Volume 16(1)
Academic Articles | Academic Book Reviews | CYAL Book Reviews | Poetry, Fiction, and Visual Arts
“The Nexus of Doing, Knowing, and Being” by Maverick Y. Zhang
Editor’s Introduction
Alexandra Lampp Berglund
Conference Keynote Articles and Videos
We Been Knowin’: Toward an Antiracist Language and Literacy Education
April Baker-Bell
Video: We Been Knowin’: Toward an Antiracist Language and Literacy Education
On Knowing: Willingness, Fugitivity, and Abolition in Precarious Times
David Stovall
Video: We Know What to Do, But Will We Do It? Embracing Legacies of Fugitvity in K-20 Education
Academic Articles
Research Articles
Identifying Promising Literacy Practices for Black Males in P-12 Classrooms: An Integrative Review
Terry Husband, Grace Kang
Playful Images and Truthful Words: Eight-Graders Respond to Shaun Tan’s Stick Figures
Stephanie F. Reid
Sarah Fischer
Delicia Tiera Greene
Voices from the Field
Seeing and Nurturing Young Children’s Reading Identities
Christopher J. Wagner
Alecia Beymer, Mary L. Neville, Renee Wilmot, Vaughn W. M. Watson
All podcasts available on iTunes
Academic Book Reviews
The academic book reviews in this issue cover a range of topics relevant to the field of language and literacy education. Reviewers with diverse backgrounds from different institutions provide summaries and critiques of books focusing on curriculum, instruction, practice, research, and social equity from pre-K to college.
Yixuan Wang, Academic Book Review Editor, jolle.bookrev@gmail.com
Review of Unsettling Education: Searching for Ethical Footing in a Time of Reform Edited by Brian Charest and Kate Sjostrom
Brandie Bohney, Bowling Green State University
Review of Pre-K Stories: Playing with Authorship and Integrating Curriculum in Early Childhood by Dana Frantz Bentley and Mariana Souto-Manning
Peijuan Cao, The University of Florida
Review of The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy: Centering Trauma as Powerful Pedagogy by Elizabeth Dutro
Stacia L. Long, The University of Georgia
Review of Personalized Learning in the Middle Grades: A Guide for Classroom Teachers and School Leaders by Penny A. Bishop, John M. Downes, and Katy Farber
Jimmy McLean, The University of Texas at Austin
Review of The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to The Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
T. Hunter Strickland, The University of Georgia
Review of Letting Go of Literary Whiteness: Antiracist Literature Instruction for White Students by Carlin Borsheim-Black and Sophia Tatiana Sarigianides
Chea L. Parton, The University of Texas at Austin
Review of Teaching the History of the English Language by Colette Moore and Chris C. Palmer
Jacqueline Saindon, The University of Georgia
Review of Negotiating Place and Space through Digital Literacies: Research and Practice Edited by Damiana G. Pyles, Ryan M. Rish, and Julie Warner
Kerry Alexander, The University of Texas at Austin
Children & Young Adult Literature (CYAL) Book Reviews
The Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JoLLE) reviews recently published or soon-to-be published Children’s and Young Adult Literature (CYAL). At JoLLE CYAL, we value students’ voices and creativity in reflecting their understanding and evaluation of the literature that is written for them. In addition, we also aim to provide a scholarly space for parents and teachers to work with their children and students in sharing their thoughts, experience, and evaluative judgements about these books to other adults throughout the country and all over the world.
This issue is a special issue of JoLLE, as we present book reviews that have not only been written by students and adults from the United States, but also other countries in the world, such as Indonesia and the Netherlands. We are also proud to feature book reviews completed by students with disabilities. This marks an important new beginning for us to embrace more diversity and take part in providing a medium to represent and share the voices from international children, caregivers, and scholars with and without disabilities.
We thank the students, teachers, and caregivers who have participated in our Children and Young Adult Literature book reviews. We hope to see more reviews from children and adults around the globe.
