Volume 12(2)
Academic Articles | Academic Book Reviews | CYAL Book Reviews | Poetry and Art
The Muses Amongst Us by Jerome Harste
Editors’ Introduction
Intentional Meaning: Exploring How We Read and Write Our Worlds
Nick Thompson and Jennifer Jackson Whitley
Academic Articles
Voices from the Field
Ctrl F: A Scholar’s Tips for Delving into the World of Creative Writing
Christina Berchini
The Trouble with Niceness: How a Preference for Pleasantry Sabotages Culturally Responsive Teacher Preparation
Jeanne Dyches Bissonnette
Featured Articles
Living and Learning in the Here-and-Now: Critical Inquiry in Literacy Teacher Education
Katherine Crawford-Garrett and Kathleen Riley
Beyond Mirrors and Windows: A Critical Content Analysis of Latino Children’s Books
Eliza G. Braden and Sanjuana C. Rodriguez
Empowering the Foreign Language Learner Through Critical Literacies Development
Margaret Keneman
All podcasts available on iTunes
Academic Book Reviews
The academic book reviews in this issue reflect the broad range of texts bearing relevance to the field of language and literacy education. One overarching theme is the need to explore what lies outside of the norm. Reviewers with diverse backgrounds take on texts focusing on theory, practice, research, and issues of societal justice and equity. Through summary and critique, reviewers bring you their unique perspectives on current literature in the field.
Kathleen R. McGovern, Academic Book Review Editor, bookrev@uga.edu
Review of Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond
S. R. Toliver
Review of Research-Based Practices for Teaching Common Core Literacy
Courtney Shimek
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Review of Focus on Literacy
Rhia Moreno
Review of Engaging Writers with Multigenre Research Projects: A Teacher’s Guide
Jessica F. Kobe
Review of The Complete Guide to Tutoring Struggling Readers: Mapping Interventions to Purpose and CCSS
Helene Halstead
Kristen E. Duncan
Review of Multimodality, Learning and Communication: A Social Semiotic Frame
Jason DeHart
Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
The Journal of Language and Literacy Education reviews recently published or soon to be published children’s and young adult literature. Our hope is to provide a space for student voices to be heard in response to the literature that is written for them. We put special emphasis on our student reviewers’ thoughts and emotions tied to their reading of these books. We also highlight educator and adult reviews of these books to show their value to educators throughout the country.
T. Hunter Strickland, CYAL Book Review Editor, cyalbookrev@uga.edu.
Elementary School Book
Review of Tinyville Town Gets to Work
Student Reviewer: Mary Frost Osborne
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Kate O’Rourke
Review of Ada’s Ideas: The Story of Ada Lovelace, the World’s First Computer Programmer
Student Reviewer: Faith Tucker
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Madalene Ramsey
Middle School Books
Review of Shadows of the Dark Crystal #1
Student Reviewer: Emily Whitney
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Sam Tanner
Review of The Boy with 17 Senses
Student Reviewer: Madison Lavender
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Miriam Voyles
High School Books
Review of Hold Tight, Don’t Let Go: A Novel of Haiti
Student Reviewer: Sierra Rainville
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Daniel Hayes
Review of The Red Abbey Chronicles: Maresi
Student Reviewer: Rebecca Posten
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Shannon Lindsey Cheek
Poetry & Arts
In the Fall 2016 issue of JoLLE, we are proud to present a Poetry & Arts section that explores the intertwined and dynamic relationship between language, teaching, and learning in diverse contexts. Our poets and artists, who are also researchers and educators, provide us both practical inspiration and poetic interpretation of many issues, such as students’ voice and self-discovery, multimodal teaching and learning, and interpersonal communication in education.
Kuo Zhang, Poetry & Arts Editor, jolleart@uga.edu
A Writing Lesson
Sally Jarzab
The Poet
Alex Johns
When You’re Not Smarter Than A Fifth Grader
Janine Certo
Keep
Ariel S. Maloney
Let Us Feast at Poetry’s Table
Johanna M. Bailie
The Muses Among Us
Jerome C. Harste
Co-Principal Editors
Nick Thompson & Jennifer Jackson Whitley
Managing Editor
Heidi Lyn Hadley
Production Editor
Bradley Robinson
Conference Chair
Rachel Kaminski Sanders
Digital Content Editor
William J. Fassbender
Academic Book Review Editor
Kathleen R. McGovern
Poetry and Art Editor
Kuo Zhang
CYAL (Children & Young Adult Literature) Editor
T. Hunter Strickland
Scholars Speak Out Editor
Lourdes Cardozo-Gaibisso
Communications Editor
Kalianne L. Neumann
Review Board
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Peter Smagorinsky