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<br /> READING TODAY<br /> May/June 2015<br /> Volume 32, Number 6<br /> Closing the<br /> Diversity Gap<br /> · Why young readers need<br /> more authenticity<br /> · Celebrating the best in<br /> diverse literature<br /> · How a children's book can<br /> bring an entire community together<br /> <br /> ontents<br /> 18<br /> 2 EDITOR'S NOTE<br /> 4 LIT BITS<br /> 6 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE<br /> 8 OUR VIEW<br /> LITERACY LEADERSHIP<br /> A Continued Call<br /> for Diverse Books<br /> 10 Going Above and Beyond to Meet Students' Basic Needs<br /> 14 TWO TAKES<br /> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE<br /> 16 Terrell Young and Deanna Day Provide Insight Into our Special Issue<br /> 22 This Year's Picks for Notable Books for a Global Society<br /> 24 Using Poetry to Integrate All Content Areas<br /> 28 Reading Aloud to Promote Agency<br /> 30 The Power of Children's Literature to Bring a Whole Community Together<br /> 34 A Behind-<a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=1"> READING TODAY May/June 2015 Volume 32, Number 6 </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=2"> </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=3"> ontents 18 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6 P</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=4"> EDITOR'S NOTE Colleen Patrice Clark Managing Edit</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=5"> ILA 2015 CONFERENCE & EXHIBITS St. Lou</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=6"> LIT BITS Wanted: Future Literacy Leaders Our</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=7"> </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=8"> PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Jill Lewis-Spector (jlewispro</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=9"> Maximizing this potential depen</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=10"> OUR VIEW Marcie Craig Post (mpost@reading.org) </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=11"> Consider the following: ■ About 12% of the world </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=12"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Eileen Smith Dallabrida (smit</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=13"> Across the U.S., dedicated educators a</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=14"> Tiffany Anderson wears many hats, including as th</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=15"> Coming full circle At Our Lady of the Angels Elem</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=16"> TWO TAKES Laura Robb (la</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=17"> In light of recent debate, we ask two experts for</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=18"> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Terrell A. Young (terrell_ </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=19"> </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=20"> COVER STORY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? Steps we need </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=21"> i n March 2014, The New York Times publ</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=22"> COVER STORY Yet Low forecasts hope, </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=23"> “Our interest in diverse forms of storytelling an</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=24"> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=25"> consisted of individuals drawn to the event for d</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=26"> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Sylvia Vardell (svardell@tw</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=27"> Integrating poetry into content areas</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=28"> </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=29"> </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=30"> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Regie Routman (regier@comca</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=31"> REGIE'S BOOKLIST Below is a list of Routman's fav</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=32"> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Elisa Mayo (emayo@qsd.k12.m</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=33"> parents assisting with student learning. These ar</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=34"> Whole classes produced projects toget</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=35"> WHO IS THE FUTURE OF LITERACY? ILA WANTS TO KNO</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=36"> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Lauren Aimonette Liang (lau</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=37"> In 1975, ILA bestowed its first child</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=38"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Maureen McLaughlin (mmclau</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=39"> Seeking a greater understanding of stru</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=40"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Julie D. Ramsay (juliedram</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=41"> I know none of us want to pass along </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=42"> ANNUAL CONFERENCE Colleen Patrice Clark (cclark@</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=43"> military dictatorship crept dangerously close to </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=44"> 42 “Launching a social impact fund [will enable </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=45"> Reading workshop upgrades for today's classrooms </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=46"> ANNUAL CONFERENCE Maurna Rome (maurnarome@gmail.c</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=47"> Maurna Rome and her students in their author lab </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=48"> THE ILA NETWORK Rose Cappelli (ryc1011@hotmail</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=49"> Finding the connection Here in Pennsylvania, we h</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=50"> EVENTS MAY 2015 22–24 Hellenic Association fo</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=51"> © 2014 ILA No. 9405 Copublished with Shell Educa</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=52"> MEMBER SPOTLIGHTnews & notes ILA MEMBER ACCOMPLI</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=53"> in your words What is ONE WORD or phrase </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=54"> MEMBER reflections SPOTLIGHT classroom BEYOND THE</a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=55"> </a> <a title="Reading Today May/June 2015 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6ea8b1ed?page=56"> COMING LATE SPRING/ EARLY SUMMER 2015 Units </a>