WOW Review: Reading Across Cultures is an electronic, peer-reviewed journal of critical reviews on children’s and adolescent literature that highlights intercultural understanding and global perspectives. Each submission goes through a blind review process. If you would like to submit to WOW Review, please see our current call and submission guidelines.
WOW review: reading across cultures
ISSN 2577-0527
WOW Review Archives
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 2020
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 2019
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 2018
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 2015
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 2013
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 2012
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 2011
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 2010
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
Alphabetical Listing of all books reviewed by WOW Review
WOW Review: Reading Across Cultures Advisory Committee:
Co-editor, Susan Corapi, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL
Co-editor, Prisca Martens, Towson University, Towson, MD
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, 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
Prisca Martens, Towson University, Towson, MD
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
Yoo Kyung Sung, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Celeste Trimble, St. Martin’s University, Lacey, WA
Melissa Wilson, Leeds Trinity University, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK