"Literacy Is Liberation offers a concrete structure for culturally relevant teaching that builds a more inclusive and equitable classroom environment and fosters high literacy achievement"-- Provided by publisher.

Starting with ourselves : why culturally relevant literature instruction begins with us first -- Digging deeper into culturally relevant pedagogy -- Defining culturally relevant intentional literacy communities (CRILCs) -- Routines and traditions of CRILCs -- Preparing for and succeeding in conversations and interactions in CRILCs -- Putting it all together : toward your transformative CRILC practice -- Final words.