The Americas Award - Honoring Latino/a Children's and Young Adult Literature of the Americas (Hardcover)

First awarded in 1993, the Americas Award is given in recognition of books that authentically and engagingly portray Latino/as in Latin America, the Caribbean or the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The Award is unique in that selects Latino/a youth literature for classroom use and in that it focuses on the entire Western Hemisphere. Scholars from the fields of literature, education, lbrary science, and theater engage with Latino/a Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) in this ecollection of essays about the Americas Award, the Award-winning and honored books, and the contexts in which the books are used. This collection offers essays on the history of the award, close readings of Award-winning and honored books situated in the classroom, and discussions of how best to use the books in the classroom, library and theater.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Children and Youth in Popular Culture
Release date:	December 2015
Editors:	Laretta Henderson
Contributors:	Candace Doerr-Stevens • Patricia Enciso • Leanne M. Evans • Wooseob Jeong • Ruth McKoy Lowery • Colleen E. Marsh • Carmen Liliana Medina • Jamie Campbell Naidoo • Ruth Quiroa
Dimensions:	234 x 160 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	228
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-0160-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Children's literature studies Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
LSN:	1-4985-0160-5
Barcode:	9781498501606

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