In a Poem, In a Book, In a Picture-Take a Look:
Linking the Proficiency Outcomes to Literature!
Jean Bossu, children's librarian, Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library, and Sharlene Warner, library media specialist, Coventry Elementary School, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Responding to Social Justice Issues through Multi-genre Papers
Jackie Glasgow, associate professor of English education, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

Hearts in Harmony: Translations in Literature for Young People
Rosie Webb Joels, professor, Reading Education and Children's Literature, University of Central Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, and winner of the 10 annual Virginia Hamilton Essay Award.

What Keeps Books Alive?
Carole McCollough, Coretta Scott King Task Force and retired associate professor, Wayne State University, Southfield, Michigan.

2001: A Book Odyssey
Leslie Molnar, assistant manager of Children's Services and Janice Smuda, early childhood specialist, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, Ohio

Reader-to-Reader
Kemie Nix, founder Children's Literature for Children and director of Reader-to-Reader Africa, Peachtree City, Georgia.

Roots and Branches-Native American Literature in the Classroom
Dorothea M. Susag, author and teacher of English, Simms High School, Simms, Montana.