A toiler, a teller / Virginia Hamilton -- The next America / Arnold Adoff -- The magic of imagining : transaction with young adult fiction and poetry / Arlene Harris Mitchell -- A conversation with Patricia and Fredrick McKissack / Anthony L. Manna and Carolyn S. Brodie -- Making The journey / Sheila Hamanaka -- A journey toward a common ground : the struggle and identity of Hispanics in the U.S.A. / Nicholasa Mohr -- The mythic dimensions of Appalachia / Gary D. Schmidt -- Literature in the pediatric setting : the use of books to help meet the emotional and cognitive needs of chronically ill children / Marcella F. Anderson -- Jewish American experiences in children's books / Esther Cohen Hexter -- "Deep like the rivers" / Ashley Bryan -- Word magic / Barbara Juster Esbensen -- The African American folktale in the primary classroom / Darwin L. Henderson.