The Américas Award

Honoring Latino/a Children’s and Young Adult Literature of the Americas

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Central & South American, Children&
Cover of the book The Américas Award by Candace Doerr-Stevens, Patricia Enciso, Leanne M. Evans, Wooseob Jeong, Ruth McKoy Lowery, Colleen E. Marsh, Carmen Liliana Medina, Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Ruth Quiroa, Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, Denise Woltering Vargas, Erin N. Winkler, Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, Lexington Books
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Author: Candace Doerr-Stevens, Patricia Enciso, Leanne M. Evans, Wooseob Jeong, Ruth McKoy Lowery, Colleen E. Marsh, Carmen Liliana Medina, Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Ruth Quiroa, Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, Denise Woltering Vargas, Erin N. Winkler, Vivian Yenika-Agbaw ISBN: 9781498501613
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: December 16, 2015
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Candace Doerr-Stevens, Patricia Enciso, Leanne M. Evans, Wooseob Jeong, Ruth McKoy Lowery, Colleen E. Marsh, Carmen Liliana Medina, Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Ruth Quiroa, Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, Denise Woltering Vargas, Erin N. Winkler, Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
ISBN: 9781498501613
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: December 16, 2015
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

First awarded in 1993, the Américas 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 Américas 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.

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First awarded in 1993, the Américas 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 Américas 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.

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