Changing the Stories We Share: Transforming the Children's Literature Landscape

• Published in: Journal of children's literature Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 5 - 8
• Main Authors: Crisp, Thomas, Napoli, Mary, Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian, Zapata, Angie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Las Vegas Children's Literature Assembly 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Adolescent Literature; Childrens literature; Cultural identity; Graduate studies; Higher education; Language Arts; Learning; Literacy; Literacy Education; Literary canon; Literature; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Readers; Research Methodology; Scholars; Teacher Educators; Teachers; Teaching; Undergraduate education; Undergraduate Students; Websites; Young adult literature; Young adults; United States > US; Pennsylvania
• ISSN: 1521-7779

Kathy G. Short (2012, p. 17) AS PROFESSORS OF EDUCATION literacy, and children's and young adult literature, we value the unique position that the Journal of Children's Literature (JCL) occupies in the field, bridging theory and practice by publishing research-based and theoretical manuscripts that have immediate implications for the ways in which children's books are shared in elementary and middle-grade classrooms and discussed in communities outside of the classroom. With the November 2015 approval of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) "Resolution on the Need for Diverse Children's and Young Adult Books," JCL is committed to the recognition of diverse voices; to the support of emerging Indigenous, Black, and People of Color (IBP°C) scholars and researchers; and to excellence in interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the field of children's literature. [...]we welcome submissions that center literature studies in relation to issues of social justice and equity, representations of populations that have been historically marginalized or underrepresented in children's texts and culture, and the intersections between popular culture and identity. THOMAS CRISP, PHD ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LITERACY, GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Thomas Crisp is an associate professor of literacy and children's literature in the Department of Early Childhood Education in the College of Education at Georgia State University. MARY NAPOLI, PHD ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF READING, PENN STATE HARRISBURG Mary Napoli is an associate professor of reading in the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate literacy courses, including children's and adolescent literature.