Research on bilingual books suggests that all children in a classroom benefit from the windows and mirrors that bilingual books provide. This article presents relevant research on the placement and use of bilingual books in classroom libraries, and offers an annotated bibliography of many high quality examples.
Author Bio
Dr. Andrea Starr Karpf is an instructor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the Teacher Education Department. She is a former ESL teacher and her teaching and research interests include preparing all teacher educators and teacher candidates to work with multilingual learners. She can be reached at .
Dr. Kathleen Hinman is an instructor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the Teacher Education Department. She was previously a teacher and literacy coach for diverse learners, including many English language learners. Her research interests include children’s literature and the use of story to teach content. She can be reached at .
Recommended Citation
Karpf, Andrea Starr and Hinman, Kathleen
(2023)
"Celebrating Multilingual Learners with Bilingual Children's Literature,"
Michigan Reading Journal: Vol. 55:
Iss.
3, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mrj/vol55/iss3/10
