Judging a Book by More Than Its Cover: A Critical Guide to Choosing Children's Literature

Children’s literature has always been at the center of literacy instruction in the K-8 classroom. But in the current political environment of book banning and censoring and packaged curricula, what role does children’s literature play in today’s classroom? And how should teachers select which books to offer and read with their students?

In Judging a Book by More Than Its Cover: A Critical Guide to Choosing Children’s Literature, Dr. Laura M. Jiménez takes on these critical questions and more...