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Introduction and Editors' Note

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Girl playing piano with flowers eminating from the keys.


Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
Written by Margarita Engle
Illustrated by Rafael López

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Each Kindness
Written by Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrated by E.B. Lewis

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Everlasting Nora
Written by Marie Miranda Cruz

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Everything Naomi Loved
Written by Katie Yamasaki and Ian Lendler
Illustrated by Katie Yamasaki

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Merci Suárez Changes Gears
Written by Meg Medina

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La noche más noche
Written by Sergio Andricaín 
Illustrated by Quim Torres

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Small flames emit from the head, shoulders and hands of a young man


The Patron Saints of Nothing
Written by Randy Ribay

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Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
Written by Caren Stelson

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Sulwe
Written by Lupita Nyong'o
Illustrated by Vashti Harrison


Contributors to this Issue:
Nallely Aguayo, University of Arizona
Julia Andersen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Amy Burke, Texas Woman's University
Sherri Carmichael, University of Arizona
Lindsey Escamilla, Texas Woman's University
Talle Gómez, Texas A&M Commerce
Jessica Horton, University of Arizona
Francis Maffi-Mahmood, Texas Woman's University
Savina Settle, Texas Woman's University

Editors:
Susan Corapi, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL
Prisca Martens, Towson University, Towson, MD

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
ISSN 2577-0527

WOW Review is an electronic journal of critical reviews on children’s and adolescent literature that highlight intercultural understanding and global perspectives.