WOW Review: Reading Across Cultures
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Volume XIV, Issue 1
Fall 2021
Introduction and Editors’ Note
All Are Welcome
Written by Alexandra Penfold
Illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman
Efrén Divided
Written by Ernesto Cisneros
Firekeeper’s Daughter
Written by Angeline Boulley
Hold On to Your Music: The Inspiring Story of the Children of Willesden Lane
Written by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen
Adapted by Emil Sher
Illustrated by Sonia Possentini
I Am Enough
Written by Grace Byers
Illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo
Julián at the Wedding
Written and illustrated by Jessica Love
Milo Imagines the World
Written by Matt de a Peña
Illustrated by Christian Robinson
My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder
Written and illustrated by Jun Nie
Translated from French by Edward Gauvin
Orange for the Sunsets
Written by Tina Athaide
The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden
Written by Heather Smith
Illustrated by Rachel Wada
The Proudest Blue
Written by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali
Illustrated by Hatem Aly
Voices of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
Written by Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Contributors to this Issue:
Diana Barboza, University of Texas-Arlington
Aretina Cotton, Texas Woman’s University
Sandy Emerson, Texas Woman’s University
Erik Goen, Dallas, TX
Kimberly Griffith, Texas Woman’s University
Ashley Johnson, Texas Woman’s University
Sara Logan, University of Arizona
Brianna Perez, Texas Women University
María Perpetua U. Liwanag, Towson University
Rachel Salas, University of Nevada-Reno
Jessica Salgado, Texas Woman’s University
Monica Schneider, Texas Woman’s University
Brianna Staples, Towson University
Hollie Walters, Arlington ISD
Xiajie Wang, University of Arizona
Editors:
Susan Corapi, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL
María V. Acevedo-Aquino, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Production Editor:
Aika Adamson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Review Board:
Nojood M. Alsudairi, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Seemi Aziz, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Nancy Hlibok Amann, Arizona School for Deaf and Blind, Tucson, AZ
Kathleen Crawford-McKinney, Wayne State University, Troy, MI
Desiree Cueto, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Michele Ebersole, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
Holly Johnson, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Gloria Kauffman, YIES School, Brianza, Italy
Janelle B. Mathis, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Gail Pritchard, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX
Jean Schroeder, The IDEA School, Tucson, AZ
Tracy Smiles, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
Celeste Trimble, St. Martin’s University, Lacey, WA
Yoo Kyung Sung, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Melissa Wilson, Leeds Trinity University, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
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WOW review: reading across cultures
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Thanks you! What an eye opening review!!!! So well written and dedicated to the truth of representing our daily lives, our first thoughts, our judgements. At 70 I reflect back on my life and realized at a younger age that I unknowingly judged sight, smell, touch, hearing and taste from my surroundings and events! It is so rewarding that at an early age our senses can be richly directed from reading these kind of observed stories. Opening our eyes and hearts to knew horizons!