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Towards Transformative Justice: Cultivating Accountable Community and Empowering Solidarity in Language and Literacy Education
Vol. 17 No. 1 (2021)Editor’s Introduction
Editor’s Introduction: Transformation Through Radical Support
Conference Keynotes
Watch Dr. Battachary’s Welcome Speech, You Must Make the Injustice Visible
Racial Literacy Poetics for the Academy & Beyond
Watch Dr. Yang’s keynote address, Literacy for Solidarity: Or, How to Honor Ancestors Not Our Own
Academic Articles
“These Are Normal People”: White High School Students’ Responses to Interracial Literary Fiction
Disciplinary Literacy: Successes and Challenges of Professional Development
Collage Praxis: What Collage Can Teach Us about Teaching and Knowledge Generation
What Can Translation Do? Language, Power, and Identity in an Elementary Classroom
Chasing New Worlds: Stories of Roleplaying in Classroom Spaces
Academic Book Reviews
Lemieux, A. (2020). De/constructing literacies: Considerations for
Engagement. Peter Lang, Inc.Spires, H. A., Kerkhoff, S. N., & Paul, C. M. (2020). Read, write, inquire:
Disciplinary literacy in grades 6-12. Teachers College Press.Shelton, S. A., & Sieben, N. (Eds.). (2020). Narratives of hope and grief in
higher education. Palgrave Macmillan.Lau S.M.C., & Van Viegen S. (Eds.). (2020). Plurilingual Pedagogies: Critical
and Creative Endeavors for Equitable Language in Education. Springer.Ginsberg, R., & Glenn, W. J. (2019). Engaging with multicultural YA literature
in the secondary classroom: Critical approaches for critical educators.
Routledge.Children & Young adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Donnelly, R. (2020). Green machine: The slightly gross truth about turning your
food scraps into green energy. Henry Holt and Company.Kulka, J. (2019). Undercover ostrich. Carolrhoda Books.
Mathieu, J. (2019). The liars of Mariposa Island. Roaring Book Press.
Tharp, J. (2020). It’s okay to be a unicorn!. Imprint.
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
Poetry:Titles: “Repair Narratives Matter,” “On Translanguaging,” & “Incarceration Nation”
Title: “Speak Proper English,” “In a Nut Shell” & “Saying No”
Title: “Girl with Red” & “Mushroom”
Title: “Underpainting Quilt” & “On Memory”
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Embodied and Participatory Literacies
Vol. 11 No. 1 (2015)Editor's Introduction
Rethinking “Cookie Cutter” Literacy PracticesFeatured Articles
Multimodal Play and Adolescents: Notes on Noticing LaughterResearch Articles
Voices from the Field
Academic Book Reviews
Katz, M. (Eds.) (2013). Moving ideas: Multimodality and embodied learning in
communities and schools. New York, NY: Peter Lang.Jocson, K. (Eds.). (2013). Cultural transformations: Youth and pedagogies of
possibility. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.Leavy, P. (2013). American circumstance. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense
Publishers.Four Arrows (Jacobs, D. T.), England-Aytes, K., Cajete, G., Fisher, M., R.,
Mann, B. A., Mcgaa, E., & Sorensen, M. (2013). Teaching truly: A
curriculum to indigenize mainstream education. New York, NY: Peter
Lang Publishing.Lynch, P. (2013). After pedagogy: The experience of teaching. Urbana, IL:
CCCC/NCTE.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Giles, G. (2014). Girls like us. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.
Hidier, T. D. (2014). Bombay blues. New York, NY: Scholastic.
Dunkle, E. & Dunkle, C. (2015). Elena vanishing. San Francisco, CA:
Chronicle Books.Walton, W. (2015). Anything Could Happen. New York, NY: Scholastic.
Novak, B.J. (2014). The book with no pictures. New York, NY: Dial Books.
Picard, M. (2014). Jim Curious: A voyage to the heart of the sea in 3-D vision.
New York, NY: Abrams.Poetry & Arts
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Reimagining the Field
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2015)Editor's IntroductionResearch Articles
Voices from the Field
Academic Book Reviews
Armstrong, S. (2011). Information literacy: Navigating & evaluating today’s
media. (2nd ed.). Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education.Bligh, C. (2014). The silent experiences of young bilingual learners: A
sociocultural study into the silent period. Rotterdam, the Netherlands:
Springer.Greene, S. (2013). Race, community, and urban schools: Partnering with
African American families. New York, NY: Teacher’s College Press.Morrell, E. & Scherff, L. (2015). New directions in teaching English:
Reimagining teaching, teacher education, and research. New
York: Roman & Littlefield.Skerrett, A. (2015). Teaching transnational youth: Literacy and education in a
changing world. New York, NY: Teacher’s College Press.Majors, Y. J. (2015). Shoptalk: Lessons in teaching from an African
American hair salon. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Perez, A. H. (2015). Out of darkness. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing
Group.Stiefvater, M., Gratton, T., & Yovanoff, B. (2015). Anatomy of curiosity.
Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group.Mateo, J. M. (2014). Migrant. New York, NY: Abrams Publishing.
John, J. & Barnett, M. (2015). The terrible two. New York, NY: Abrams
Publishing.Roberson, R., & Shannon, D. (2015). Hiawatha and the peacemaker. New
York, NY: Abrams Publishing.Poetry & Arts
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Community Engaged Literacies
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2016)Editor's Introduction
Lived Words and Worlds: Community Engaged LiteraciesResearch Articles
Reading and Writing with a Public Purpose: Fostering Middle School Students’ Academic and Critical Community Literacies through DebateAcademic Book Reviews
Nieto, S. (2015). Brooklyn dreams: My life in public education.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.Tyler, A. (2012). Cognitive linguistics and second language learning:
Theoretical basics and experimental evidence. New York:
Routledge.Bass, W. L., & Sibberson, F. (2015). Digital reading: What’s essential in grades
3-8. Urbana, IL: NCTE.McCann, T. M., D’Angelo, R., Galas, N., & Greska, M., (2015). Literacy and
history in action: Immersive approaches to disciplinary thinking, grades 5-12.
New York: Teachers College Press.Garcia, A., & O’Donnell-Allen, C. (2015). Pose, wobble, flow: A culturally
proactive approach to literacy instruction. New York: Teacher’s College
Press.Ayers, R., and Ayers, W. (2014). Teaching the taboo: Courage and
imagination in the classroom. New York, NY: Teachers
College Press.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Elementary School BookMitchell, M. (2015). The magician’s hat. Athens, GA: Read With Malcolm,
Elementary to Middle School Books
Inc.Bell, C. (2014). El deafo. New York, NY: Abrams Publishing.
Trousdale, A. M. (2015). Cotton patch rebel: The story of Clarence Jordan.
Middle School Books
San Jose, CA: Resource Publications.Martin, A. (2014). Rain, reign. New York, NY: Feiwel & Friends.
Young, J. (2015). Promise. Ann Arbor, MI: Sleeping Bear Press.
High School BooksKeyser, A. (2015). The way back from broken. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda
Lab, a division of Lerner Publishing Company.Sommer, B. & Tilghman, N. H. (2015). A 52-hertz whale. Minneapolis, MN:
Lerner Publishing Group.Poetry & Arts
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Intentional Meaning: Exploring How We Read and Write Our Worlds
Vol. 16 No. 2 (2016)Editors' Introduction
Intentional Meaning: Exploring How We Read and Write Our WorldsAcademic Articles
Voices from the Field
Ctrl F: A Scholar’s Tips for Delving into the World of Creative WritingAcademic Book Reviews
Hill, M.L. (2016). Nobody: Casualties of America’s war on the vulnerable, from
Ferguson to Flint and beyond. New York, NY: Atria BooksPearson, P. D., & Hiebert, E. H. (Eds.). (2015). Research-based practices for
teaching Common Core literacy. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.Fu, D. & Matoush, M. (2015). Focus on literacy. Oxford key concepts for the
language classroom. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.Mack, N. (2015). Engaging writers with multigenre research projects: A
teacher’s guide. 1- 128. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.Fisher, P., Bates, A., & Gurvitz, D. J. (2014). The complete guide to tutoring
struggling readers: Mapping interventions to purpose and CCSS. New
York, NY: Teachers College Press.Landsman, J., Salcedo, R., & Gorski, P. (2015). Voices for diversity and social
justice: A literary education anthology. Lanham, MD: Rowman &
Littlefield.Bezemer, J., & Kress, G. (2016). Multimodality, learning and communication: A
social semiotic frame. London, UK: Routledge.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Biggs, B. (2016). Tinyville Town Gets to Work. New York, NY: Abrams
Appleseed.Robinson, F. (2016). Ada’s Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World’s First
Middle School Books
Computer Programmer. New York, NY:Abram’s Books for Young
Readers.Lee, J.M. (2016). Jim Henson’s Shadows of the Dark Crystal. New York, NY:
Grosset & Dunlap.Grau, S. (2016). The Boy with 17 Senses. New York, NY: Amulet Books.
