WOW Review: Reading Across Cultures is an electronic, peer-reviewed journal of Worlds of Words Center of Global Literacies and Literatures containing critical reviews on children's and adolescent literature that highlights intercultural understanding and global perspectives.
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ISSN 2577-0527
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XVIII
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(Winter 2025)
Curiosity, Imagination, and Creativity
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- Volume XVIII, Issue 3, Open Theme, Spring 2026
- Volume XVIII, Issue 2, Curiosity, Imagination, and Creativity, Winter 2025
- Volume XVIII, Issue 1, Open Theme, Fall 2025
- Volume XVII, Issue 4, Action for Climate Change; Summer 2025
- Volume XVII, Issue 3, Open Theme; Spring 2025
- Volume XVII, Issue 2, Human-Animal Relationships; Winter 2024
- Volume XVII, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2024
- Volume XVI, Issue 4, Technology in a Global World; Summer 2024
- Volume XVI, Issue 3, Open Theme; Spring 2024
- Volume XVI, Issue 2, Global perspectives in biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, and fictionalized biographies; Winter 2023
- Volume XVI, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2023
- Volume XV, Issue 4, Global Perspectives on Food; Summer 2023
- Volume XV, Issue 3, Open Theme; Spring 2023
- Volume XV, Issue 2, Intergenerational Relationships; Winter 2022
- Volume XV, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2022
- Volume XIV, Issue 4, Global Perspectives on Journeys of Healing and Recovery; Summer 2022
- Volume XIV, Issue 3, Open Theme; Spring 2022
- Volume XIV, Issue 2, Global Perspectives on STEM; Winter 2021
- Volume XIV, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2021
- Volume XIII, Issue 4, A Climate of Change; Summer 2021
- Volume XIII, Issue 3, Open Theme; Spring 2021
- Volume XIII, Issue 2, Language Diversity; Winter 2020
- Volume XIII, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2020
- Volume XII, Issue 4, Visual Narratives; Summer 2020
- Voume XII, Issue 3 Open theme; Spring 2020
- Volume XII, Issue 2, Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winners; Winter 2019
- Volume XII, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2019
- Volume XI, Issue 4, Global Nonfiction and Autobiographies; Summer 2019
- Volume XI, Issue 3, Hope in its Different Forms; Spring 2019
- Volume XI, Issue 2, Trauma; Winter 2018
- Volume XI, Issue 1, Connections Create Bridges across People and Cultures; Fall 2018
- Volume X, Issue 4, Moral and Ethical Dilemmas; Summer 2018
- Volume X, Issue 3, Where Hope and Courage Meet; Spring 2018
- Volume X, Issue 2, Traveling Back In Time to the Early 20th Century; Winter 2017
- Volume X, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2017
- Volume IX, Issue 4, Notable Global Picturebooks for All Ages; Summer 2017
- Volume IX, Issue 3, Open Theme; Spring 2017
- Volume IX, Issue 2, Conflict, Dissonance, and Resolution: Disrupting the Status Quo; Winter 2016
- Volume IX, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2016
- Volume VIII, Issue 4, Literature as a Key to Possibility; Summer 2016
- Volume VIII, Issue 3, Open Theme; Spring 2016
- Volume VIII, Issue 2, Movement, Transition, and Change across Time; Winter 2015
- Volume VIII, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2015
- Volume VII, Issue 4, Immigration as Opportunities; Summer 2015
- Volume VII, Issue 3, Open Theme; Spring 2015
- Volume VII, Issue 2, Humor in Children's Books; Winter 2014
- Volume VII, Issue 1, Open theme; Fall 2014
- Volume VI, Issue 4, Global Diasporas; Summer 2014
- Volume VI, Issue 3, Open theme; Spring 2014
- Volume VI, Issue 2, Global Award Winning Titles; Winter 2013
- Volume VI, Issue 1, Open theme; Fall 2013
- Volume V, Issue 4, Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities; Summer 2013
- Volume V, Issue 3, Open theme; Spring 2013
- Volume V, Issue 2, Images of African Culture; Winter 2012
- Volume V, Issue 1, Open theme; Fall 2012
- Volume IV, Issue 4, Representations of Contemporary Global Communities; Summer 2012
- Volume IV, Issue 3, Open Theme; Spring 2012
- Volume IV, Issue 2, Forced Journeys; Winter 2011
- Volume IV, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2011
- Volume III, Issue 4, Young People Taking Action for Social Change; Summer 2011
- Volume III, Issue 3, Open Theme; Spring 2011
- Volume III, Issue 2, Holocaust Around the World; Winter 2010
- Volume III, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2010
- Volume II, Issue 4, Conflict in the Middle East and South Asia; Summer 2010
- Volume II, Issue 3, Open Theme; Spring 2010
- Volume II, Issue 2, Hope Amidst Conflict; Winter 2009
- Volume II, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2009
- Volume I, Issue 4, Open Theme; Summer 2009
- Volume I, Issue 3, Open Theme; Spring 2009
- Volume I, Issue 2, Open Theme; Winter 2008
- Volume I, Issue 1, Open Theme; Fall 2008
WOW Review: Reading Across Cultures Advisory Committee:
Editor, Susan Corapi, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL
Editor, Melissa Wilson, Cardiff, Wales
Nojood M. Alsudairi, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Seemi Aziz, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Susan Corapi, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL
Kathleen Crawford-McKinney, Wayne State University, Troy, MI
Desiree Cueto, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Michele Ebersole, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
Holly Johnson, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Gloria Kauffman, Tucson, AZ
HeeYoung Kim, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX
Prisca Martens, Towson University, Towson, MD
Janelle B. Mathis, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Gail Pritchard, Tucson, AZ
Jean Schroeder, Tucson, AZ
Tracy Smiles, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
Yoo Kyung Sung, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Celeste Trimble, St. Martin’s University, Lacey, WA
Deonna Tourtellot, Red Rock Elementary School, Red Rock, AZ
Melissa Wilson, Cardiff, Wales
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