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​The Dragon Lode
Spring 2024, Volume 42, Issue 2

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS 

BOOKS AS RESISTANCE: A LOOK INTO AN ANTIRACISM FOCUS IN AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CLASSROOM
Caroline B. Rabalais

OPPORTUNITIES AND OBSTACLES: TEACHING WITH MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES
Madeleine Heins Israelson & Theresa Johnson

REACTIONS TO A REQUIRED, DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE TEXT READ-ALOUD IN RURAL CLASSROOMS
Kathrina Marie O’Connell

THE TEXTS, THE TASKS, THE TALK: READING, DISCUSSING, AND EXPLORING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Amanda Deliman, Jennifer M. Smith, Marla K. Robertson, Georgia Bunnell, & Jenette De Oliveira

2024 NOTABLE BOOKS FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY (NBGS) AWARDS: A BOOKLIST FOR GRADES PK-12TH
Edited by Mary Ellen Oslick & Jeanne Gilliam Fain

THE POET’S CORNER - LAUGH MORE
Janet Wong

​The Dragon Lode
Fall 2023, Volume 42, Issue 1

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS 

WHAT THE CHILDREN CHOSE: AN EXAMINATION OF CHARACTERISTICS IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Raven N. Cromwell & Lauren A. Liang

TEACHING CRITICAL LITERACY: THE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH OF A RURAL ELEMENTARY TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM
Laura M. Kennedy & Kristen L. White

CRITICAL VISUAL ANALYSIS OF THREE MULTIMODAL TEXTS ABOUT DISPLACEMENT FOR CLASSROOM PRACTICE
Vera Sotirovska

ACADEMIC SERVICE LEARNING: CONNECTING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS WITH DIVERSE CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Anne Katz, Jordan Taylor Anagnostopoulos, Alexis Silva, & Rahma Fatima

THE POET’S CORNER

Janet Wong

​The Dragon Lode
Spring 2023, Volume 41, Issue 2

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS 

MOVING STUDENTS DOWN PATHWAYS TO THEME
Rebecca Stortz & Miriam Martinez

PROMOTING PRESCHOOLERS’ GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LITERATURE AND MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES
Satomi Izumi-Taylor, Yuhua Li, & Yeonsun Ro

NOTABLE BOOKS FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY: 
A BOOKLIST FOR GRADES PK–12

Edited by Mary Ellen Oslick & Jeanne Gilliam Fain

THE POET’S CORNER
Janet Wong

​The Dragon Lode
Fall 2022, Volume 41, Issue 1

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS 

THE INTERSECTION OF DYSCONSCIOUS ABLEISM AND NICENESS IN TEACHERS’ CRITICAL READINGS OF CHARACTERS WITH DISABILITIES IN PICTUREBOOKS
Amy Tondreau and Laurie Rabinowitz
 
AWARD-WINNING PICTUREBOOKS WITH REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS AS PROTAGONISTS: BUILDING UNDERSTANDING AND INSPIRATION
Jan Lacina, Megan Helling, Tiffany Nakamura, and Sheridan Montgomery
 
PROMOTING CARING AND PEACEFUL PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS THROUGH THE USE OF CHILDREN’S CULTURALLY RICH BOOKS
Satomi Izumi-Taylor, Sandra Brown Turner, Yeonsun Ro, and Cathy D. Meredith
 
SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD: A GRADES PRE-K–12 BOOKLIST ABOUT THE DISABILITY EXPERIENCE
Scot Smith
 
THE POET’S CORNER
Janet Wong

​The Dragon Lode
Spring 2022, Volume 40, Issue 2

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS 

EXTENDING THE MEASURES OF TEXT COMPLEXITY FOR LITERARY TEXTS
Miriam Martinez, Janis M. Harmon, and Marcy Wilburn 

CHALLENGING SINGLE STORIES: CRITICAL ENGAGEMENTS AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATIONS WHEN PAIRING PICTUREBOOKS ABOUT IMMIGRATION
Paul H. Ricks, Terrell A. Young, and Sara Koford 

NURTURING MEANINGFUL STUDENT AGENCY: A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER SUPPORTS BEGINNING READERS USING WORDLESS AND POSTMODERN PICTUREBOOKS
Amanda Deliman and Janet Breitenstein

PLANNING, CO-CONSTRUCTION, ACTION: A FRAMEWORK FOR CRITICAL LITERACY INSTRUCTION
Katie Schrodt, Michelle Medlin Hasty, and Ally Hauptman 

THE POET’S CORNER
Janet Wong

2022 NOTABLE BOOKS FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY: A BOOKLIST FOR GRADES PK–12 STORIES OF HOPE, COURAGE, AND DISCOVERY
Edited by Sandip Wilson and Mary Ellen Oslick