High School BooksWagner, L.R. (2015). Hold Tight, Don’t Let Go: A Novel of Haiti. New York,
NY: Amulet Books.Turtschaninoff, M. (2016). The Red Abbey Chronicles Maresi. New York
City, NY: Amulet Books.Poetry & Arts
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Out of the Box and Into the Margins
Vol. 13 No. 1 (2017)Editors' Introduction
Exploring the Space Outside the Box and Inside the Margins
Voices from the Field
Critical Literacy and Transgender Topics in an Upper Elementary Classroom: A Portrait of Possibility
Featured Articles
Representations of Adoption in Contemporary Realistic Fiction for Young Adults
Academic Book Reviews
Brozo, W. G., Moorman, G., & Meyer, C. (2014). WHAM! Teaching
with Graphic Novels Across the Curriculum. New York, NY:
Teachers College Press.Gorski, P. (2013). Reaching and teaching students in poverty: Strategies for
erasing the opportunity gap. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.Mathis, W & Trujillo, T. (Eds.). (2016). Learning from the Federal Market-
Based Reforms: Lessons for the Every Student Succeeds Act. Charlotte,NC: Information Age Publishing.Paris, D., & Winn, M. T. (Eds.). (2014). Humanizing research: Decolonizing
qualitative inquiry with youth and communities. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage.Whitaker, T., Zoul, J., & Casas, J. (2015). What connected educators do
differently. New York, NY: Routledge.Marinak, B. A., Gambrell, L. B., & Mazzoni, S. A. (2013). Maximizing
motivation for literacy learning: Grades K-6. New York, NY: The Guilford
Press.Wolter, D. L. (2015). Reading upside down: Identifying and addressing
opportunity gaps in literacy instruction. New York, NY: Teachers College
Press.Sangster, M. (Eds). (2015). Challenging perceptions in primary education:
Exploring issues in practice. London, UK: Bloomsbury.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Local Author Spotlight
Elementary School Books
Wilhelm, D. (2016). Treasure Town. Weybridge, VT: Long Stride Books.
Angleberger, T., & Bell, C. (2016). Inspector Flytrap. New York, NY: Harry N.
Abrams.Angleberger, T., & Bell, C. (2016). Inspector flytrap in the president’s mane is
missing. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams.Middle School Books
Farrell, M.C. (2016). Fannie never flinched: One woman’s courage in the struggle for
American labor union rights. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams.Angleberger, T., & Dellinger, P. (2016). Fuzzy. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams.
High School Books
Sky, E.M., & Brown, S. (2017). The intuitives. Franklin, GA: Trash Dogs Media LLC.
Hardinge, F. (2016). The lie tree. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams.
poetry & Art
Sarah’s First Visit to Shanghai
International Student Learns about American Chinese Food
Manifesto: The Mad Teacher Liberation Front
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Engaging Conversations
Vol. 13 No. 2 (2017)Editor's Introduction Editor’s Introduction: Engaging ConversationsAcademic Articles
Featured Articles
Reciprocity of Student and Teacher Discourse Practices in Monologically and Dialogically Organized Text DiscussionVoices from the Field
The Multiple Identities and Literacies of Black Girlhood: A Conversation About Creating Spaces for Black Girl VoicesAcademic Book Reviews
Baglieri, S. (2017). Disability Studies and the Inclusive Classroom: Critical
Practices for Embracing Diversity in Education. (2nd ed.) New York:
Routledge.Short, K. G., Johnson, H., Mathis, J. (Eds.). (2017). Critical content analysis of
children’s and young adult literature: Reframing perspective. London, UK:
Routledge.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Sutton, L. P. (2016). I Love You Americanly. Tulsa, OK: Kane Miller.
Sanna, F. (2016). The Journey. London, England: Flying Eye Books.
Alvarez, L. (2016). Nightlights. New York, NY: Nobrow Press.
Harnett, K. (2017). Ivy and the Lonely Raincloud. London, England: Flying Eye
Books.Brown, C. (2016). On the Space Station. Tulsa, OK: Kane Miller.
Middle School BooksAnderson, M. T. (2017). Landscape with Invisible Hand. Sommerville, MA:
Candlewick PressGratz, A. (2017). Refuge. New York, NY: Scholastic Press.
DeVita, J. (2015). The Silenced. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions.
Healy, L. (2016). How to Survive in the North. New York, NY: Nobrow Press.
Dunkle, E. & Dunkle, C. B. (2016). Elena Vanishing: A Memoir. San Francisco, CA:
Chronicle Books.Gough, E. (2017). Get It Together, Delilah!. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
Poetry, Fiction, & Bisual Arts
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Reframing Pedagogical Practices and Literacy Research: Teaching to the Future
Vol. 14 No. 1 (2018)Editor's IntroductionScholarly Articles
Conference Keynote Articles and videos
Toward a Theory of the Dark Fantastic: The Role of Racial Difference in Young Adult Speculative Fiction and Media Video: The Dark Fantastic featuring Ebony Thomas Video: Reframing Anti-Bullying Education featuring Little Rock Nine Civil Rights Icon Elizabeth Eckford, Eurydice Stanley, and Grace StanleyResearch Articles
Teaching for Deep Learning in a Second-Grade Literacy ClassroomAcademic Book Reviews
Dobbs, C. L., Ippolito, J., and Charner-Laird, M. (2017). Investigating
Disciplinary Literacy: A Framework for Collaborative Professional
Learning. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.Hamel, F.L. (2017). Choice and agency in the writing workshop: Developing
engaged writers, grades 4-6. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.Nieto, S. (2018). Language, culture, and teaching: Critical perspectives (3rd ed).
