaching with diverse nonfiction children's books : representations and possibilities / edited by Thomas Crisp, Suzanne M. Knezek, Roberta Price Gardner.

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"Argues for the importance of including in K-8 classrooms high-quality diverse books that accurately and authentically represent the world students live in and explores the ways in which engaging with diverse nonfiction children's literature provides opportunities to counter constricted curricula an...

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Other Authors: Crisp, Thomas, 1980- (Editor)
Knezek, Suzanne M., 1964- (Editor)
Gardner, Roberta Price, 1968- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Champaign, Illinois : National Council of Teachers of English, [2021]
Subjects:
Reading (Elementary) > United States.
Children's literature > Study and teaching (Elementary) > United States.
Multiculturalism in literature > Study and teaching (Elementary) > United States.
Multicultural education > United States.
Culturally relevant pedagogy > United States.
Teaching > Social aspects > United States.
Children's literature > Study and teaching (Elementary)
Culturally relevant pedagogy.
Multicultural education.
Reading (Elementary)
Teaching > Social aspects.
United States.
Physical Description:xxi, 223 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Foreword / Kathryn Au
  • Introduction : diverse nonfiction in PK-8 classrooms / Thomas Crisp, Suzanne M. Knezek, and Roberta Price Gardner
  • A critical multicultural analysis of power relationships in selected nonfiction picturebooks / Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
  • The case of Jean-Michel Basquiat; or, the impossibility of children's nonfiction / Perry Nodelman
  • Exploring the world of Latinx nonfiction children's literature / Jamie Campbell Naidoo and Ruth E. Quiroa
  • Indigenous nations in nonfiction / Debbie Reese and Betsy McEntarffer
  • Beyond the model minority and forever foreigner : asian american children's nonfiction / Noreen Naseem Rodríguez and Esther June Kim
  • Diverse African American nonfiction for children : the challenge of race, history, and genre / Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
  • Cultural dexterity through multiracial nonfiction / Amina Chaudhri
  • Religious holidays in nonfiction literature for young children / Denise Dávila and Sarah Elovich
  • Jewish American children's nonfiction / Rachel Kamin and Michele Widdes
  • Muslim American nonfiction literature / Karla J. Möller, Leila Tarakji, and Deborah J. Margolis
  • Reflecting, observing, participating : nonfiction books depicting individuals with disabilities / Sharon Black, Terrell Young, Mary Anne Prater, and Tina M. Taylor
  • From the sidelines to the Stonewall : LGBTQ+ nonfiction for early and middle grades readers / Jon M. Wargo and Joseph Madres
  • Coda / Stephanie R. Toliver.