​The Dragon Lode
Fall 2021, Volume 40, Issue 1

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS

IN MEMORIAM—DR. VIVIAN YENIKA-AGBAW

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS 
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ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY, DIVERSE BOOK COLLECTIONS ACROSS A VARIETY OF CHALLENGING TIMES AND CONTEXTS
Xenia Hadjioannou

WE READ AS ONE: STRATEGIES FOR EMPOWERING A COMMUNITY OF INTERGENERATIONAL READERS
Bonnie A. Barksdale, Katie Schrodt, R. Stacy Fields, and Jennifer Grow

ANXIOUS HOPE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF A PANDEMIC PICTUREBOOK
James Shanahan and Naheeda Karmali 

FROM PAPER TO PLUGGED IN: PIVOTING ACCESS TO CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN LIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC Elizabeth M. Bemiss and Melanie G. Keel

THE POET’S CORNER
Janet Wong

​The Dragon Lode
Spring 2021, Volume 39, Issue 2

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS 

CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS 
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LINKING THE WORD TO THE WORLD: CONNECTING MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S LITERATURE TO THE LIVES OF 21ST-CENTURY YOUTH
Ernest Morrell and Jodene Morrell

THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS’ WRITTEN RESPONSES TO MULTICULTURAL CHILDREN’S LITERATURE DURING POSTREADING ACTIVITIES
Chaehyun Lee 

STANDING UP TO SOCIAL INJUSTICES: USING CRITICAL LITERACY AND GLOBAL CHILDREN’S LITERATURE FOR EQUITY
Kathleen Colantonio-Yurko, Kathleen Olmstead, Logan Rath, and Meredith Hutchings 

USING KENT STATE TO REACH TOWARD PEACE
Jared S. Crossley

THE POET’S CORNER
Janet Wong 

2021 NOTABLE BOOKS FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY: A BOOKLIST FOR GRADES PK–12: PORTRAITS OF PERSISTENCE, TRANSITIONS, AND SOCIAL CHANGE
​Sandip LeeAnne Wilson and Mary Ellen Oslick

The Dragon Lode
Fall 2020, Volume 39, Issue 1

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS 

FOSTERING TEACHERS’ AWARENESS OF BORDER-CROSSING ISSUES: SOCRATIC SEMINARS USING PANCHO RABBIT AND THE COYOTE: A MIGRANT’S TALE
Nancy J. Johnson, Miriam Martinez, and Melanie D. Koss
 
TEACHER ACTIONS IN EARLY LITERATURE DISCUSSIONS: THROUGH THE LENS OF READER RESPONSE SCHOLARSHIP Sherry Sanden
 
SOUTH KOREAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITERACY EVENT FOSTERS STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION TO READ
Jongsun Wee
 
POET’S CORNER
Janet Wong
 
2020 NOTABLE BOOKS FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY: A BOOKLIST FOR GRADES PREK–12 TO FOSTER EMPATHY AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING Edited by Fran Wilson

The Dragon Lode
Fall 2019 & Spring 2020, Volume 38,
​Issue 1 & 2

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS 

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! TIME TO RETHINK THE PRESTIGE OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL 
Meghan Valerio

 
THE RECIPROCITY OF DIVERSE AND UNIVERSAL THEMES IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Mary-Kate Sableski, Jackie Marshall Arnold, & Patricia Bandre’
 
THE POET’S CORNER
Janet Wong
 
GLIMPSES OF HUMANITY AND HOPE: CHILDREN’S PICTUREBOOK PORTRAYALS OF REFUGEES
Sherron Killingsworth Roberts & Patricia A. Crawford
 
CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEWS
Co-Editors: Deanna Day and Mary Napoli
Contributors: Lesley Colabucci, Deanna Day, Xenia Hadjioannou, Tadayuki Suzuki, Dywanna Smith, and Barbara Ward
 
THE DIVERSITY OF PROTAGONISTS IN ILA CHOICES
Sunah Chung
Spring 2020 - Table of Contents
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
 
AN INFINITE SPECTRUM: CHAPTER BOOKS SHARING CHARACTERISTICS AND DIVERSITY OF AUTISM
Sharon Black and Terrell A. Young
 
THE ROLE OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN WITH DIVERSE LEARNING ABILITIES
Stacie Garrett
 
22        THE POET’S CORNER
Janet Wong
 
24        STRENGTHENING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS’ COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES: BUILDING CONNECTIONS WITH TEACHER EDUCATION CANDIDATES
Anne Katz
 