New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Madison, E. (2015). Newsworthy: Cultivating critical thinkers, readers, and
writers in the language arts classroom. New York, NY: Teachers College
Press.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Spotlight Interview with Nadeen Al Rifaei and Ean Fulks about their experience of writing reading, writing, and publishing in JoLLE together. Picture Book ReviewsMessner, K. (2017). Over and under the pond. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
Rubbino, S. (2017). A walk in New York. Sommerville, MA: Candlewick Press.
Ørbeck-Nilssen, C. (2016). Why am I here?. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books
for Young Readers.Lamothe, M. (2017). This is how we do it. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
Dean, J. (2016). Pete the cat: Snow Daze. New York, NY: HarperCollins.
McGoran, J. (2017). Spliced. New York, NY: Holiday House.
Deacon, A. (2016). Geis: A matter of life and death. New York, NY: Nobrow Press.
Carmack, C. (2018). Roar. New York, NY: Tor Teen.
Senghor, S. (2016). Writing my wrongs: Life, death, and redemption in an American
prison. New York, NY: Convergent Books.Sky, E.M., & Brown, S. (2017). The Wendy. Franklin, GA: Trash Dogs Media.
Ahmed, S. (2018). Love, hate, & other filters. New York, NY: Soho Teen.
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
Poetry:
“No Rubric,” “Poetry Reading in Room 415,” and “Aesthetic Experience”
“I Never Realized ‘Violence’ Rhymed with ‘Silence’ Until” and “The Sacred Backwards”
“Can’t,” “There Would Be Music,” and “A Child, Quite Alone”
Fiction:
“Tales from an American Theme Park: A One-Act”
Art:
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Energizing and Resonant Possibilities
Vol. 14 No. 2 (2018)Editor's Introduction
Editor’s Introduction: Energizing and Resonant PossibilitiesAcademic Articles
Research Articles
Voices from the Field
“But Isn’t the Teacher Supposed to Tell Us?”: Drawing Out Transactional Reading Processes Through TransmediationAcademic Book Reviews
Yoshihara, R. (2017). The socially responsible feminist EFL classroom: A
Japanese perspective on identities, beliefs and practices. Blue Ridge
Summit, PA: Multilingual Matters.Beers, K., & Probst, R.E. (2017). Disrupting thinking: Why how we
read matters. New York, NY: Scholastic.Orellana, M. F. (2016). Immigrant children in transcultural
spaces: Language, learning, and love. New York: Routledge.Graves, M. F. (2016). The Vocabulary Book: Learning and Instruction (2nd ed.). New
York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Newkirk, T. (2017). (Embarrassment) and the emotional underlife of learning.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.Ryan, C.L., & Hermann-Wilmarth, J.M. (2018). Reading the rainbow:
LGBTQ-inclusive literacy instruction in the elementary classroom.
New York, NY: Teachers College Press.Poetter, T. S., & Waldrop, K. (Eds.). (2015). Curriculum windows:
What curriculum theorists of the 1970s can teach us about schools and
society today. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.Sarigianides, S. T., Petrone, R., & Lewis, M. A. (2017). Rethinking the
“adolescent” in adolescent literacy. Urbana, IL: National Council of
Teachers of English.Zaidi, R., & Rowsell, J. (Eds.). (2017). Literacy Lives in Transcultural Times.
New York, NY: Routledge.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Picture Book ReviewsHoward, A. (2017). Dinosaur Empire!: Journey through the Mesozoic
Era. New York, NY: Amulet Books.Byers, Grace (2018). I am enough. New York, NY: HarperCollins
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
Poetry:
“For the Man Who Loved Dalí and Pink Floyd,” “Printmaking,” and “Uniambic”
Visual Art:
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Breaking Down Walls: Teaching and Learning Through and Across Boundaries
Vol. 15 No. 1 (2019)Editor's IntroductionEditor’s Introduction: Breaking Down Walls: Teaching and Learning Through and Across Boundaries
Conference Keynote Article and Videos
Some Parallels Between Written and Visual Literacy Learning
Video: Beautiful Oops!: Some Parallels Between Written and Visual Literacy Learning
Video: Laughing Across the Borders: Playful Possibilities in Teaching and Inquiry
Academic Articles
Trusting Students’ Voices in Critical English Education
Issues of Validity, Subjectivity, and Reflexivity in Multimodal Literacy Research and Analysis
“I Feel Normal Here”: The Social Functions of a Book Club in a Residential Recovery Program
Breaking Binaries: #BlackGirlMagic and the Black Ratchet Imagination
Voices from the Field
Loud and Clear: Using the Graphic Novel to Challenge the Status Quo in Content Area Literacy
Academic Book Reviews
Mirra, N. (2018). Educating for empathy: Literacy learning and civic engagement. New York,
NY: Teachers College Press.Goble, E. (2017). Visual phenomenology: Encountering the sublime through images. New
York, NY: Routledge.Goldberg, G. (2019). Teach like yourself: How authentic teaching transforms our students and
ourselves. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Makalela, L. (2018). Shifting lenses: Multilanguaging, decolonisation and education in the
Global South. Cape Town, South Africa: The Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS).Kay, M. (2018). Not light, but fire: How to lead meaningful race
conversations in the classroom. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.You, X. (Ed.). (2018). Transnational writing education: Theory,
history and practice. New York, NY: Routledge.Boyd, A. S. (2017). Social justice literacies in the English classroom:
Teaching practice in action. New York, NY: Teachers College
Record.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
SpotlightInterview with Author and Illustrator Hyewon Yum
Picturebook ReviewsCumming, P., & Devris, S. (2017). Boy. New York, NY: Scholastic.
