WOW Review: Reading Across Cultures
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Volume XV, Issue 3
Spring 2023
Introduction and Editor’s Note
Arletis, Abuelo, and the Message in a Bottle / Arletis, abuelo y el mensaje en la botella
Written by Lea Aschkenas
Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu
Blood Brothers
Written by Rob Sanders
Gibberish
Written and illustrated by Young Vo
Ida in the Middle
Written by Nora Lester Murad
The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh
Written by Supriya Kelkar
Illustrated by Alea Marley
Shuna’s Journey
Written and illustrated by Hayo Miyazaki
Trans. from Japanese by Alex Dudok De Wit
Temple Alley Summer
Written by Sachiko Kashiwaba
Illustrated by Miho Satake
Translated by Avery Udagawa
Contributors to this Issue:
Tura Campanella Cook, Austin, Texas
Deanna Day, Washington State University
Kate Jung, Trinity International University
HeeYoung Kim, West Texas A&M University
Jana Maiuri, University of Arizona, Tucson
Judi Moreillon, Tucson, Arizona
Kathy G. Short, University of Arizona, Tucson
Editors:
Susan Corapi, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL
María V. Acevedo-Aquino, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Production Editors:
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
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