Purpose The purpose of this paper is to further theorize BlackCrit to include a deeper focus
on the framing idea of Black liberatory fantasy via Afrofuturism. Design/methodology …

Many elementary teachers shy away from using expository literature for interactive read‐
alouds in their classrooms, preferring and privileging narrative texts over this type of …

This is a conceptual paper that explores critiquing picturebooks set in Africa. The paper is
grounded in BlackCrit (Black Critical Theory) and Racial and Ethnic Socialization (RES) …

Two-way dual language (TWDL) programs have traditionally served white and non-Black
Latinx students, with limited attention to other cultures and races. This limitation can result in …

The author identifies antiblack racism as a force that impacts numerous structures within the
field of children's literature, including writing, illustrating, editing, reviewing, selecting …

Romanticized rural storytelling creates difficulties for rural children in finding mirrors, seeing
people like themselves and places like their homes as principal characters and settings in …

Scholars, educators, writers, and librarians have been calling for richer literary depictions of
Black culture since the 1930s. Using a critical content analysis framework with the books …

This article examined the underrepresentation of Black characters in children's picture
books, particularly in natural settings, and its effect on Black children's relationship with …

This article analyzes Homemade Love, a children's picture book by Black feminist writer,
theorist, and cultural critic bell hooks. I specifically examine how hooks renders her child …

En este artículo se exponen los hallazgos de un análisis crítico de contenido de literatura
infantil puertorriqueña, con el fin de examinar la representación de personas …