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Kathy Short

2025 Trends in K-12 Global Literature

Two children look up in delight as an android projects an image of the cosmos from its chest.

WOW Recommends: Oasis

A teen boy looks back at the viewer. His body is cut out to show the flag of the United States.

Come to the Tucson Festival of Books on March 15-16, 2025

Eliette (7th grade) considers an illustration from the book Sumo Libre.

Cepeda Stories: Everyone Has a Story to Tell

Cover art for The Dark Fantastic includes a Black girl sitting on the edge of a tree village extending her hand to a fantastical bird.

2020 Global Books: Fantasy Based in Many Cultural Traditions

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2020 Global Books: Picturebooks about Contemporary Experiences

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2020 Global Books: Refugee Experiences in Children's and YA Literature

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2020 Trends in Global Literature for Children and Adolescents

Worlds of Words Acquires Original Art for “The Caged Birds of Phnom Penh” from Ronald Himler

Worlds of Words Exhibit Shows Visual Narratives Are Neither "Silent" Nor "Wordless"

Run for Your Life by Silvana Gandolfi Cover 9781632061652

The Batchelder Award: An Entryway to Translated Children’s Books

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Globalizing the Reading of Middle and High School Students

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Engaging K-5 Readers with Global Literature

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Limitations of Lexile Levels for Global Literature

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The Complexities of Text Complexity

Globalizing the Common Core State Standards, Parrish Ballenger reads Odyssey a Graphic Novel

Globalizing the Common Core State Standards Exemplar List

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