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

    • Title: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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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Crisp, Thomas, 1980- editor.
      Knezek, Suzanne M., 1964- editor.
      Gardner, Roberta Price, 1968- editor.
    • Published/Created:Champaign, Illinois : National Council of Teachers of English, [2021]
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    • Library of Congress 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.
    • Description:xxi, 223 pages ; 24 cm
    • Summary:"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 and reposition the possibilities of pedagogical policies and mandates through centering the histories, lives, and cultures of historically marginalized and underrepresented people"-- Provided by publisher.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780814139974 paperback
      0814139973 paperback
      9780814139981 adobe electronic 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.
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