Reading Corner for Educators: Incorporating Children's Voices into Literacy Instruction

With this column, we conclude our three-year term as co-editors of the Reading Corner for Educators. We hope you have found the professional books we reviewed informative, inspiring, and useful. We want to thank the Language Arts editors for the opportunity to serve and the many contributors for their thoughtful reviews. The three books reviewed here demonstrate the importance of listening to children, the power of fantasy literature, and the relevance of popular culture texts in literacy teaching and learning. They offer fresh perspectives and plentiful ideas for making literacy instruction responsive to children’s unique experiences and diverse needs.