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<br /> LITERACY TODAY<br /> May/June 2016<br /> Volume 33, Issue 6<br /> Windows<br /> and Mirrors<br /> · Discovering the world through<br /> children's literature<br /> · Fostering empathy and love<br /> with diverse books<br /> · The best new titles to<br /> add to your summer<br /> reading lists<br /> <br /> ontents<br /> 10<br /> 2 EDITOR'S NOTE<br /> 4 LIT BITS<br /> 6 OUR VIEW<br /> LITERACY LEADERSHIP<br /> 8 Combining Research to Boost Comprehension<br /> and Confidence<br /> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE<br /> 10 2016: A Win for Diverse Books<br /> 12 Online Exclusive: Interviews With This Year's Belpré and Coretta Scott<br /> King Award Winners<br /> 14 ILA's Arbuthnot Award Winner on Her Top Tips and Book Suggestions<br /> for Teachers<br /> 16 The Unspoken Language of Wordless Picture Books<br /> 18 ILA Choices Reading Lists: Perfect f<a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=1"> LITERACY TODAY May/June 2016 Volume 33, Issue 6 </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=2"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=3"> ontents 10 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS 6 O</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=4"> EDITOR'S NOTE Colle</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=5"> Inspire young writers with KWAME ALEXANDER Vide</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=6"> LIT BITS A Reading Celebration </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=7"> Leaders for Literacy Day 2016 A panel of cross-se</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=8"> OUR VIEW Junko Yokota (junko.yokota@mac.com), a</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=9"> books do something that those authored and illust</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=10"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Lisa Trottier Brown (pbslbro</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=11"> Heckelman tested the method with 24 a</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=12"> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Ruth McKoy Lowery (lowery.</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=13"> representation. The 2016 award winners did not di</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=14"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=15"> The Super Reader Movement Has Begun. PAM </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=16"> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Barbara A. Ward (barbara_wa</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=17"> This Arbuthnot Award winner avidly re</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=18"> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Paul H. Ricks (paul_ricks@b</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=19"> of the word into English will ever do it justice.</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=20"> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE Lisa Morris-Wilkey (@lmwar</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=21"> Valuing the readers' voice As a YA team leader an</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=22"> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=23"> m y daughter grew </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=24"> Should Die Before I Wake by Han Nolan, Crackback </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=25"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=26"> CHILDREN'S LITERATURE CURATING EMPATHY How </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=27"> e ach night, my wife and </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=28"> publishing, and the world in general, has changed</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=29"> Bring Literature to Life in The Writing Classro</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=30"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Pernille Ripp (psripp@gmai</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=31"> it, not because my students raved about it, but b</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=32"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Tara L. Kingsley (tkingsle</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=33"> Readers and writers in the 21st century must coll</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=34"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Nancy Steineke (steineke@g</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=35"> Years later, I left school as a reade</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=36"> ILA 2016 Known as The Crazy Reading Ladies (cra</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=37"> As we look forward to this year's gat</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=38"> ILA 2016 Jennifer L. Nelson (jennifer@jennifern</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=39"> Reach Out and Read aims to provide yo</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=40"> THE ILA NETWORK Amber Garbe (ambergarbe@gmail.co</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=41"> Witnessing the excitement Educational researchers</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=42"> EVENTS Libby Limbrick (l.limbrick@auckland .ac.</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=43"> JUNE 2016 28–29 Iowa Reading Association Conferen</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=44"> MEMBER news & notes SPO</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=45"> in your words A GO-TO LIST of Books One tool ev</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=46"> MEMBER reflections SPOTLIGHT Love To Do</a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=47"> </a> <a title="Literacy Today May/June 2016 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b508b9bc?page=48"> Stephanie Harvey | Anne Goudvis Understanding of </a>