Vivian Yenika Agbaw: 2 books
The Américas Award
Honoring Latino/a Children’s and Young Adult Literature of the Americas
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
First awarded in 1993, the Américas Award is given in recognition of books that authentically and engagingly portray Latino/as in Latin America, the Caribbean or the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international...
Representing Africa in Children's Literature
Old and New Ways of Seeing
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2007
Representing Africa in Children’s Literature explores how African and Western authors portray youth in contemporary African societies, critically examining the dominant images of Africa and Africans in books published between 1960 and 2005. The book focuses on contemporary children’s and young...