29      CONTENT ANALYSIS OF BIOGRAPHICAL PICTUREBOOKS ON ADA BYRON LOVELACE
Deborah Wooten, Sandip LeeAnne Wilson, and Sara Walters
 
38        CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEWS: CELEBRATING POETRY
Patricia Bandre’, Lesley Colabucci, Mary Napoli, Sylvia Vardell, and Janet Wong




The Dragon Lode
Spring 2018, Volume 36, Issue 2

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​LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT 
​LETTER FROM THE EDITORS 
OUR LIVES CHANGED FOREVER: REFUGEE STORIES 
Kathy Everts Danielson & Angela Dubuc 
THE POET’S CORNER 
Janet Wong 
THE WANDERING FACES OF WAR: CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS PORTRAYING REFUGEES 
​Patricia A. Crawford & Sherron Killingsworth Roberts 
NOTABLE BOOKS 
Renita Schmidt, Chair ,Fran Wilson, Co-Chair, Kelly Finan, Nancy Bo Flood, Tami Morton, Sandip LeeAnne Wilson, Deborah Wooten, Mary Ellen Oslick, Dr. Junko Sakoi 
CHILDREN’S BOOK REVIEWS
Lesley Colabucci, Deanna Day, Xenia Hadjioannou, Tadayuki Suzuki, 
and Barbara A. Ward 
A COMMUNITY LITERACY PARTNERSHIP: MALALA’S STORY AS A LENS FOR EDUCATIONAL EQUITY 
Anne Katz 

SPOTLIGHT ON HISTORICAL FICTION 
Rebekah Bowers, Stacie Garrett, Lynda Robinson, & Fran Wilson 
DRAGON VIEWS 
Diana Porter 
Volume 32 No 1 Fall 2013
Inspiration and Emulation Using Mentor Texts to Teach Poetry Writing
Sylvia Read

The Joy and Heaviness of Chinese Heritage and the Role of Chinese American Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Amelia Ying Qin

Children’s Literature with Diverse Perspectives: Re? ecting All Students
Susan M. Landt

Using Picture Book Biographies to Cultivate Effective Comprehension Among Struggling Readers
Anne Katz

Character Development in Picturebooks for Younger and Older Learners 
Janis Harmon and Miriam Martinez

Reading Aloud to Preservice Teachers: An Inquiry into Student Perceptions of Context and Content
Janelle Mathis and Tami Morton
Volume 21 No 1 Fall 2002
What’s in a name? Honoring students’ experiences and perspectives
Nancy Frey, San Diego State University, CA

Contributions of Chinese immigrants to the building of America: An interview with Yin, author of Coolies
Marcia Baghban, Queens College of the City University of New York, NY

2002 Notable Books for a Global Society
EVELYN B. FREEMAN, Chair, The Ohio State University, OH
Glenna Sloan, Co-Chair, Queens College of the City University of New York, NY

Children’s Literature in the Content Areas 
Using biographies in language arts and social studies
Spring Hermann, Author

Creating science picture books: Incorporating literature into elementary preservice teachers’ methods course
Rose Pringle, University of Florida, FL
Ruth Mckoy Lowery, University of Florida, FL

Making Connections, making sense: Rationale and methods for integrating children’s literature in mathematics instruction
Elizabeth S. Hoffman, University of Central Florida, Fl
Volume 20 No 2 Spring 2002
THE LEGACY OF VIRGINIA HAMILTON -1936-2002
ANTHONY L. MANNA
CAROLYN S. BRODIE

THE POLITICS OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: ISSUES, CONCERNS AND CONTROVERSIES
Is there politics in children’s literature?
SHIRLEY ERNST

The myths of reading aloud
PATRICK SHANNON

Poetry and preservice teachers: Perceptions and possibilities
JANELLE B. MATHIS

Revisiting Nightjohn
FILIZ SHINE EDIZER

LITERATURE FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY
Books that teach about the Asian and Pacific Island peoples of Hawaii
YVONNE SIU-RUNYAN

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN THE CLASSROOM
Cinderella to Rhodolphus
REBECCA A. KAMINSKI

It figures: Language and mathematics add up through children’s literature
EULA EWING MONROE
NANCY LIVINGSTON

How does your garden grow?
MARILYN BOHREN

FOR THE LOVE OF POETRY . . . 
Poetry: Going wild in the classroom
MARY J. HARDGROVE

Poetry workshop: Examining convictions about teaching and learning
SUSI LONG

Poetry for language development of English language learners
NANCY L. HADAWAY 
SYLVIA M. VARDELL 
TERRELL A. YOUNG