Wisnu Agung Pradana, CYAL Book Review Editor, jolle.cyal@gmail.com
Picture Book Reviews
Review of Superhero Levi Written by Catie Cordero
Student Reviewer: Charlie Neal
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Katie Wester-Neal
Review of The Weaver Written by Qian Shi
Student Reviewers: Aiden & William
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Evi Tri Prasetyaningsih
Review of Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag Written by Rob Sanders & Illustrated by Steven Salerno
Student Reviewer: Avantika Das
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Christiani Dwi Putri
Review of Finding Kindness Written by Deborah Underwood & Illustrated by Irene Chan
Student Reviewer: Avonlie Michael
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Dustin Michael
Review of Between Us and Abuela Written by Mitali Perkins & Illustrated by Sara Palacios
Student Reviewer: Cristal De La Cruz
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Eliada N. Falcon
Young Adult Book Reviews
Review of All of Me Written by Chris Baron
Student Reviewer: Aura Vaysha Sasadara
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Ahmad Zubaidi Amrullah
Review of The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust Vol.2) Written by Philip Pullman
Student Reviewer: Jiankun Peng
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Sisilia Novena Kusumaningsih
Review of Sincerely, Harriet Written by Sarah W. Searle
Student Reviewer: Ashton Morrison
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Brandy N. Pass
Review of Somewhere Only We Know Written by Maurene Goo
Student Reviewer: Andrew Park
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Ji Hyun Hong
Review of Best Friends Written by Shannon Hale & Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Student Reviewers: Ayla Jaganjac & Micah Davis
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Jennifer Fraser
Review of StargazingWritten by Jen Wang & Illustrated by Lark Pien
Student Reviewer: Jermany-Renee Haugabook
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Jennifer Fraser
Review of Last of the Name Written by Rosanne Parry
Student Reviewers: Megan Serfontein
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Chloe Grimes
Review of Landscape with Invisible Hand Written by M. T. Anderson
Student Reviewer: Yoanna Nisa Novitasari
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Bernadeta Siska Indriyana
Review of Honor Code Written by Kiersi Burkhart
Student Reviewer: Akmal Faisal Zulkarnaen
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Reza Taufik Maulana
Review of The Navigator Written by Erin Michelle Sky & Steven Brown
Student Reviewer: Caroline Davis
Adult/Educator Reviewer: Margaret A. Robbins
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts
The Fall 2020 issue of JoLLE’s Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts section reminds us of the rich nexus through which language, learning, and experience come into being. Our poets and artists (comprising of researchers, educators, and local Athens youth) provide us moving inspiration, layered memories, and poetic insights into a few of the binding, intersectional issues that face us today, such as identity and self-discovery, multimodal teaching and learning, and interpersonal communication in education. In a time in which we must stay distant, these works evoke our shared dreams and struggles in continuing to forge a better tomorrow.
William Terrell Wright, Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts Editor, jolle.art.literature@gmail.com
Poetry
Title: “I Noticed”
Author: Jason D. DeHart
Institution: Appalachian State University
Titles: “Muse” & “Ode to Camp”
Author: Christina Pulzone
Institution: Florida State University
Titles:“The Duality of Education and the complexity of Being Literate”
Author: Chanequa Cameron
Institution: Deer Lake Elementary, Ontario, Canada
Visual Art
Title: “Counter-Narrative”
Artist: Jerome C. Harste
Institution: Indiana University
Title: “Shelter in Place”
Artist: Jerome C. Harste
Institution: Indiana University
Title: Idiom Artwork Project, Compiled by Krista Dean, Art Teacher at Chase Street Elementary, Athens, GA
“Barking Up the Wrong Tree” By Mzée
“Playing with Fire” By Crews
“Cool as a Cucumber” By Ruby
“Steal One’s Thunder” By Drew
Principal Editor
Alexandra Lampp Berglund
Managing Editor
Merida Lang
Production Editor
Bhairvi M. Trivedi
Conference Co-Chairs
Stacia L. Long & Tamara Moten
Academic Book Review Editor
Yixuan Wang
Poetry, Fiction, & Visual Arts Editor
William Terrell Wright
CYAL Book Review Editor
Wisnu Agung Pradana
Communications Editor
Maverick Y. Zhang
Scholars Speak Out Editor
Andressa Cristina Molinari
Digital Content Editor
Alexandra Lampp Berglund
Faculty Advisor
Peter Smagorinsky