Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children: Their Words, Their Worlds 2nd Edition, is a comprehensive theory to practice book for preparing teachers and librarians. Pertinent references to Latino children's literature, classroom activities, and additional resources are provided throughout to make content accessible, incorporate community knowledge, and expand critical thinking and imagination.
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.
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Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children: Their Words, Their Worlds 2nd Edition, is a comprehensive theory to practice book for preparing teachers and librarians. Pertinent references to Latino childrens literature, classroom activities, and additional resources are provided throughout to make content accessible, incorporate community knowledge, and expand critical thinking and imagination.
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 Childrens 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 Childrens Literature: Beyond
Tokenism to Transformation
Howard L. Smith, Belinda Bustos Flores, Daniel A. González, and Diana
Estrada
Part II. Multicultural Childrens 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 Childrens 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 Childrens Literature
Christina Passos DeNicolo
8 Día de Muertos: Authentic Cultural Representation in Childrens
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 Childrens Literature
11 Cultural Multiliteracies: Integrating Technology with Latino Childrens
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 Childrens 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 Childrens 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
About the Contributors
Belinda Bustos Flores, PhD, is a professor of bicultural-bilingual studies and former associate dean at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her research focuses on teacher development including self-concept, ethnic identity, efficacy, beliefs, teacher recruitment/retention, high stakes testing, and family cultural knowledge. She has been recognized by the AERA Hispanic Research SIG (2015) and the Bilingual Research SIG (2019). Flores is founder of the Academy for Teacher Excellence Research Center.
Daniel Alejandro González, PhD, is a critical arts educator and filmmaker. At an urban public library, he supports learning through multilingual, multicultural, and digital literacy.Focusing on social positionalities, his research examines how creativity, critical reflection, and public discourse challenge dominant narratives and promote learning. His work and praxis also emphasizes building coalitions, managing conflict in intercultural settings, and curbing administrative violence.
Ellen Riojas Clark, PhD, is professor emerita of bicultural-bilingual studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. UTSA has established The Ellen Riojas Clark, Ph.D. Endowed Chair in Bicultural Bilingual Studies, this is the only chair named for a Latina scholar in the United States. Her research examines self-concept, teacher identity, ethnic identity, efficacy, and Latino cultural studies.
