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Kathy Short

2025 Trends in K-12 Global Literature

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WOW Recommends: Oasis

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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

WOW Recommends: Refugee

Celebrating the Story of Stories

What It’s Like to be on the Caldecott Committee

Award-Winning Global Literature in the U.S.

Exploring the World through Cultural Community Story Boxes

Connecting to Family Funds of Knowledge through Story

Introducing Children to Global Cultures and Languages

WOW Currents

The Common Core State Standards: Misunderstandings about Response and Close Reading

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The Common Core State Standards: Misconceptions about Informational and Literary Texts

The Common Core State Standards: The Complexity of Text Complexity in Global Literature

Common Core State Standards: Misconceptions about Text Exemplars

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Strategies for Reading and Discussing Paired Books

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