Introduction of Volume IX Issue 2

Abstract

This issue of WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom includes eleven vignettes from two global literacy communities in Arizona; one consisted of teachers from a private school in a rural community and the other consisted of teachers from urban Title 1 schools. Each community contained educators committed to the use of global literature with students and with explorations of language and culture across global contexts. These two communities are connected by their focus on children exploring global literature as mirrors and windows to examine their own identities and to engage in cross-cultural studies to develop understandings of cultures that differ from their own.

Keywords

• teaching
• education
• literacy community
• global children's literature