Foreword: Literature in the lives of Latino children / Alma Flora Ada -- Preface: Derrumbando fronteras/breaking boundaries / Ellen Riojas Clark and Belinda Bustos Flores -- Multicultural Latino children's literature: A tool to enrich the lives and the learning of Latino bilingual learners / Ellen Riojas Clark and Belinda Bustos Flores -- Exploring the traditions of Latino children's literature: Beyond tokenism to transformation / Howard L. Smith, Belinda Bustos Flores, and Daniel A. González -- Beyond calaveras and quinceañeras: Fostering bilingual Latino students' identity development with culturally relevant literature / Jamie Campbell Naidoo and Ruth E. Quiroa -- Cruzando fronteras: Negotiating the stories of Latino immigrant and -- Transnational children / Patricia Sánchez and Maite Landa -- Using children's literature to understand values, traditions, and beliefs within Latino family systems / Mari Riojas-Cortez and Raquel Cataldo -- Culturally relevant literature for Latino children in the early childhood classroom / Ysaaca Axelrod and Cristina Gillanders -- Embracing the complexity of language: Bringing all forms of knowledge into the language arts through Latino children's literature / Christina Passos DeNicolo -- En el aquel entonces y hoy en día: Using Latino children's literature to situate social studies education / Mary Esther Soto Huerta and Carmen Tafolla -- Dichos y adivinanzas: Literary resources that enhance science learning and teaching in the bilingual classroom / María Guadalupe Arreguín-Anderson and Jose Escalante Ruiz -- Tiempo y cultura: Exploring Latino stories through mathematics / Carlos LopezLeiva and Yoo Kyung Sung -- Cultural multiliteracies: Integrating technology in Latino children's literature / Lucila Ek, Sonia Sánchez, and Myria Jimena Guerra -- Latino children's literature in picturebook format / Miriam Martinez, Nancy L. Roser, Angie Zapata, and Erin Greeter -- Tecnica con safos: Visual iconography in Latino picture books as tools for cultural affirmation / Lettycia Terrones -- Latino children's literature and literacy practices as social imagination: Becoming a culturally efficacious educator / Belinda Bustos Flores, Ellen Riojas Clark, and Howard L. Smith -- Realizing and capitalizing on our cultural literary heritage: The big brown elephant in the room / Oralia Garza de Cortes -- Cultural dignity : Personal foundations, present realities, and vision of future productions / Daniel Alejandro González -- An introductory list of Latino children's books / Daniel Alejandro González and Amanda A. Hernández -- An introductory list of books in Spanish for children / Oralia Garza de Cortes and Daniel Alejandro González -- Online resources / Daniel Alejandro González and Amanda A. Hernández
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While there are 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 volume makes a needed contribution by addressing the social, cultural, academic, and linguistic needs of Latino bilingual learners who are still underserved through current school practices. We aim to conceptualize different forms of social knowledge so that they can serve as cultural resources for learning, acquiring knowledge, and transforming self and identity. This volume presents a balance of theory, research, and practice that speak to authentic multicultural Latino literature and helps ensure its availability for all students. The intended outcome of this volume then is to 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, and for the formulation of a new perspective, that of Latino multicultural literature for children.