The Américas Award
Subtitle: honoring Latin@ children's and young adult literature of the Americas
By: edited by Laretta Henderson
Series: Children and youth in popular culture; Children and youth in popular culture
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781498501606
Subjects: American Young adult literature; Teenagers; Books and reading; Children's literature, American; Latin Americans in literature; Hispanic Americans in literature; Awards; In literature; Children; Américas Award
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Américas Award: Latino/a youth literature for the K-12 classroom / Laretta Henderson; title: Why does Latino/a youth literature matter? : how children and young adults learn about race / Erin Winkler; title: Envisioning tomorrow : the musings of Julie Kline on the history and future of the Américas Award / Ruth Quiroa; title: Educating for global competence through the Américas Award / Denise Woltering Vargas; title: The Américas Award, cultural competence, and the politics of publishing / Jamie Naidoo; title: Book awards, social responsibility and cultural contextualization / Laretta Henderson; title: The Américas Award books in early childhood education : reconceptualizing the conversation about diversity with pre-service teachers / Leanne Evans; title: Cultural and social justice issues in the Américas Award winning poetry anthologies / Vivian Yenika-Agbaw; title: Borders, home, spirituality, and language : sociopolitical themes in Latino/a children's literature 1990-2015 / Patricia Enciso and Carmen L. Medina; title: Border crossing : immigration in the Américas Award winning books / Ruth McKoy Lowery; title: The Américas Award on screen : promoting critical engagement with literature via multimodal composition / Candance M. Doerr-Stevens; title: The Américas Award on stage : a call for more Latino youth theater / Roxanne Schroeder-Arce; title: Translation and transformation : the status of Américas Award books translation in East Asia / Wooseob Jeong; title: Public library service to Latino/a communities / Colleen E. Marsh.