EDUC 430 MULTI-CULTURAL CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

The goal of this assignment is to help you as a future teacher to select multicultural books that are respectful of each culture. Use the specific criteria in the chapter you read (Part 1) to then evaluate books (Part 2).







PART 2

Now that you have read your designated chapter you are ready to apply the criteria to new book titles. This is a list of recent multicultural literature books, 1997 to the present, in which you should evaluate 6 titles. Some books will meet all your criteria and others may only meet some. As you apply the criteria for selecting multicultural books you will begin to develop a critical eye.


MEXICAN AMERICANS --FICTION CHINESE AMERICANS--FICTION JAPANESE AMERICANS--FICTION ASIAN AMERICANS FICTION INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--FICTION AFRICAN AMERICANS--FICTION

RACISM IN LITERATURE

This website allows you to learn more about stereotypes that prevailed in the past and that used older children’s books about African Americans.


TEACHING DIVERSITY WITH MULTIMEDIA

This link is to a comprehensive website that allows you to learn about stereotypes of Native Americans, African Americans, Asians, Latino, Jewish people, and Arabs and Arab Americans.


MASTER'S THESIS ON STEREOTYPING IN LITERATURE

This link is to a Masters Thesis about stereotypes in children’s literature.


POWER POINT






























































































PART 1
Below you will find the website to the book titles cited in the chapter you have selected for in-depth study.


African Americans
These are children’s books cited in Chapter 2—Children’s Literature Depicting Blacks by Violet Harris. In Violet Harris (Editor) Using Multiethnic Literature in the K–8 Classroom. Norwood, Massachusetts: Christopher-Gordon Publishers.


Read the children’s books so that as you read the above chapter you can have a better idea of the criteria that is being described by author Violet Harris.

AFRICAN AMERICAN MULTICULTURAL BOOKS
THE GOLD CADILLAC UNDYING GLORY AUNT FLOSSIE'S HATS ABUELA UNCLE JED'S BARBERSHOP DRAGON'S GATE AMAZING GRACE**** TAR BEACH****
SHIMMERSHINE QUEENS STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO SATURDAY AT THE NEW YOU THIEF IN THE VILLAGE EPAMINONDAS AND HIS AUNTIE OREN BELL THE FRED FIELD VOICE FROM THE SOUTH
TALKING WITH ARTISTS V.1 TALKING WITH ARTISTS V.2 WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM-1963 HOLD FAST TO DREAMS TEARS OF A TIGER LI'L SIS AND UNCLE WILLIE SOUL LOOKS BACK IN WONDER MIDDLE PASSAGE
SLAVE DANCER SHIMMY SHIMMY SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE NATHANIEL TALKING NIGHT ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREET KOYA DELANEY AND THE GOOD GIRL BLUES HONEY, I LOVE RUBY
THE DISAPPEARANCE NEW GUYS AROUND THE BLOCK M.C. HIGGINS THE GREAT JUSTICE AND HER BROTHERS DUSTLAND THE GATHERING WILLIE BEA AND THE TIME THE MARTIANS LANDED JUNIUS OVER FAR
THE PEOPLE COULD FLY ARILLA SUN DOWN COUSINS HER STORIES OUTWARD DREAMS FOR THE LIFE OF LAETITIA SWEET CLARA AND THE FREEDOM QUILT BRIGHT EYES, BROWN SKIN
PASS IT ON BLACK MISERY TWO MRS. GIBSONS TELL ME A STORY THE LEAVING MORNING TONING THE SWEEP WAVE IN HER POCKET HARRIET AND THE PROMISED LAND
TO BE A SLAVE JOHN HENRY MIRANDY AND BROTHER WIND IMAGE OF THE BLACK IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AFRICAN AMERICANS--FICTION CHRISTMAS IN THE BIG HOUSE UNCLE JED'S BARBERSHOP BELOVED
SCORPIONS SOMEWHERE IN DARKNESS DARNELL ROCK REPORTING LEGEND OF TARIK TAR BEACH BLACK AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN TALKING EGGS SUKEY AND THE MERMAID
FAITHFUL FRIEND MATH CURSE SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE JONATHAN AND HIS MOMMY UNCLE TOM'S CABIN THANK YOU DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. FRONT PORCH STORIES AT THE ONE-ROOM SCHOOL BLESSING IN DISGUISE
ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY SONG OF THE TREES MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE ROAD TO MEMPHIS MARKED BY FIRE JUSTIN AND THE BEST BISCUITS GIRL ON THE OUTSIDE BLUE TIGHTS
LIKE SISTERS ON THE HOMEFRONT OUR NIG DEAR ONE I HADN'T MEANT TO TELL YOU THIS FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN AMOS FORTUNE, FREE MAN





















Asian Americans
These are children’s books cited in Chapter 4—Asian Pacific American Children’s Literature: Expanding Perceptions About Americans by Sandra Yamate. In Violet Harris (Editor) Using Multiethnic Literature in the K–8 Classroom. Norwood, Massachusetts: Christopher-Gordon Publishers.


