Table of Contents

Introduction SECTION 1 1 Un Maravilloso, Dual-Language Read Aloud: Making Families Visible Through Testimony in the Primary Classroom 2 What Makes You Unique?: Valuing Classroom Diversity Within Writing Instruction 3 Sliding the Glass Door: Making Time and Space for Difficult Conversations With Youth Through Multivoiced Young Adult Literature SECTION 2 4 Exploring Gender Identity and Equity Through Lily and Dunkin 5 Remixing for Relevance: Talking Gentrification in Pride 6 Layering Discourse: Encouraging Diverse Perspectives in a High School Literature Class 7 Curating Socially Just Classroom Libraries for Middle Grade Readers SECTION 3 8 ‘I Don’t Understand, I Don’t Speak Spanish’: Exploring Linguistic and Cultural Differences Through Picture Books 9 Combating Ableism With Classroom Literature 10 Engaging Dynamic Discussions Through Storytelling 11 Cultivating Students’ Civic Agency Through Participation in a Social Justice-Themed Book Club as a Subversive Approach to Critical Literacy in Education 12 Scattering Stars: Graphic Novel Book Studies With Middle Grades Students to Explore Refugee Stories Afterword: On Taboos and Teaching Them Anyway

About the Author

Rachelle S. Savitz is Associate Professor of Reading/Literacy at East Carolina University, USA.

Leslie D. Roberts is Assistant Professor of Reading at Georgia Southern University, USA.

Jason DeHart received his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.