LA 100 BEST BOOKS: 2000
KAYE WEST-ANDERSON, Editor
LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT LIBRARY SERVICES
Volume 20 No 1 Fall 2001
The chain of creativity: How response informs the writer
PEGI DEITZ SHEA

The kinds of imagination in picture books
JOHN WARREN STEWIG

Poetry applied
GLENNA SLOAN

Poetry connections
ANTHONY L. MANNA
SUE CHASE

For the Love of Poetry and All That Jazz: An Anthology of Poets
Confessions of a collector
PAUL B. JANECZKO

Dancing with words, shapes, and poetry
JOAN BRANSFIELD GRAHAM

Delicious languages
PAT MORA

Whispering secrets: An essay on art and poetry
JANET WONG

2001 Notable Books for a Global Society
DIANE BUSHNER, Chair
EVELYN B. FREEMAN, Co-Chair
Volume 19 No 2 Spring 2001
TEACHERS AS RESEARCHERS
Beyond teachers as researchers: Teachers as advocates
MARCIA BAGHBAN

We think differently: Lessons from multiple ways of knowing curriculum
BETH BERGHOFF
CINDY BORGMANN
CARLOTTA PARR

"I’m not an author, I’m a human being.": Journal writing in a kindergarten classroom
JENNIFER J. CHAMPAGNE
BARBARA H. DAVIS
LAURA LATIOLAIS

Why are we reading a book during math time?: How mathematics and literature relate
JULIE E. YOUNG

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN THE CLASSROOM
Books that enlarge our capacity to live
BRADFORD L. WALKER

Literature extension activities: Connecting with careers in primary grade classrooms
MARGARET A. HARKINS

Multicultural nonfiction literature: Current and verifiable resources that enlighten
ELAINE VILSCEK
YVONNE SIU-RUNYAN

Los Angeles’ 100 best books: 1999
KAYE ANDERSON, Editor
LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT LIBRARY SERVICES

Volume 19 No 1 Fall 2000
SPECIAL TOPIC: CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE
Hidden treasures: Discovering new experiences with story on the Internet
DONALD J. LEU, JR.
TED GRACE
JESSICA GAIL BEVANS

Teaching teachers children’s literature via the Internet
SYLVIA M. VARDELL

Want Dav Pilkey to show you how to draw dumb bunnies?
Using the Internet to acquaint children with authors and illustrators of children’s literature

JONDA C. McNAIR

Literacy and technology: Vital connections
CAROLE S. RHODES

Children’s literature online
FRANCES NADEAU

2000 NOTABLE BOOKS FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY
JOAN I. GLAZER, CHAIR

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE IN THE CLASSROOM
Music and literacy
JO ANN BREWER

Singing "FREE": Notes toward an iconography of songs, singers, and singing in children’s fiction
MILLICENT LENZ

Literature with characters who are deaf
CHRISTINE L. CIVILETTO
BARBARA R. SCHIRMER
Volume 18 No 2 Spring 2000
Controversial literacy: A conversation with Sonia Nieto
Elizabeth Aaronsohn

Silence in the classroom: Learning to talk about issues of race
Jeane F. Copenhaver

Bilingual students’ responses to multicultural children’s literature on discrimination
Carmen M. Martinez

African American spiritual music: A historical perspective
Monica Gordon Pershey

Using imagery to explore African American literature
Phyllis Whitin

Fly Away Home: Insights from readers’ aesthetic response
Janelle B. Mathis

Negotiating between cultures: Creators of children’s books share their stories
Conversations with Yep and Soentpiet Negotiating between cultures: 
Establishing a multicultural identity through writing and illustrating

Marcia Baghban

Connecting voices through generations
Haemi BalGassi

The seeds of stories
Pat Mora

Children’s literature in the classroom
Los Angeles’ 100 best books: 1998
LA Unified School District Library Services
Children’s literature: A vehicle to promote multicultural curriculum at its best
Kaye Anderson, Editor
 Volume 18 No 1 Fall 1999
 Children's literature in three tenses: Past, present, and future
Glenna Sloan

Where is my reflection?
Synthia Saint James

1999 Notable books for a global society
Barbara A. Lehman, Chair

Traveling in new directions: Teaching non-linear picture books
Bette P. GoldStone

The stories of our lives: Using reflective writing for learning in the content areas
Marian J. McKenna

From imagination to publication: 
Perspectives on becoming young authors/illustrators of books for children

Jane E. Percival

Special Topic: Healing through literature
Educating students on AIDS
Evillee Woodard

Healing through literature: Cancer and your students
Bine A. Dick

Children's literature in the classroom
Tapping the top
Sue Misheff-Chase

Authentic marine science books for children
Katharine Glennon Fralick
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