McCarthy, J., & Benson, P. (2017). The stone bird. London, UK:
Andersen Press.McCullough, J. (2018). Blood, water, paint. New York, NY: Dutton
Books for Young Readers.Avecedo, E. (2017). Poet X. New York, NY: HarperCollins
Ahmed, S. (2018). Love, Hate, and Other Filters. New York, NY: Soho
TeensPoetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
“After reading Number the Stars”
“Twenty-Six Letters” & “Fear of Writing”
“Our Priorities are Backwards”
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Doing the Work: Moving Past What We Already Know to Enact Change in Language and Literacy Education
Vol. 16 No. 1 (2020)Editor’s Introduction
Doing the Work: Moving Past What We Already Know to Enact Change in Language and Literacy Education
Conference Keynote Articles and Videos
We Been Knowin’: Toward an Antiracist Language and Literacy Education
Video:https://youtu.be/kGKyzewX6mY
On Knowing: Willingness, Fugitivity, and Abolition in Precarious Times
Video:https://youtu.be/rcoC_TFfn0Y
Academic Articles
Identifying Promising Literacy Practices for Black Males in P-12 Classrooms: An Integrative Review
Playful Images and Truthful Words: Eight-Graders Respond to Shaun Tan’s Stick Figures
Voices from the Field
Seeing and Nurturing Young Children’s Reading Identities
Academic Book Reviews
Charest, B. & Sjostrom, K. (2019). Unsettling education: Searching for ethical
footing in a time of reform. New York, NY: Peter Lang.Scanlan, M., Hunter, C., & Howard, E. R. (2019). Culturally and linguistically
responsive education: Designing networks that transform schools.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.Bentley, D. F. & Souto-Manning, M. (2019). Pre-K stories: Playing with
authorship and integrating curriculum in early childhood. New York, NY:
Teachers College Press.Dutro, E. (2019). The vulnerable heart of literacy: Centering trauma as powerful
pedagogy. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.Bishop, P. A., Downes, J. M., & Farber, K. (2019). Personalized learning in the
middle mrades: A guide for classroom teachers and school leaders.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.Thomas. E. E. (2019). The dark fantastic: Race and the imagination from Harry
Potter to The Hunger Games. New York, NY: New York University Press.Borsheim-Black, C., & Sarigianides, S. T. (2019). Letting go of literacy
Whiteness: Antiracist literature instruction for White students. New
York, NY: Teachers College Press.Moore, C., & Palmer, C. C. (2019). Teaching the history of the English language.
New York, NY: Modern Language Association.Pyles, D. G., Rish, R. M., & Warner, J. (2019). Negotiating place and space
through digital literacies: Research and practice. Charlotte, NC:
Information Age Publishing, Inc.Cordero, C. (2018). Superhero Levi. Zeeland, MI: Flywheel Books.
Shi, Q. (2018). The weaver. London, UK: Andersen Press Ltd.
Sanders, R., & Salerno, S. (Illustrator). (2018). Pride: The story of Harvey Milk and
the rainbow flag. New York, NY: Random House Books for Young Readers.Underwood, D., & Chan, I. (Illustrator). (2019). Finding kindness. New York, NY:
Henry Holt and Company.Perkins, M., & Palacios, S. (Illustrator). (2019). Between us and abuela. New York,
NY: Farrar Straus Giroux.Baron, C. (2019). All of me. New York, NY: Feiwel and Friends.
Pullman, P. (2019). The book of dust: The secret commonwealth (The book of dust
Vol. 2). New York, NY: Knopf Books for Young Readers.Searle, S. W. (2019). Sincerely, Harriet. Minneapolis, MN: Graphic Universe.
Goo, M. (2019). Somewhere only we know. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Inc.Hale, S., & Pham, L. (Illustrator). (2019). Best friends. New York, NY: First Second.
Wang, J., & Pien, L. (Illustrator). (2019). Stargazing. New York, NY: First Second.
Perry, R. (2019). Last of the name. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books.
Anderson, M. T. (2019). Landscape with invisible hand. Somerville, MA: Candlewick
Press.Burkhart, K. (2018). Honor Code. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group.
