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LITERACY TODAY
Volume 35, Issue 6
May/June 2018
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing Editor Colleen Patrice Clark
Editors Christina Lambert & Alina O’Donnell
Intern Nicole Robbins
ILA LEADERSHIP
Executive Director Marcie Craig Post
Associate Executive Director Stephen Sye
2017–2018 BOARD MEMBERS
Douglas Fisher, San Diego State University,
President; Bernadette Dwyer, Dublin City
University, Vice President; William Teale,
University of Illinois at Chicago, Immediate Past
President; Gwynne Ash, Texas State University;
Catherine Collier, Chesapeake Public Schools;
Beverley E. Harris, Mico University College,
University of the West Indies; Rachel Karchmer-
Klein, University of Delaware; Stephanie Laird,
Southeast Polk Community School District;
Susan Paasch, Sauk Rapids Public School
District; Stephen Peters, Laurens County
School District 55; Julia Reynolds, Allendale
Public Schools; Jennifer Williams, Calliope
Global Education Initiatives
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EDITOR’S NOTE
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LIT BITS
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ILA UPDATE
LITERACY LEADERSHIP
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What to Expect from Standards 2017
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Promoting Literacy Learning and Leadership
Opportunities at the Pre-K Level
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Examining the Results of a Successful
Aft er-School Intervention Program
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Supporting Early Literacy With Families
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
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Let Me…: A Poem by Lee Bennett Hopkins
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To Know and Be Known: Digging Deeper Into Representation
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The Danger of Omission: How Literacy Creates an Urgent
Call to Innovate
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Reimagining Reading in the Wake of Violence and Trauma
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Teaching a Growth Mindset Through Children’s Literature
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The Power of Picture Books in Literacy Education
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Mixing in Some Spooky Tales to Get Kids Reading
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Reading Aloud Nonfi ction Picture Books in the Middle Grades
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Using Fractured Fairy Tales to Introduce Critical Literacy
ILA 2018
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Marley Dias and Her Awe-Inspiring Campaign to Change Children’s
Literature—and the World
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Colby Sharp on the Transformative Impact of a Good Book
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Kwame Alexander and the Vision for His New Imprint, Versify
THE ILA NETWORK
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Why You Should Join One of ILA’ s SIGs
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How One ILA Affi liate Is Empowering Girls and Amplifying Their
Voices in Kenya
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EVENTS
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Examining
Diversity
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