Foreword / Kathryn Au -- Introduction : diverse nonfiction in PK-8 classrooms / Thomas Crisp, Suzanne M. Knezek, and Roberta Price Gardner -- A critical multicultural analysis of power relationships in selected nonfiction picturebooks / Vivian Yenika-Agbaw -- The case of Jean-Michel Basquiat; or, the impossibility of children's nonfiction / Perry Nodelman -- Exploring the world of Latinx nonfiction children's literature / Jamie Campbell Naidoo and Ruth E. Quiroa -- Indigenous nations in nonfiction / Debbie Reese and Betsy McEntarffer -- Beyond the model minority and forever foreigner : asian american children's nonfiction / Noreen Naseem Rodríguez and Esther June Kim -- Diverse African American nonfiction for children : the challenge of race, history, and genre / Ebony Elizabeth Thomas -- Cultural dexterity through multiracial nonfiction / Amina Chaudhri -- Religious holidays in nonfiction literature for young children / Denise Dávila and Sarah Elovich -- Jewish American children's nonfiction / Rachel Kamin and Michele Widdes -- Muslim American nonfiction literature / Karla J. Möller, Leila Tarakji, and Deborah J. Margolis -- Reflecting, observing, participating : nonfiction books depicting individuals with disabilities / Sharon Black, Terrell Young, Mary Anne Prater, and Tina M. Taylor -- From the sidelines to the Stonewall : LGBTQ+ nonfiction for early and middle grades readers / Jon M. Wargo and Joseph Madres -- Coda / Stephanie R. Toliver.
Summary:
"Argues for the importance of including in K-8 classrooms high-quality diverse books that accurately and authentically represent the world students live in and explores the ways in which engaging with diverse nonfiction children's literature provides opportunities to counter constricted curricula and reposition the possibilities of pedagogical policies and mandates through centering the histories, lives, and cultures of historically marginalized and underrepresented people"-- Provided by publisher.
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