Sky, E. M., & Brown, S. The navigator. Carrollton, GA: Trash Dogs Media.
Poetry“The Duality of Education and the complexity of Being Literate”
Idiom Artwork Project, Compiled by Krista Dean, Art Teacher at Chase Street Elementary, Athens, GA
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Resisting “Normality” through Community Reciprocity
Vol. 17 No. 2 (2021)Editor’s Introduction
Editor’s Introduction: Resisting “Normality” through Community Reciprocity
Academic Articles
Research Articles
Teaching and Assessing Early Literacy during COVID-19 and Beyond
The Black Box: Close Reading Literary Life
Embodied Literacies of Sexuality and Gender of College Students
Reconfiguring Literacies in the Age of Misinformation and Disinformation
Voices from the Field
Can(n)non Fodder No More: Disrupting Common Arguments that Support a Canonical Empire
Magic Water: The Symbolic and Healing Nature of Water in Black Children’s Literature
Academic Book Reviews
Ticknor, A. S., Howard, C., & Overstreet, M. (2021). It's not "one more thing":
Culturally responsive and affirming strategies in K-12 literacy classrooms.
Rowman & Littlefield.Hobbs, R. (2020). Media literacy in action: Questioning the media. Rowman &
Littlefield.Godfrey, L. (2019). Hemingway in the digital age: Reflections on teaching,
reading, and understanding. The Kent State University Press.Srinivasan, M. (2019). SEL every day: Integrating social and emotional
learning with instruction in secondary classrooms. Norton.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Yoo, P. (2021). From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that
Galvanized the Asian American Movement. Norton Young Readers.Maillard, K. N., & Martinez-Neal, J. (Illustrator) (2019). Fry Bread: A Native
American Family Story. Roaring Brook Press.Barbosa, B., & Rodriguez, E. (Illustrator) (2020). I am!: Affirmations for resilience.
Rise x Penguin Workshop.Davids, S., Mays, N. K., & Pawis-Steckley, J. M. (Illustrator) (2021). Sharice’s big
Young Adult Book Reviews
voice: A Native kid becomes a congresswoman. HarperCollins.Pitcher, C. (2020). Lies Like Poison. Margaret K. McElderry Books.
Suk, S. (2021). Made in Korea. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
PoetryTitle: “It Just Feels Different”
Title: “Teachers Worry, Too”
Title: “More Than a Class (Poetry for Two Voices)”
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Language and Literacy through International Citizenship Education
Vol. 18 No. 1 (2022)Editor’s Introduction
Editor’s Introduction: Language and Literacy through International Citizenship Education
Conference Keynote Videos and Reflection
Conference Reflection by the Conference Chair
Academic Articles
Research Articles
Relational Narrating: Supporting a Reluctant Writer in Writing Workshop
Youth Testimony to Contend with Trauma
Representations of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Rural Ways of Being in Picture Books for Children
“I Couldn’t Sleep”: Tension in Preservice Teacher Writing Instruction
Language, Literacy, and Love: A Critical Framework for Teaching Adolescent Emergent Bilinguals
Voices from the Field
Disciplinary Literacy Strategies to Support Transactions in Elementary Social Studies
Academic Book Reviews
Ladson-Billings, G. (2021) Critical race theory in educations: A scholar’s
journey. Teachers College Press.Brown, C.P. (2021). Resisting the KINDER-RACE: Restoring joy to early
learning. Teachers College Press.Campbell-Whatley, G.D., Rodriguez, D. & Agrawal, J. (2021). STEAM meets
story: Using adolescent fiction and film to spark deeper learning. Teachers
College Press.Boyles, N. (2020). Classroom reading to engage the heart & mind: 200+ picture
books to start SEL conversations. W.W. Norton & Company.Colwell, J., Hutchison, A., & Woodward, L. (2021). Digitally supported
disciplinary literacy for diverse K-5 classrooms. Teachers College Press.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Wang, A., & Chin, J. (Illustrator) (2021). Watercress. Neal Porter Books.
Cornwall, G., & Cornwall, G. (Illustrator) (2020). Jabari Tries. Scholastic Inc.
Pilkey, D., & Pilkey, D. (Illustrator) (2021). Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives.
Graphix.Yang, K. K., & Wada, R. (Illustrator) (2021). From the Tops of the Trees.
Carolrhoda Books.Sala, L., & Hoang, Z. G. (Illustrator) (2021). Mi Casa Is My Home. Candlewick.
Bates, J. C. & Ford, A. G. (Illustrator) (2021). Time for Best, Old House. Candlewick.
Young Adult Book Reviews Thakur, S. (2020). Somebody Give This Heart a Pen. Candlewick.Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
Poetry
Title: “My Open Wound” & “My Librarian”
Title: “Shakespeare 是什麼?”
