Yukari and Daniel Amos have produced a crucial addition to the teaching of language arts with (Mis)Reading Different Cultures: Interpreting International Children’s Literature from Asia. This edited collection of essays invites and obliges teachers, parents, teacher educators, and specialists to broaden their scope of children’s literature by encompassing into the curriculum iconic titles written by Asian authors. Even the most veteran and experienced literacy educators will be find nugget after nugget of practical and theoretical gems to assimilate into their practice and classrooms. This book addresses a glaring void in teacher training, professional development, and overall pedagogical understanding – namely awareness and appropriate utilization of literature written by, and in the language of Asian writers of children’s books. I expect this text to show up on many syllabi of children’s literature courses in teacher education programs.

Cory Gann, professor emeritus, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington

Educators from all walks of life need to nurture future generations to be globally successful citizens. Global awareness and cultural sensitivity are among the first steps necessary to achieve this. This book is way overdue for teacher candidates’ training so that the participants will be sensitive to all cultural differences in their students so that their students will learn to be sensitive to their future colleagues. Furthermore, this is an excellent guide book for public school teachers and teacher candidates to instill a love of reading in their students through awakening young readers’ curiosity by reading books and stories from different cultural and historical perspectives. It is well understood that current teacher education programs do not include enough cultural education and ethnic sensitivity. In order to meet the needs of k-12 students’ global future, this is a must read for current teachers and teacher candidates.

Fumie Hashimoto, professor and associate dean, College of Education and Counseling Psychology, Saint Martin's University, Lacey, Washington