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<p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12px;line-height:17px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">Lasting Connections and Multicultural Literature</p>
<p align="left" style="font-size:12px;line-height:17px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"><img src="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/ala-publishing/data/images/gillian_engberg_resize2.jpg" alt="" width="80" height="120" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="left">Each January,
<em>Book Links</em> magazine celebrates multicultural literature for youth, and
in this issue of <em>Quick Tips</em>, we offer you a sneak peek of those articles,
including a <a href="#13c1bc1fb762c3d4_characters">roundup of middle-grade and YA novels featuring
multiracial characters and linked to Common Core-related activities</a>. Also
featured below, you'll find columnist Rob Reid's recommendations for <a href="#13c1bc1fb762c3d4_reid">read-aloud
titles that encourage students to explore their interests</a>—perfect for New
Year's dreaming and resolution-making. And, of course, we start things off with
<a href="#13c1bc1fb762c3d4_lasting">"Lasting Connections," our annual list of the top titles, published
in the previous year, for K–8 classrooms</a>. Have a quibble about one of our
choices or a favorite that we didn't include? Please let us know! And don't forget
to visit our <a href="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yODk0MDU3JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY4MjUzNzUmbGk9MTQ4ODAyNzE/index.html" target="_blank">Common Core resource page</a> for more ideas about
how to implement the standards with the best books for kids and young adults.</p>
<p align="left" style="font-size:12px;line-height:17px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">Happy reading!</p>
<p align="left" style="font-size:12px;line-height:17px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"><em>Gillian Engberg</em>, Editor<br>
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January in <em>Book Links</em>, we publish a partner list to <em>Booklist</em>'s
Books for Youth Editors' Choice selections. "Lasting Connections" focuses on the
top 30 titles for the K–8 classroom, and in the list below, you'll find titles
covering a wide range of subjects, from Aesop's fables to wild horses (and the
scientists who study them), all selected for their natural connections across
the curriculum and to the Common Core State Standards.</p>
<p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12px;line-height:17px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">Language Arts</p>
<p><strong><img src="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/ala-publishing/data/images/9780823424009_p0_v1_s600.jpg" alt="Fox Tales by Amy Lowry" width="135" height="135" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right"><a href="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yODk0MDU3JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY4MjUzNzUmbGk9MTQ4ODAyNzM/index.html" target="_blank">Fox Tails: </a></strong><a href="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0yODk0MDU3JnA9MSZ1PTEwMjY4MjUzNzUmbGk9MTQ4ODAyNzM/index.html" target="_blank">Four
Fables from Aesop</a>. By Amy Lowry. Illus. by the author. 2012. 32p. Holiday,
$16.95 (9780823424009). 398.24. K–Gr. 2.</p>
<p align="left" style="font-size:12px;line-height:17px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">Four familiar
Aesop fables—"The Fox and the Grapes," "The Fox and the Crow," "The Fox and
the Goat," and "The Fox and the Stork"—combine into a single, lively, seamless
story in this handsomely illustrated picture book.</p>
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By Amina Chaudri<br>
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<p align="center"><span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:rgb(0,153,204)"><em>Examine cultural identity while
implementing the Common Core State Standards with these middle-grade and young-adult
novels about multiracial characters.</em></span></p>
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<p align="left" style="font-size:12px;line-height:17px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">The
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) advocate critical reading and, in doing so,
are aligned with multicultural education, which encourages the consideration of
multiple perspectives and experiences through literacy. According to the CCSS'
introduction to the English language-arts standards' goals, "Students actively
seek to understand other perspectives and cultures through reading and listening,
and they are able to communicate effectively with people of varied backgrounds.
They evaluate other points of view critically and constructively."<img src="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/ala-publishing/data/images/9781416978053_p0_v1_s600.jpg" alt="Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon" width="90" height="135" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right"></p>
<p align="left" style="font-size:12px;line-height:17px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif">Multicultural
children's literature has been pivotal to pedagogical approaches geared toward
expanding readers' worlds, but traditionally this has meant teaching about single
cultures, such as Latino, African American, and so on. U.S. census data from the
last two decades indicates an increasingly racially mixed population (9 million
in 2010). Including children's and young-adult literature with mixed-race content
in the curriculum offers teachers and students rich and unique opportunities to
learn and demonstrate the skills described in the CCSS' anchor standards.</p>
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these novels aloud and kindle students'<br>
creative ideas about the possibilities in their lives.</span></p>
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<p align="left" style="font-size:12px;line-height:17px;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"><img src="http://ala-publishing.informz.net/ala-publishing/data/images/9781442433434_p0_v1_s600.jpg" alt="Katerina’s Wish, by Jeannie Mobley" width="91" height="135" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right">We all have dreams and aspirations. The following titles
feature a variety of characters with different experiences. Some wish they could
change their current situations; others are wondering where their dreams will
lead them. The titles below were chosen for their strong writing, flowing text,
and ability to captivate a diverse group of young people. The "10-Minute Selections"
are short passages that can be read as stand-alone pieces (and, in reality, are
anywhere between 5 and 15 minutes long). These passages are useful when there
is not enough time to share the entire book with youngsters. Instead, these selections
can give kids a flavor of the book and hopefully encourage them to pick it up on their own.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold">In This Issue:</span><span style="font-size:8pt"><br>
<a href="#13c1bc1fb762c3d4_editor" style="font-weight:bold;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;line-height:16px;text-align:center">From the Editor</a></span><br>
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