User:Abbytizo/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Latino Children's Literature


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is missing many details in all of its sections. It is missing a lot of content in terms of sourcing as well. Additionally, the lead section is extremely lacking, I am not sure I agree with the definition provided in the first sentence. The article also really only maintains a focus on Chicano children's literature.


 * Sources
 * Diciendo cuentos/Telling Stories: Learning from and about the Community Cultural Wealth of Latina Mamás through Latino Children's Literature
 * Bilingual Children’s Literature: Bridging the Gap Between Language and Identity = Literatura infantil bilingüe: Cerrando la brecha entre el idioma y la identidad
 * Spanglish, Bilingualism, Culture and Identity in Latino Children’s Literature
 * Jiménez-García, M. (2014). Pura belpré lights the storyteller's candle: Reframing the legacy of a legend and what it means for the fields of Latino/a studies and children's literature. Centro Journal, 26(1), 110-147.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Return to the Hundred Acre Wood


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is rated as start-class and mid-importance. It is about the 2009 sequel to Winnie the Pooh written by a different author. There is a lack of sources and organizational structure- there are two new sections, one of which just lists the chapters in the book. I think a section on cultural impact or other aspects of the importance of the book or the plot summary may be useful. There is also nothing on the critical reception of the book.


 * Sources
 * "Silly Old Bear": Pooh Old, Pooh New
 * Wagner, V. (2009, Oct 05). Children's classic gets a new chapter; lottie the otter joins A.A. milne's beloved characters for sequel collection of 10 tales. Toronto Star
 * Wake, P. (2009). Waiting in the hundred acre wood: Childhood, narrative and time in A. A. milne's works for children. The Lion and the Unicorn, 33(1), 26-43.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Jacqueline Woodson


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is rated C-class and mid-importance. Jacqueline Woodson is the author of Brown Girl Dreaming. I think the themes of her novel could be expanded upon by perhaps exploring the cultural impact or literary impact of the themes explored in her novels. Additionally, I think more could be added to the literary response section. Beyond this, I find this article to be the most well-developed of all that I have suggested here.


 * Sources
 * Kraayenbrink, T. (2014). JACQUELINE WOODSON: United states author.
 * Bishop, R. S. (2020). An invited dialogue with Jacqueline Woodson.
 * Peacock, J. (2019). Those the dead left behind: Gentrification and haunting in contemporary brooklyn fictions. Studies in American Fiction

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Return to Sender


 * Article Evaluation
 * Return to Sender is a novel by Julia Alvarez about an undocumented Mexican child and the hardships she faces in rural Vermont alongside the perspective of the young boy who lives on the farm that employs her family. As seen by the sources provided I think this article meets the standards for notability. I would choose to amend Julia Alvarez's article to include a section on Return to Sender and the impact of the book, but her article does not meet the requirements to be chosen to work on because it is GA class.


 * Sources
 * Socolovsky, M. (2015). Cultural (il)literacy: Narratives of epistolary resistance and transnational citizenship in julia alvarez's return to sender. Children's Literature Association Quarterly
 * 'This Is What Is Happening to My Students': Using Book Talk to Mediate Teacher Discussion on Immigration and Social Justice
 * Inhabiting la patria : identity, agency, and antojo in the work of Julia Alvarez (book)