Anne Swenson Ticknor is a literacy educator with over two decades of teaching experience. She researches identity, relationships, agency, and equity as mediated through literacy.Christy M. Howard is a teacher educator with interests in literacy across the disciplines. Her research interests focus on content area literacy, teacher preparation, diversity, and identity.Mikkaka Overstreet has been an educator since 2006, first as an elementary teacher, then a literacy consultant, and now a literacy professor. Her research focuses on exploring intersections of literacy, identity, and learning, particularly related to culturally responsive pedagogy.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Material Selection For Literacy InstructionChapter 3: Instructional LanguageChapter 4: Reading ResponseChapter 5: ConclusionReferencesIndexAbout the Authors

[This] is a timely volume collecting examples of culturally responsive curricula that teachers can adapt for their own classrooms’ unique demographics. The authors urge that incorporating these strategies should be something ingrained within educators' teaching philosophy, not something that teachers should tack onto their regular lessons and to-do lists as just “one more thing.” With more than 50 years of combined teaching experience, Ticknor, Howard, and Overstreet bring their own narratives and lived experiences into their writing and share ideas that have worked for them. However, they remind readers to develop lesson plans that suit the needs of their students’ identities and experiences as they create their literacy curricula. A bonus for readers is the inclusion of suggested books and readings to use in the classroom as both “mirrors” and “windows.” The scenarios and examples of techniques included make this study a valuable read for all preservice education students as well as experienced practitioners. Recommended. Undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals.

Anne Swenson Ticknor is a literacy educator with over two decades of teaching experience. She researches identity, relationships, agency, and equity as mediated through literacy.Christy M. Howard is a teacher educator with interests in literacy across the disciplines. Her research interests focus on content area literacy, teacher preparation, diversity, and identity.Mikkaka Overstreet has been an educator since 2006, first as an elementary teacher, then a literacy consultant, and now a literacy professor. Her research focuses on exploring intersections of literacy, identity, and learning, particularly related to culturally responsive pedagogy.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Material Selection For Literacy InstructionChapter 3: Instructional LanguageChapter 4: Reading ResponseChapter 5: ConclusionReferencesIndexAbout the Authors

[This] is a timely volume collecting examples of culturally responsive curricula that teachers can adapt for their own classrooms’ unique demographics. The authors urge that incorporating these strategies should be something ingrained within educators' teaching philosophy, not something that teachers should tack onto their regular lessons and to-do lists as just “one more thing.” With more than 50 years of combined teaching experience, Ticknor, Howard, and Overstreet bring their own narratives and lived experiences into their writing and share ideas that have worked for them. However, they remind readers to develop lesson plans that suit the needs of their students’ identities and experiences as they create their literacy curricula. A bonus for readers is the inclusion of suggested books and readings to use in the classroom as both “mirrors” and “windows.” The scenarios and examples of techniques included make this study a valuable read for all preservice education students as well as experienced practitioners. Recommended. Undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals.

Anne Swenson Ticknor is a literacy educator with over two decades of teaching experience. She researches identity, relationships, agency, and equity as mediated through literacy.Christy M. Howard is a teacher educator with interests in literacy across the disciplines. Her research interests focus on content area literacy, teacher preparation, diversity, and identity.Mikkaka Overstreet has been an educator since 2006, first as an elementary teacher, then a literacy consultant, and now a literacy professor. Her research focuses on exploring intersections of literacy, identity, and learning, particularly related to culturally responsive pedagogy.

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Material Selection For Literacy InstructionChapter 3: Instructional LanguageChapter 4: Reading ResponseChapter 5: ConclusionReferencesIndexAbout the Authors

[This] is a timely volume collecting examples of culturally responsive curricula that teachers can adapt for their own classrooms’ unique demographics. The authors urge that incorporating these strategies should be something ingrained within educators' teaching philosophy, not something that teachers should tack onto their regular lessons and to-do lists as just “one more thing.” With more than 50 years of combined teaching experience, Ticknor, Howard, and Overstreet bring their own narratives and lived experiences into their writing and share ideas that have worked for them. However, they remind readers to develop lesson plans that suit the needs of their students’ identities and experiences as they create their literacy curricula. A bonus for readers is the inclusion of suggested books and readings to use in the classroom as both “mirrors” and “windows.” The scenarios and examples of techniques included make this study a valuable read for all preservice education students as well as experienced practitioners. Recommended. Undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals.