Ernest Morrell is Coyle Professor in Literacy Education, Professor of English, Professor of Africana Studies, and Director of the Notre Dame Center for Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame, USA. He is also Director of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Squire Office and an elected Fellow of the American Educational Research Association.Jodene Morrell is Teaching Professor and Associate Director of the Notre Dame Center for Literacy Education at the University of Notre Dame, USA.

• Series Editors’ ForewordIntroduction: Freirian Approaches to Teaching Children’s Literature: Joy, Voice, Agency, Responsiveness and Love1. Becoming Powerful Readers of the Word and the World: Multicultural Readings of Children’s and YA Literature2. Multicultural Literature and the Promotion of Social Awareness in ELA Classrooms3. Linking the Word to the World: Connecting Multicultural Children’s Literature to the Lives of 21st Century Youth4. Student Voice and Agency in the Polyvocal Literature Classroom5. Critical Family Engagement in Reading Multicultural Literature6. Conclusion: The Future of Children’s Literature is Already HereReferencesIndex

The work of Paulo Freire is grounded in an epistemology of Love. This book is a testament to that grounding and serves as a book accessible to all – students, parents, teachers, and scholars – an opportunity to weave the ideas of Freire into the fabric of K-12 schooling, and more so into society for popular readership.