WOW Review: Volume XVIII, Issue 1

WOW Review: Reading Across Cultures
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Volume XVIII, Issue 1
Fall 2025

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Introduction and Editors’ Note

Cover of All Because You Matter depicting a young black boy looking out to the viewer with colorful leaf cutouts in the background.All Because You Matter
Written by Tami Charles
Illustrated by Bryan Collier

A woman in a purple traditional Indigenous dress runs through the desert.Daughter of the Light-Footed People
Written by Belen Medina
Illustrated by Natalia Rojas Castro

City bus full of people where a child and adult are waitingLast Stop on Market Street
Written by Matt de la Peña
Illustrated by Christian Robinson

A young child hides in a jacket while a wisp of black and blue circles their head.Me and My Dysphoria Monster
Written by Laura Kay Dale
Illustrated by Ang Hui Qing

Two young boys with their arms around each other's shoulders smile.My Pal, Victor/ Mi amigo Victor
Written by Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Illustrated by Robert Sweetland

A young Black girl puts food products in a shopping cart.Saturday at The Food Pantry
Written by Diane O’Neill
Illustrated by Brizida Magro

A young Latino stands at a microphone on a stage in front of three judgesSpanish is the Language of My Family
Written by Michael Genhart
Illustrated by John Parra

A young girl sits in the backseat of a blue car and looks behind her. Butterflies fill the pink sky behind the car.Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando
Written by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez
Illustrated by Magdalena Mora
Translated by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite

A Navajo man sits in a chair looking out at the desert, the red eclipsed sun behind him.Sunpainters: Eclipse of the Navajo Sun
Written and illustrated by Baje Whitethorne

A young Asian boy stands between two dragons; one blue Asian dragon and one red European dragon.The Truth About Dragons
Written by Julie Leung
Illustrated by Hanna Cha


Contributors to this Issue:
Heather Barton, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Katie Campbell, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Janee Chandler, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Kristine Cochran, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Krystal Cryer, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Yolanda Huckaby, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Misty Jacobson, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Shelby Phelps, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Kristian Rana, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Abby Tree, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX

Editors:
Susan Corapi, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL
Melissa B. Wilson, Cardiff, UK

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
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
Ruth McKoy Lowery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Prisca Martens, Towson University, Towson, MD
Janelle B. Mathis, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Gail Pritchard, Tucson, AZ
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
Deonna Tourtellot, Red Rock Elementary School, Red Rock, AZ
Melissa Wilson, Cardiff, Wales

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