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 1 5 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.
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