Children's Literature to Read Our World

Text Selection and Strategies for Critical Reflection
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-91298-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

This book encourages preservice and in-service teachers to thoughtfully select children’s books that guide their students’ understanding of the world around them.

Reading children’s books that highlight societal topics helps students think through complex ideas and life situations. While reading and discussing such books, students can be guided by their teachers and the books they read to make text to text, text to self, and text to world connections during reading. With contributions from leading scholars in children’s literature, the book details the selection of children’s books for class inclusion, including the significance of African-American, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, and LGBTQ+ children’s literature. It also highlights societal topics through the lens of children’s literature, focusing on topics like economic diversity, refugee and immigrant experiences, teaching about the Holocaust and combatting antisemitism, discussing social and emotional learning, and exploring racial issues.

This text includes opportunities to read and study historically underrepresented protagonists and authors within children’s literature, and it aids teachers and their students to think critically about societal topics to lead to better understanding and empathy of others.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lacina, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Alphabetisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Multikulturelle Pädagogik, Friedenserziehung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Grundschulen, Hauptschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Reading Our World to Embrace All Children 1. Reading Our World to Embrace All Children 2. Significance of African American Children’s Literature 3. Significance of Latinx Children’s Literature 4. Significance of Indigenous Children’s Literature 5. The Significance of Asian Children’s Literature 6. Significance of LGBTQ+ Children’s Literature 7. Significance of International Children’s Literature Part II: Reading Our World Through Critical Literacy Topics 8. Understanding Economic Diversity through Picturebooks 9. Welcoming Refugees and Immigrants 10. Teaching about the Holocaust 11. Using Children’s Literature to Support Social and Emotional Learning 12. Exploring Racial Issues Through Children's Literature: Strategies for Text Selection and Critical Discussion 13. Smells and Scents to Transform Picturebook Reading 14. Windows, Mirrors, and Wings to Dream

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Lacina holds the Bezos Family Foundation Endowed Chair of Early Childhood Education and is Senior Associate Dean for Research, Graduate Studies & Strategic Partnerships within the College of Education at Texas Christian University. She began her career as a Texas public school teacher.