Children reading meaning in their stories and lives : connecting with student response / Cynthia Benton DeCorse -- Critical media literacy and values : connecting with the 5 Ws / Ann Watts Pailliotet -- The ABCs of cultural understanding and communication : teacher assistants learn to respect, appreciate, and apply differences in literacy instruction / Shelley Hong Zu -- Connecting home and school values through multicultural literature and family stories / Brigette B. Laier ... [et al.] -- Beware of literacy software : connecting with home and school values / Cathy Leogrande -- Historical fiction picture books and values : an author's reflections / Deborah Hopkinson -- Technology and values : connecting with classroom literacy learning / Elizabeth A. Baker -- Inquiry and literacy learning in science : connecting in a classroom community / Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt -- Schoolwide approaches for teaching values through literature and multimedia : connecting across classrooms / Matthew L. Davidson -- Multicultural books and values : connecting with people and places / Jane Kurtz -- Magical tales and values : connecting with heroes and sheroes / Ann Watts Pailliotet and Michelle Refvik Shaul -- Unraveling the curriculum of global values / Ladislaus M. Semali