Titles: “An Attempt to Hold a Mirror to Zaffar Kunial’s ‘The Word'”
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Navigating Through the Challenges
Vol. 18 No. 2 (2022)Editor’s Introduction
Editor’s Introduction: Navigating Through the Challenges
Academic Articles
Research Articles
Applying an Intersectional Framework to the Literacy Worlds of Preservice Teachers
“We Shall Take Their Children Away and Rear Them to the
Fatherland”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of a “Parent Advocacy” GroupNeoliberalism, Critical Literacy, and the Everyday: A Post-Qual Informed Multi-Genre Inquiry
Considering Collective Motivation to Read: A Narrative, Inquiry
The Influences of Teacher Knowledge on Qualitative Writing Assessment
Scholars Speak Out
Do You Want to Make a TikTok? Is It Time to BeReal?: Gen Z, Social Media, and Digital Literacies
Towards Linguistic and Disability Justice in Education
A Critical Pedagogy for Love and Healing Toward Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia
Academic Book Reviews
Chavez, F. R. (2021). The anti-racist writing workshop: How to decolonize the
creative classroom. Haymarket Books.García, O., & Kleifgen, J.A. (2018). Educating emergent bilinguals: Policies,
programs, and practices for English learners (2nd ed.). Teachers College
Press.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Joseph, F., & Joseph, P. (2022). Better than we found it: Conversations to help
save the world. Candlewick Press.
Kulka, J. (2019). Undercover ostrich. Carolrhoda Books.
Cherrix, A., & Goodale, E. B. (2022). Good Night, Little Bookstore. Candlewick.
Hesse, K., & Voake, C. (2022). Granny and Bean. Candlewick.
Blackburne, L., & Kuo, J. (2021). I Dream of Popo. Amsterdam University Press
Griffin, N., & Hindley, K. (2022). Smashie McPerter and the Shocking Rocket Robbery (Smashie
McPerter Investigates). Candlewick.
poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
Visual Art
Life Cycle of Language: From Child to Adult
Poetry
Title: Master Teacher: American History X & I Don’t Wanna Teach No More
Listen:
American History X- Spoken Word:
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Decolonizing and Humanizing Practices in Education
Vol. 19 No. 1 (2023)Editor’s Introduction Editor’s Introduction: Decolonizing and Humanizing Practices in EducationAcademic Articles
Research Articles
Voices from the Field
Scholars Speak Out
Academic Book Reviews
Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Hayden, C. (2022). The First Thing About You.
Nicholls, Sally (2022). Silent stars go by. Walker Books
Wolf, A. (2022). The snow fell three graves deep: Voices from the Donner Party.
Candlewick Press.Morris, B. (2021). The cost of knowing. Simon Pulse.
Slack, M. H. (2022). The sun shines on the jungle. Walker Books Ltd.
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
Poetry
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The Intersection of Identities, Texts, and Activism
Vol. 19 No. 2 (2023)Editor's Introduction
Editor’s Introduction: The Intersection of Identities, Texts, and Activism
Research Articles
Multiple Pathways to Perspectival Learning: Children’s Literature in Preservice Teacher Education
The Gradual Release of the Canonical Grasp: An Exercise in Excavation
The Bilingual Literacy Development Model: A Holistic Way to Support Spanish-speaking Children
Voices from the Field
Guided Self-Selection of Texts to Empower Teachers and Students
Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Jenny, L. (2023). Everyone Loves Lunchtime but Zia. Alfred A. Knopf.
Jacqueline, W. (2023). Remember Us. Penguin Random House LCC.
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
Non-Fiction Story
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Multiliteracies as Pedagogy: Connecting, Advocating, Resisting
Vol. 20 No. 1 (2024)Editor’s Introduction
Editor’s Introduction: Multiliteracies as Pedagogy: Connecting, Advocating, Resisting
Research Articles
Tatum’s Social Media Activism as Multiliteracies: Connecting, Advocating, and Resisting Social InjusticesConceptual/Theoretical Article
Voices from the Field
Pedagogy and Practice: Creating Spaces for Multilingual Learners to Create and Belong
Scholars Speak Out
Who am I? What am I? Why am I? How am I? Where am I? Transnational Raciosemiolingual Exceptionalism and the Schizophrenic Exotism of LiteraciesAcademic Book Reviews
Spence, L., & Mitra, A. (2023). Educational neuroscience for literacy teachers.
Routledge.Smith, P. (2023). Black immigrant literacies: Intersections of race, language,
and culture in the classroom. Teachers College Press.CYAL Book Reviews
Thompkins-Bigelow, J. (2022). Abdul’s Story. Simon & Schuster
Juana, M. (2023). Alma and How She Got Her Name. Candlewick Press.
Medina, M. (2022). Merci suárez plays it cool. Candlewick Press.
Gabriela, B. (2023). Only for a Little While. HarperCollins Publishers
Schu, J. & Castillo, L. (2023). This is a story. Candlewick Press.
Maurene, G. (2023). Throwback. Zando.
Jenny, S. (2022). With Lots of Love. Penguin Young Readers Group.
