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Table of Contents Series Editor¿s Foreword Foreword C.W. Sullivan Acknowledgements Introduction: Moistening the Desert Landscapes Part One: A ¿Call and Response¿ Conversation 1 (Un)Happily Ever After: Fairy Tale Moral, Moralities and Heterosexism in Children¿s Texts Response Maybe the Prince Should Kiss the Frog, Stacy Augustine 2 ¿Life for me ain¿t been no crystal stair¿: Readin¿, Writin¿, and Parental (Ill)Literacy in African American Children¿s Books. Response Performing (Il)Literacy: Redefining the Black Parental Body in the Culture of Schooling, Olga Idriss Davis 3 ¿Sticks and Stones may break my bones¿¿: Airbrushing the Ugliest of Ugly in African American Children¿s Books Response Niggers: Old and New by Joseph L. Graves, Jr. 4 Nappy Edges and Goldy Locks: African American Daughters and the Politics of Hair Response The Hair Dilemma: Chaos or Order? by Vincenza Mangiolino 5 Roots That Go Beyond Big Hair and a Bad Hair Day: Nappy Hair Pieces Response Disguised as Nice by C. A. Hammon 6 Don¿t Condemn White Teacher over Nappy Hair Response At the Right Time, in the Right Place: Hair Growing in all Places by Kim Curry-Evans 7 Angels of Color: Divinely Inspired or Socially Constructed? Response Slanted and Enchanted by Ben Clark 8 ¿Alabama Angels¿ Descending into the Past Response ¿Alabama Angels¿ Descending into the Past Isn¿t ¿Gone with the Wind¿ byTawnie McNeil 9 ¿Do you see what I see? Do you hear what I hear?¿: Becoming Better Adults through Toni Morrison¿s The Big Box and The Book of Mean People Response Second-Guess Parenting and Visualizing Yourself through Your Child¿s Eyes byNathan Stamey Wimsett Part Two: Dialoguing Reviews 10 Review of Kelly Mc Williams Doormat 11 Review of Teacher¿s Guide to the Bluford Book Series 12 Review of Angela Johnson¿s The Last Part First 13 Review of Anne Schraff¿s Until We Meet Again 14 Review of Anne Schraff¿s Lost and Found 15 Review of Anne Schraff¿s A Matter of Trust 16 Response to Reviews, Jim Blasingame Part Three Other Relevant Reviews 17 Review of Joyce Carol Thomas¿s Crowning Glory: Poems 18 ¿If You¿re Happy to be Nappy, clap Your hands!¿: A Review of bell hooks¿ Happy to be Nappy 19 ¿Shake it to the one that you love the best¿: A Review of Juba This & Juba That 20 Response to Other Relevant Reviews, Elizabeth McNeil About the Contributors Appendix: Permissions
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
Children's literature, American -- History and criticism.
African American children -- Books and reading.
African American children in literature.
African Americans in literature.