Read the children’s books so that as you read the above chapter you can have a better idea of the criteria that is being described by author Sandra Yamate.

ASIAN AMERICAN FICTION
AT THE BEACH YANG THE YOUNGEST AND HIS TERRIBLE EAR PIE-BITER EL CHINO GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY BLUE JAY IN THE DESERT HALMONI AND THE PICNIC
THE JOURNEY CHOPSTICKS FROM AMERICA WINGMAN SAMURAI OF GOLD HILL NENE AND THE HORRIBLE MATH MONSTER GATHERING OF PEARLS CHILDREN OF THE RIVER
FINDING MY VOICE JOURNEY HOME JOURNEY TO TOPAZ TALES FROM GOLD MOUNTAIN: STORIES OF THE CHINESE IN THE NEW WORLD CHILD OF THE OWL DRAGON'S GATE DRAGONWINGS























Mexican Americans
These are children’s books cited in Chapter 5—Mexican American Children’s Literature in the 1990s: Toward Authenticity by Rosalinda Barrera and Oralia Garza de Cortes. In Violet Harris (Editor) Using Multiethnic Literature in the K–8 Classroom. Norwood, Massachusetts: Christopher-Gordon Publishers.


Read the children’s books so that as you read the above chapter you can have a better idea of the criteria that is being described by authors Rosalinda Barrera and Oralia Garza de Cortes.

MEXICAN-AMERICANS--FICTION
AMELIA'S ROAD FAROLITOS OF CHRISTMAS FRIENDS FROM THE OTHER SIDE/AMIGOS DEL OTRO LADO VOICES FROM THE FIELDS MEXICAN GHOST TALES OF THE SOUTHWEST CALLING THE DOVES MEXICAN AMERICAN FAMILY ALBUM MARIA MOLINA AND THE DAYS OF THE DEAD
THE TORTILLA FACTORY GREEN CORN TAMALES BASEBALL IN APRIL AND OTHER STORIES CHATO'S KITCHEN LOCAL NEWS PACIFIC CROSSING POOL PARTY THE SKIRT
TAKING SIDES TOO MANY TAMALES LIGHTS ON THE RIVER PABLO REMEMBERS: THE FIESTA OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD THE PIÑATA MAKER/EL PIÑATERO LEGEND OF THE POINSETTIA ALL OF YOU WAS SINGING

























Native Americans
These are children’s books cited in Chapter 6—Native American in Children’s Literature by Debbie Reese. In Violet Harris (Editor) Using Multiethnic Literature in the K–8 Classroom. Norwood, Massachusetts: Christopher-Gordon Publishers.


Read the children’s books so that as you read the above chapter you can have a better idea of the criteria that is being described by author Debbie Reese.


INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA--FICTION
INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD MORNING GIRL TEN LITTLE RABBITS BROTHER EAGLE, SISTER SKY KNOTS ON A COUNTING ROPE ARROW TO THE SUN
ANNIE AND THE OLD ONE ALLIGATORS ALL AROUND DANCING TEEPEES: POEMS OF AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH CHILDREN OF CLAY: A FAMILY OF PUEBLO POTTERS LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
HOW THE MOUSE GOT BROWN TEETH
POWWOW
HAWK, I'M YOUR BROTHER
THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY
GLUSKABE AND THE FOUR WISHES KEEPERS OF THE EARTH EAGLE DRUM: ON THE POWWOW TRAIL WITH A YOUNG GRASS DANCER
MORNING GIRL IKTOMI AND THE DUCKS HAPPILY MAY I WALK PUEBLO STORYTELLER STRAWBERRY THANKSGIVING PUEBLO BOY: GROWING UP IN TWO WORLDS
SHANNON, AN OJIBWAY DANCER COLUMBUS DAY COLUMBUS AND THE WORLD AROUND HIM DANCING TEEPEES WHEN THE WORLD ENDED; HOW HUMMINGBIRD GOT FIRE; HOW PEOPLE WERE MADE