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
Creative Non-FictionWinter Conference Reflection
Ngoc My (Michelle) Tran and Taylor Blankstein-Miller, Co-Conference Chairs
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Questioning Our Practices for a More Hopeful Future
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2014)Editor's Introduction
Research Articles
I Hope it Still Counts as Reading: The Cultural Production of Reading(s), Social Relations and Values in a Research InterviewVoices from the Field
Academic Book Reviews
Fisher, D., Frey, N., & Lapp, D. (2012). Text complexity: Raising rigor in
reading. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.Oczkus, L.D. (2012). Best ever literacy survival tips: 72 lessons you can’t teach
without. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.Campos, D. (2012). Educating Latino boys: An asset-based approach.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.Chappell, S. V., & Faltis, C. J. (2013). The arts and emergent bilingual youth:
Building culturally responsive, critical and creative education in school
and community contexts. New York, NY: Routledge.Dunn, P.A. (2001). Talking, sketching, moving: Multiple literacies in the
teaching of writing. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Heinemann.Podesva, R. J., & Sharma, D. (Eds). (2013). Research methods in linguistics.
New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Elementary Level BooksRoberts, J. (2014). The smallest girl in the smallest grade. Illus. by Christian
Robinson. New York: NY: Putnam Juvenile Press.Javaherbin M. (2013). Soccer star. Illus. by Renalto Alarcao. Somerville, MA:
Candlewick PressStavans, I. (2013). Golemito. Illus. by Teresa Villegas. Montgomery, AL: New
Elementary to Middle Grades Books
South Books.Bowker, P. (2014). Playing pro football. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing
Middle Grades Books
Group.Abirached, Z. (2014). I remember Beirut. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing
Group.Burg, A (2013). Serafina’s promise. New York: Scholastic Press
Woodson, J. (2014). brown girl dreaming. New York, NY: Nancy Paulsen
High School Books
Books.Farizan, S. (2013). If you could be mine. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Young
Readers.Poetry & Arts
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Empathy Beyond Sympathy: Rediscovering Humanity
Vol. 20 No. 2 (2024)Editor’s Introduction | Empathy Beyond Sympathy: Rediscovering Humanity
JoLLE 2025 Winter Conference Proposal Submission and Registration
Research Articles
Using Self-Reflection to Improve Racial Literacy: One White ELL Teacher's Journey by Nicole R. Misra
Conceptual/Theoretical Article
Critical Literacy Needs Narrative Discourse by Robert Jean LeBlanc
Voices from the Field
Scholars Speak Out
Madrasas and English Language Teaching by Yasir Hussain and Luis Javier Pentón Herrera
Children and Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
Tokyo Night Parade reviewed by Joanna Meyer and Mia Meyer
I am Golden reviewed by Sarah-Anne Hammer and Hosanna Hammer
Dreamers reviewed by Sarah-Anne Hammer and Hosanna Hammer
A Thousand Steps Into Night reviewed by Jason Kelley
Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation reviewed by Jason Kelley
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JoLLE
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2011)Editor
Amber M. Simmons
Associate Editor
Dawan Coombs
Book Review Editor
Elizabeth E.G. Friese
Associate Book Review Editor
Jairus-Joaquin Matthews
Features
Voices from the Field
Book Review
-Review of the book Rethinking education in the age of technology: The digital revolution and schooling in America, by A. Collins & R. Halverson (2009) Vokatis, B. (2011)
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Entering the Conversation: The Literacy Coaching Special Issue
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2007)Editors' Introduction
Features
Voices from the Field
Book Reviews
Smith, A. (2007). Book review. Journal of Language and Literacy Education [Online], 3(1), 82-86.
Oliver, K. (2007). Book Review. Journal of Language and Literacy Education [On-line], 3(1), 91-94.
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Foreign Language Education
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2008)Responses to the Modern Language Association’s Report
“Foreign Languages and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World” (2007)
Editorial
Features
Voices from the Field
Book Reviews
Barnes, J. (2008). Book review. Journal of Language and Literacy Education [Online], 4(1), 104-107.
- Author reviews Smith & Osborn’s (Eds.) Spirituality, social justice, and language learning.
Goldoni, F. (2008). Book review. Journal of Language and Literacy Education [Online], 4(1), 108-113.
-Author reviews Dufon & Churchill’s (Eds.) Language learners in study abroad contexts.
Kohl, A.G. (2008). Book review. Journal of Language and Literacy Education [Online], 4(1), 114-119.
-Author reviews Falsgraf’s (Ed.) Foreign language units for all proficiency levels.
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Children's Literature and Literacy
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2008)Introduction
Features
Voices from the Field
Book Reviews
Rycik, M. T. (2008). Book review. Journal of Language and Literacy Education [Online], 4(2), 90-94.
Cowan, J. (2008). Book review. Journal of Language and Literacy Education [Online], 4(2), 95-99.