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Book SynopsisThis edited volume performs a critical analysis of the Américas Award, issues related to the content of the award-winning and honored books, and the contexts in which the books are used. It includes chapters by key scholars in the areas of youth literature in English, English Education, Library and Information Science, and Ethnic Studies.
Trade ReviewContaining essays from a range of critical viewpoints and perspectives on Latino/a children’s and young adult literature of the Americas, The Américas Award is...intellectually stimulating in ways that surpass the limited confines of its specialty subject matter.... By pulling together many disparate strands within this contentious field, the collection provides a timely and astute critique of the crisis of acculturation affecting American children’s literature today and its potentially devastating implications for multicultural awareness and harmony.... This volume, therefore, successfully shows the relevance of Latino/a literature not only as an important genre in its own right, but also as a lens through which to view the problems of race and culture that pervade American society, and as an example of the ways in which the children’s literature genre functions as a tool of acculturation and division.... The Américas Award: Honoring Latino/a Children’s and Young Adult Literature of the Americas provides an inspirational range of perspectives on the difficult question of multiculturalism for children. * International Research in Children’s Literature *
Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Américas Award: Latino/a Youth Literature for the K-12 Classroom Laretta Henderson Chapter 2: Why does Latino/a Youth Literature Matter? How Children and Young Adults Learn about Race Erin Winkler Chapter 3: Envisioning Tomorrow: The Musings of Julie Kline on the History and Future of the Américas Award Ruth Quiroa Chapter 4: Educating for Global Competence through the Américas Award Denise Woltering Vargas Chapter 5: The Américas Award, Cultural Competence, and the Politics of Publishing Jamie Naidoo Chapter 6: Book Awards, Social Responsibility and Cultural Contextualization Laretta Henderson Chapter 7: The Américas Award Books in Early Childhood Education: Reconceptualizing the Conversation about Diversity with Pre-service Teachers Leanne Evans Chapter 8: Cultural and Social Justice Issues in the Américas Award Winning Poetry Anthologies Vivian Yenika-Agbaw Chapter 9: Borders, Home, Spirituality, and Language: Sociopolitical Themes in Latino/a Children's Literature 1990-2015 Patricia Enciso and Carmen L. Medina Chapter 10: Border Crossing: Immigration in the Américas Award Winning Books Ruth McKoy Lowery Chapter 11: The Américas Award on Screen: Promoting Critical Engagement with Literature via Multimodal Composition Candance M. Doerr-Stevens Chapter 12: The Américas Award on Stage: A Call for More Latino Youth Theater Roxanne Schroeder-Arce Chapter 13: Translation and Transformation: The Status of Américas Award Books Translation in East Asia Wooseob Jeong Chapter 14: Public Library Service to Latino/a Communities Colleen E. Marsh Index About the Contributors
