Erika Thulin Dawes is a professor and chair of the Language and Literacy Department in the Graduate School of Education at Lesley University. Katie Egan Cunningham is an associate professor of teacher education at Sacred Heart University. Grace Enriquez is a professor of language and literacy at Lesley University. Mary Ann Cappiello is a professor of language and literacy in the Graduate School of Education at Lesley University. Together, they are the coauthors of The Classroom Bookshelf blog.

• Contents (Tentative)AcknowledgmentsIntroductionWho We Are: The Classroom Bookshelf StoryWhy This Book?Purposes for ReadingUsing This BookPart I. Purposes for Selecting and Using Books1. A World Purpose in the Pages of BooksClassroom Story: If I Were a BookWhat Matters MostBraided Purposes: The Reader, The Text, The ContextMany Books, Many PurposesPurpose Matters: A Community of Readers2. Center Care for Ourselves and One AnotherClassroom Story: Nurturing CareWhy Center Care?Why Now? Supporting the Whole ChildCentering Care: Understanding Ourselves and Connecting to OthersSelecting Books That Center Care to Reach and Teach the Whole Child3. Connect to the Past to Understand the PresentClassroom Story: The Value of Knowing the PastWhy Connect to the Past?Why Now? Barriers and BridgesConnecting to the PastSelecting Books That Connect to the Past to Better Understand the Present4. Closely Observe the World Around UsClassroom Story: Idea Making and Learning to Look CloselyWhy Closely Observe?Why Now? The Climate Crisis and Disconnect With the Natural WorldClose Observation: Strengthening Connection to Our WorldSelecting Books That Inspire Close Observation, Seeing the World in New Ways5. Cultivate Critical ConsciousnessClassroom Story: Raising Critical Consciousness Across the CurriculumWhy Cultivate Critical Consciousness?Why Now? Agency, Equity, and Justice in an Ever-Changing WorldCultivating Critical Consciousness: Creating a Better World for AllSelecting Books That Cultivate Critical Consciousness Toward Creating a Better World for AllPart II.An Invitations Approach to Encourage Purposeful Reading6. Invitations to Use Books to Center Caring for Ourselves and OthersText SetsContent Connections and Disciplinary LiteraciesReading ProcessVisual LiteraciesWriting DevelopmentMultimodal ResponseSocial Emotional Learning7. Invitations to Use Books to Connect the Past to the PresentText SetsContent Connections and Disciplinary LiteraciesCritical LiteraciesReading ProcessVisual LiteraciesWriting DevelopmentMultimodal ResponseSocial Emotional Learning8. Invitations to Use Books to Closely Observe the World Around UsText SetsContent Connections and Disciplinary LiteraciesCritical LiteraciesVisual LiteraciesWriting DevelopmentMultimodal ResponseSocial Emotional Learning9. Invitations to Use Books to Cultivate Critical Consciousness Toward Creating a Better WorldText SetsContent Connections and Disciplinary LiteraciesCritical LiteraciesReading ProcessVisual LiteraciesWriting DevelopmentMultimodal ResponseSocial Emotional LearningIn ClosingReferencesChildren's BooksIndexAbout the Authors