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Texts, ranging from fairy tales to young adult novels, have been criticized because they seem to constrain the roles available to boys and girls. Like the fairy tales, popular book series are often written in such a way as to construct models of adulthood that reinforce stereotypes. Texts should represent the lives lived by children. Those who work in children’s literature often describe the role of texts as serving as “mirrors and windows.” Children’s literature should serve as “mirrors” for children to see themselves and as “windows’ to view others with a deepening respect for the multiple ways that children are growing and learning in America and across the globe. It is as important for all children to seem themselves in literature as it is for them to see children unlike themselves. For all children and young adults, it is important to learn to understand and respect children who are growing up now and long ago. When selecting children’s and YA books, ensure that your students will seem themselves in the text selections, portrayed in respectful and realistic ways. There are several web sites that will provide you with criteria for evaluating multicultural materials. The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities provides a bibliography and criteria to help you identify books that are written about or include characters who have a disability.

	Writer's choice. [Grade 11]: composition and grammar / consulting author for composition, William Strong; grammar specialist, Mark Lester; visual-verbal learning specialists, Ligature, Inc.
	Literature and the language arts. Willow level Understanding literature.
	All write : a student handbook for writing & learning / written and compiled by Dave Kemper, Patrick Sebranek, and Verne Meyer ; illustrated by Chris Krenzke and Mary Ross.
	Word family file-folder word walls : 30 reproducible patterns for portable word walls to teach the top word families and help kids become better readers, writers, and spellers / by Mary Beth Spann.
	Celebrate. Teacher's book / senior authors, J. David Cooper, John J. Pikulski ; authors, Kathryn H. Au ... [et al.].