More Mirrors in the Classroom: Using Urban Children's Literature to Increase Literacy (Kids Like Us) - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Jane Fleming is a reading specialist with more than 20 years' experience working in urban public schools in Chicago, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. She is co-founder of KIDS LIKE US, a nonprofit organization dedicated to research, professional development, and advocacy around teaching with culturally relevant texts.

Susan Catapano, EdD, is an elementary school librarian and retired teacher educator with more than 25 years of experience working with early childhood and elementary school teachers. She still teaches part-time for several universities.

Candace M. Thompson, PhD, is chair and associate professor in the Department of Instructional Technology, Foundations, and Secondary Education at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. She focuses on critical multicultural and antiracist education in teacher education in her research.

Sandy Ruvalcaba Carrillo is a resource teacher of English learners in a school on the Southwest side of Chicago with 17 years of experience in education. She earned her undergraduate degree in bilingual/bicultural education from Western Illinois and completed a graduate degree in early childhood education at Erikson Institute.