{"product_id":"reading-lgbtq-childrens-picture-books-9781496854902","title":"Reading LGBTQ+ Children's Picture Books","description":"Contributions by Sara Austin, Robert Bittner, J. Bradley Blankenship, Gabriel Duckels, Caitlin Howlett, Isabel Millán, Jennifer Miller, Kaylee Jangula Mootz, Tim Morris, Dana Rudolph, j wallace skelton, Jason Vanfosson, River Vooris, and B. J. Woodstein \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePicture books are books aimed at children where the illustrations are as important, or more important, than the text. Picture books, the effects of their simple text and importance in the literary canon, have been studied by scholars for decades, but little attention has been given to LGBTQ+ picture books. \u003ci\u003eReading LGBTQ+ Children's Picture Books\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays that identifies and interprets children's picture books that explicitly represent LGBTQ+ content. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors to the volume include established and emerging scholars with expertise in the fields of children's literature, young adult literature, cultural studies, critical race and ethnic studies, gender and sexuality studies, history, and education. Each essay introduces readers to several children's books that denote unmistakable LGBTQ+ content. Essays bring various interpretive frameworks and intellectual commitments to their unique readings of LGBTQ+ children's picture books. The essays in \u003ci\u003eReading LGBTQ+ Children's Picture Books\u003c\/i\u003e produce innovative new scholarship about a range of topics including representations of LGBTQ+ marriage and parenting and LGBTQ+ history and culture. The topics explored, and theoretical frameworks applied, significantly expand available and accessible up-to-date scholarship on the growing field of LGBTQ+ children's picture books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is a high school English teacher in Arlington, Texas. She researches LGBTQ+ children's picture books, digital culture, and subcultures. She is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children's Picture Books\u003c\/i\u003e, published by University Press of Mississippi, and a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to LGBTQ+ Studies: A Cross Disciplinary Approach. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Austin \u003c\/b\u003eis assistant professor of English at Kentucky Wesleyan College. She is author of \u003ci\u003eMonstrous Youth: Transgressing the Boundaries of Childhood in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e. Her interest in race, gender, and childhood identity has yielded articles in \u003ci\u003eTransformative Works and Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lion and the Unicorn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Looking Glass: New Perspectives in Children's Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Fantastic in the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e International Research in Children's Literature, Research on Diversity in Youth Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Adaptation, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Graphic Novels \u0026amp; Comics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51500279759122,"sku":"9781496854902","price":120.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bdf3eda7-ff1c-4d90-9dd8-e840dbf36148.jpg?v=1753189114","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reading-lgbtq-childrens-picture-books-9781496854902","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}