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The Américas Award : honoring Latin@ children's and young adult literature of the Americas / edited by Laretta Henderson.
Van Pelt Library PS125.5.A46 A46 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Children and youth in popular culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Américas Award.
- Children's literature, American--Awards.
- Children's literature, American.
- Young adult literature, American--Awards.
- Young adult literature, American.
- Children--Books and reading--United States.
- Children.
- Children--Books and reading.
- United States.
- Teenagers--Books and reading--United States.
- Teenagers.
- Teenagers--Books and reading.
- Hispanic Americans in literature.
- Latin Americans in literature.
- Caribbean Area--In literature.
- Caribbean Area.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 216 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781498501606
- 1498501605
- OCLC:
- 933386001
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