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General Criteria for Selecting Children's Books
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Literary merit (characterization, plot, theme, style, etc)
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Artistic merit (appropriateness of illustrations to the text)
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Innovativeness in style
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Appropriateness to audience
"10 Quick Ways to Analyze Children's Books for Racism and Sexism."
Developed by the Council on Interracial Books for Children, circa 1980. (http://www.birchlane.davis.ca.us/library/10quick.htm)
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Check the illustrations
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Check the story line
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Look at the lifestyles
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Weigh the relationships between people
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Note the heroes
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Consider the effect on a child's self-image
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Consider the author's or illustrator's background
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Check out the author's perspective
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Watch out for loaded words
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Look at the copyright date
Children's Book Awards
Selected Articles
LaBonty, Jan. "A demand for excellence in books for children." Journal of American Indian Education (Winter 1995):1-8.
Larrick, Nancy. "The all-white world of children's books." Saturday Review 48 (Sept 11,1965):63-65
Lempke, Susan Dove. "The faces in the picture books." Horn Book Magazine 75.2 (March/April1999):141-7
Miller, Bonnie J.F. "What color is gold? Twenty-one years of same-race authors and protagonists in the Newberry Medal." Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 12.1(Fall 1998):34-39.
Selected Books
- Kaleidoscope : a multicultural booklist for grades K-8
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference Z1361.E4 K34 2003
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Organizes books by topic and genre. Includes list of awarding winning books and indices for Author, Illustrator, Subject and Title.
- Many faces, many voices : multicultural literary experiences for youth : the Virginia Hamilton Conference
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PS490 .M36 1992
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Literature contributed by writers and illustrators of ethnic, parallel culture communities. Appendix includes selected list of multicultural trade books for children and YA.
- Many peoples, one land : a guide to new multicultural literature for children and young adults / Helbig, Alethea.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PS173.E8 H45 2001
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- Multicultural picture books : art for understanding others / Marantz, Sylvia S.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PR990 .M37 1994
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- The New Press guide to multicultural resources for young readers
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference Z1037 .N57 1997
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- Radical change : books for youth in a digital age / Dresang, Eliza T.
• Location: Haggard 2 -Reference PN1009.5.T43 D74 1999
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Suggested titles are included in text of book. Appendices include Recommended books for youth; ideas about childhood and literary links, a selective overview: middle ages-1990s (Western Europe and the United States); Books for youth ... reflecting characteristics identified by Radical Change.
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For More Help
Contact a reference specialist or a librarian at the Reference Desk in Haggard 2. Cecilia Poon, Librarian for Woodring College of Education, is available at x3079 or by email at Cecilia.Poon@wwu.edu.
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