Full Description
While there are several volumes that fall into the category of children's literature, there appears to be relatively few that explore the needs of bilingual learners and the linguistic and sociocultural context of Latino children's literature. This second edition continues to make a needed contribution by addressing the social, cultural, academic, and linguistic needs of bilingual learners who are still underserved through current school practices. In addition, this volume presents a balance of theory, research, and practice. It is our challenge, to make sure that we can speak to authentic multicultural Latino literature and to ensure its availability for all students. The book also aims to conceptualize the different forms of social knowledge that can serve as cultural resources for acquiring knowledge and transforming self and identity. Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children 2nd Edition will create a heightened awareness of the cultural and linguistic capital held by the Latino community, to increase Latino students' social capital through the design of critical pedagogical practices for Latino students, and for the formulation of a new perspective, that of Latino multicultural literature for children.
Contents
Preface: Derrumbando Fronteras/Breaking Boundaries
Ellen Riojas Clark and Belinda Bustos Flores
Foreword: Literature in the Lives of Latino Children
Alma Flor Ada
Acknowledgments
Part I. Framing the Discussions: Theory and Rationale
1 Multicultural Latino Children's Literature: Enriching the Lives and the
Learning of Latino Bilingual Learners
Ellen Riojas Clark, Belinda Bustos Flores, and Genevie C. Rodríquez-Quiñones
2 Exploring the Traditions of Latino Children's Literature: Beyond Tokenism to Transformation
Howard L. Smith, Belinda Bustos Flores, Daniel A. González, and Diana Estrada
Part II. Multicultural Children's Literature Representing Latino Realities
3 Beyond Candy Skulls and Latino Celebrations: Empowering Bilingual Latino Students' Identity Development with Diverse Culturally Relevant Literature
Jamie Campbell Naidoo and Ruth E. Quiroa
4 Cruzando Fronteras: Negotiating the Stories of Latino Immigrant and Transnational Children
Gilberto P. Lara, Patricia Sánchez, Janeth Martínez-Cortes, and Maité Landa
5 Using Children's Literature to Understand Values, Traditions, and Beliefs within Latino Family Systems
Mari Riojas-Cortez and Raquel Cataldo
6 Using Culturally Sustaining Literature for Latino Children in the Early Childhood Classroom
Ysaaca Axelrod and Cristina Gillanders
Part III. Multicultural Literature in the Content Areas: Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Mathematics
7 Embracing the Complexity of Language: Bringing All Forms of Knowledge into the Language Arts through Latino Children's Literature
Christina Passos DeNicolo
8 Día de Muertos: Authentic Cultural Representation in Children's Literature
Cecilia Perfecto
9 Dichos y Adivinanzas: Literary Resources that Enhance Science Learning and
Teaching in the Bilingual Classroom
María Guadalupe Arreguín and José Augustín Ruiz-Escalante
10 Tiempo y Cultura: Exploring Mathematics through Latino Stories
Carlos A. LópezLeiva and Yoo Kyung Sung
Part IV. Multiple Modes of Multicultural Children's Literature
11 Cultural Multiliteracies: Integrating Technology with Latino Children's Literature
Sonia N. Sánchez, Lucila D. Ek, Myriam Jimena Guerra, and Genevie C. Rodríquez-Quiñones
12 Técnica Con/Safos: Visual Iconography in Latino Picture Books as a Tool for Cultural Affirmation
Lettycia Terrones
13 Latino Children's Multicultural Literature and Literacy Practices as Social Imagination: Becoming a Culturally Efficacious Educator
Belinda Bustos Flores, Ellen Riojas Clark, Howard L. Smith, and Kenya Vargas
14 Cultivando Historias, Voces, y Raíces through Community Cultural Wealth and Oral History
Christian Valdez and Cori Salamerón
Part V. Dimensions of Cultural Heritage and Literacy
15 Latino Children's Literature: Iluminando el Significado de Nuestras Vidas y Cultura
Daniel Alejandro González and Claudia Treviño García
16 Una Fuente de Recursos: A Literary Guide for Children, Parents, and Educators
Daniel Alejandro González, Claudia Treviño García, Oralia Garza de Cortés, and Amanda A. Hernández
Index
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