Bookbird 3 / 2021
EDITORIAL
Social Justice: Children’s Literature as a Source of Information, Transformation, and Hope
by Janelle Mathis and Petros Panaou I 1
FEATURED ARTICLES
Boundary Crossings and Social Justice in A Girl Called Genghis Khan
by Tehmina Pirzada I 5
After They Gave the Order: Students Respond to Canadian Indian Residential School Literature for Social Justice
by Lynne Wiltse I 15
“No Place Like Home”: Immigration, Migration, and Loss in Two American Picturebooks
by Colin Haines I 27
The Coin in the Rice in the Spoon: Perspectives within Perspectives in A New Year’s Reunion
by Joe Sutliff Sanders and Xia Zhao I 37
Picturebooks and Critical Inquiry: Tools to Re(imagine) a More Inclusive World
by Amanda Deliman I 46
Storytelling as Intergenerational Connection: Challenging Ageism through Metafiction in Recent Writing for Young People
by Samantha Stephens and Leonie Rutherford | 58
AUTHORS/ILLUSTRATORS AND THEIR BOOKS
Interview: Robyn Sheahan-Bright, IBBY Australia President and Recently Appointed Member of the Order of Australia
by Doris Breitmoser | 69
Christobel Mattingley, 1931-2019: Birthday Letters, a Personal Tribute
by Melanie Duckworth | 74
CHILDREN AND THEIR BOOKS
Alice in Writer’s Land: A Dream Quest for Schools Full of Stories, Heroes and Heroines, and Books
by Angela Chalkiopoulou | 80
LETTERS
Children’s Books and Curriculum Integration in K-12
by Antonio Causarano | 83
Bookbird: A Flight through Time Takes Off
by Valerie Coghlan | 87
FOCUS IBBY
by Liz Page | 91
BOOKS ON BOOKS
edited by Jutta Reusch—International Youth Library | 96
POSTCARDS
edited by Barbara Lehman | ii, 14, 36, 57, 90, 100, & 101