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Direct linkMcNair, Jonda C.; Alexander, LaNorris D.; Boyle, Caitlin E.; Brown, Jace; Cornelissen, Ariel; Crossley, Jared S.; McNamara, Emma K.; Thomas, Carrie Anne – Reading Teacher, 2021
We present a sampling of recently published picturebook biographies with noteworthy endpapers. First, we highlight scholarship related to picturebook biographies and peritextual features. Second, we present examples of three ways endpapers function, using nine picturebook biographies while also incorporating pedagogical suggestions related to the…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Biographies, Layout (Publications), Reading Material Selection
McNair, Jonda C. – Reading Teacher, 2016
Children's literature plays an essential role in the literacy development of children. This department column focuses on the teaching and use of children's literature and provides educators with information about a wide range of books across multiple genres that are representative of the diverse world in which we live. A strong emphasis is placed…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Content Analysis, Childrens Literature, Diversity (Institutional)
McNair, Jonda C. – Reading Teacher, 2010
The purpose of this article is to assert that there are classic African American children's books and to identify a sampling of them. The author presents multiple definitions of the term classic based on the responses of children's literature experts and relevant scholarship. Next, the manner in which data were collected and analyzed in regard to…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Childrens Literature, African American Children, African American Culture
McNair, Jonda C. – Language Arts, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine Firefly (Preschool) and Seesaw (K-1) Scholastic book club order forms for a period of one year--from September of 2004 through June of 2005--in order to determine which authors and illustrators of children's literature, particularly those of color, were routinely included and excluded. This study was…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Clubs, Authors, Minority Groups
