Holly Johnson is an associate professor at the University of Cincinnati, USA.Janelle Mathis is a professor at the University of North Texas, USA.Kathy G. Short is a professor at the University of Arizona, USA.

• ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 Critical Content Analysis as a Research Methodology Kathy G. ShortChapter 2 The Critical Reading of Children’s Texts: Theories, Methodologies, and Critiques Clare BradfordChapter 3 Examining Displaced Youth and Immigrant Status through Critical Multicultural Analysis Holly Johnson & Becca GasiewiczChapter 4 Using Intertextuality to Unpack Representations of Immigration in Children’s Literature Yoo Kyung Sung, Mary L. Fahrenbruck, and Julia Lopez-RobertsonChapter 5 When Entertainment Trumps Social Concerns: The Commodification of Mexican Culture and Language in Skippyjon Jones. Carmen M. Martínez-RoldánChapter 6 "Having Something of Their Own": Passing on a Counter-Story about Family Bonds, Racism and Land Ownership Wanda BrooksChapter 7 Representations of Same Sex Marriage in Children's Picture Storybooks Janine SchallChapter 8 Re-Imagining an Alternative Life after the Darfur War: Writing as Emancipatory Practice.Vivian Yenika-AgbawChapter 9 The Significance of the Arts in Understanding Social, Historical and Cultural Events Janelle MathisChapter 10 The Right to Participate: Children as Activists in Picture Books Kathy G. ShortChapter 11 Blurred Lines: The Construction of Adolescent Sexuality in Young Adult Novels Melissa B. WilsonChapter 12 A Poststructural Discourse Analysis of Novel Set in Haiti. Deborah DimmettChapter 13 Connecting Critical Content Analysis to Critical Reading in ClassroomsHolly Johnson, Janelle Mathis, and Kathy G. ShortAbout the Authors

Holly Johnson is an associate professor at the University of Cincinnati, USA.Janelle Mathis is a professor at the University of North Texas, USA.Kathy G. Short is a professor at the University of Arizona, USA.

• ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 Critical Content Analysis as a Research Methodology Kathy G. ShortChapter 2 The Critical Reading of Children’s Texts: Theories, Methodologies, and Critiques Clare BradfordChapter 3 Examining Displaced Youth and Immigrant Status through Critical Multicultural Analysis Holly Johnson & Becca GasiewiczChapter 4 Using Intertextuality to Unpack Representations of Immigration in Children’s Literature Yoo Kyung Sung, Mary L. Fahrenbruck, and Julia Lopez-RobertsonChapter 5 When Entertainment Trumps Social Concerns: The Commodification of Mexican Culture and Language in Skippyjon Jones. Carmen M. Martínez-RoldánChapter 6 "Having Something of Their Own": Passing on a Counter-Story about Family Bonds, Racism and Land Ownership Wanda BrooksChapter 7 Representations of Same Sex Marriage in Children's Picture Storybooks Janine SchallChapter 8 Re-Imagining an Alternative Life after the Darfur War: Writing as Emancipatory Practice.Vivian Yenika-AgbawChapter 9 The Significance of the Arts in Understanding Social, Historical and Cultural Events Janelle MathisChapter 10 The Right to Participate: Children as Activists in Picture Books Kathy G. ShortChapter 11 Blurred Lines: The Construction of Adolescent Sexuality in Young Adult Novels Melissa B. WilsonChapter 12 A Poststructural Discourse Analysis of Novel Set in Haiti. Deborah DimmettChapter 13 Connecting Critical Content Analysis to Critical Reading in ClassroomsHolly Johnson, Janelle Mathis, and Kathy G. ShortAbout the Authors

Holly Johnson is an associate professor at the University of Cincinnati, USA.Janelle Mathis is a professor at the University of North Texas, USA.Kathy G. Short is a professor at the University of Arizona, USA.

• ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 Critical Content Analysis as a Research Methodology Kathy G. ShortChapter 2 The Critical Reading of Children’s Texts: Theories, Methodologies, and Critiques Clare BradfordChapter 3 Examining Displaced Youth and Immigrant Status through Critical Multicultural Analysis Holly Johnson & Becca GasiewiczChapter 4 Using Intertextuality to Unpack Representations of Immigration in Children’s Literature Yoo Kyung Sung, Mary L. Fahrenbruck, and Julia Lopez-RobertsonChapter 5 When Entertainment Trumps Social Concerns: The Commodification of Mexican Culture and Language in Skippyjon Jones. Carmen M. Martínez-RoldánChapter 6 "Having Something of Their Own": Passing on a Counter-Story about Family Bonds, Racism and Land Ownership Wanda BrooksChapter 7 Representations of Same Sex Marriage in Children's Picture Storybooks Janine SchallChapter 8 Re-Imagining an Alternative Life after the Darfur War: Writing as Emancipatory Practice.Vivian Yenika-AgbawChapter 9 The Significance of the Arts in Understanding Social, Historical and Cultural Events Janelle MathisChapter 10 The Right to Participate: Children as Activists in Picture Books Kathy G. ShortChapter 11 Blurred Lines: The Construction of Adolescent Sexuality in Young Adult Novels Melissa B. WilsonChapter 12 A Poststructural Discourse Analysis of Novel Set in Haiti. Deborah DimmettChapter 13 Connecting Critical Content Analysis to Critical Reading in ClassroomsHolly Johnson, Janelle Mathis, and Kathy G. ShortAbout the Authors