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Education Resources > Literature for Children and Young Adults > Education Featured Topics - Diversity Series: Celebrating Black History Education Featured Topic Diversity Series: Celebrating Black History! Winter 2002 Bibliography of Selected Materials from Western Libraries Children's Collection CONTENTS
Education Featured Topic Display Diversity Series: Celebrating Black History!
The display included books from Wilson Library Children's Collection. It highlighted books about prominent African Americans such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and Charlie Parker. It featured books about the struggles and victories of African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. We also showcased books written and illustrated by talented African American children's and young adult literature authors and illustrators who have won the Coretta Scott King Award. The materials which were on display are listed below under Specific Topics & Genres. Reference Sources, Research Guides & Web Resources Aardema,Verna.
The Africana Collection within the George A. Smathers Libraries of the University of Florida in Gainesville presents a biographical sketch of the American children's author Verna Aardema (1911- ), who specializes in the adaptation of traditional African folktales. Aardema's published stories include "The Viganee and the Tree Toad: A Liberian Tale" (1983), "Oh, Kojo How Could You? An Ashanti Tale" (1984), and "Anansi Finds a Fool" (1992).African-American folktales for young readers : including favorite stories from African and African-American storytellers. Eds. Richard Alan Young and Judy Dockrey Young. 1st ed. Little Rock, AR: August House, 1993. Ref. GR111 .A47 A24 1993 A collection of folktales from the African American oral tradition presented as they have been told by professional Black storytellers from Rhode Island to Oklahoma. African American story books and activities for all children. Patricia Buerke Moll. 1st ed.
Tampa, FL: Hampton Mae Institute, 1991.
Provides an annotated bibliography together with suggested teaching activities on both fiction and non-fiction books in which African Americans are central figures. The books are arranged in general categories such as: Beginner Books, Folklore and Music, Family, Stories and Poetry, Black History, Friends, and African Folktales and Customs. A resource bibliography and subject and title indexes are included. Against borders: promoting books for a multicultural world. Hazel Rochman. Chicago :
American Library Association, 1993.
This work is divided into two parts. Part One is comprised of essays that discuss themes that cross cultures and includes chapters on The Perilous Journey, The Hero and the Monster, Outsiders, Friends and Enemies, Lovers and Strangers, Family Matters, and Finding a Way Home. Part Two is comprised of an annotated bibliography that is divided into such topics as Racial Oppression, The Holocaust, Apartheid, African Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. There is a Theme Index to Part One and an author/title index. The Black American in books for children : readings in racism. Eds. Donnarae MacCann and Gloria Woodard.
2nd ed. Metuchen, NJ : Scarecrow, 1985.
Essays by specialists in children's literature, sociology, education, and history focus on topics relating to the presentation of the black experience in literature for children. Especially pertinent are the articles on intellectual freedom. Several award-winning books are analyzed in terms of their perspective on the black experience. The influence of book illustrations is also discussed. Black authors and illustrators of books for children and young
adults : a biographical dictionary. Barbara Thrash Murphy. 3rd ed. New York : Garland, 1999.
Biographical sketches of black authors and illustrators from the United States, Africa, Canada, and Great Britain whose works have been published in the United States. The collection includes authors and illustrators who were published as early as the 1930's, although most are from the 1970's and 1980's. Each profile includes a biographical sketch plus a bibliography of the subject's work, and range in length from 30 to 350 words. "Bibliographical Sources and References" lists sources for more information. Black books galore! : guide to great African American children's
books. Donna Rand, Toni Trent Parker, Sheila Foster. New York : Wiley, 1998.
Begins with a user's guide, and includes sections on books for babies and preschoolers, early readers, middle readers, and young adults. The appendices include books for parents and families, and book awards. Provides indexes of titles, authors, illustrators, and topics. The Black experience in children's books. Selected by Barbara
Rollock. New York : New York Public Library, 1974.
Originally published in 1957-1963 as "Books about Negro Life for Children". The Black experience in children's books, 1999. Selected by the
New York Public Library, Black Experience in Children's Books
Committee. New York, NY : The Library, 1999.
Includes index. Updates the 1974 edition. Books by African-American authors and illustrators for children and
young adults. Helen E. Williams. Chicago : American Library Association, 1991.
Annotates over 1,200 titles of books for very young children, intermediate readers, and young adults published between 1900 and 1989. The first three chapters cover writings of African Americans, arranged alphabetically by author and categorized by scholastic levels. The fourth chapter is an alphabetical list of African American illustrators and their works, and provides information on artistic styles, medium of expression, main colors used in works, and style of composition used in illustrations. The Cambridge guide to children's books in English. Ed. Victor Watson. Cambridge : Cambridge U P, 2001.
Offers encyclopedic entries of authors, writing for children, and originally published in the English language. Includes bibliographical references and index. Celebrate a People!
"Celebrate a People!" is a language arts and social studies unit created by Waltrina Kirkland-Mullins for use with grades K-2 that focuses on African-American children's literature. Kirkland-Mullins highlights the unit objectives, provides the procedures for suggested lessons and activities, and includes a list of recommended readings and resources. The Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute in New Haven, Connecticut, provides the unit online. Coretta Scott King Awards
Western Libraries booklist. Details all the titles, from 1922 to the present, which have won author and illustrator awards. Provides links to the Western Libraries Online Catalog records for each book in the Children's Collection. Also includes a link to the Coretta Scott King Award website. The Coretta Scott King awards book, 1970-1999. Ed. Henrietta
M. Smith. Chicago : American Library Association, 1999.
Includes sections on the History of the Coretta Scott King book awards, Supporting Statements, Selective Biographies, and information about Contributors. Details the author, illustrator, and new talent awards, and offers Profiles, or Conversations, with author award winner Walter Dean Myers and illustrator award winner Jerry Pinkney. Hearing all the voices : multicultural books for adolescents. Mary Ann Darby and Miki Pryne.
Lanham, MD : Scarecrow, 2002.
Resource guide offering an annotated bibliography of multicultural books for grades six through nine, and information about using multicultural literature in the classroom. Includes appendixes covering "Sample Literary Circles", "Books to Use Across the Curriculum and in Other reading Groups", "Story Collections", "Good Read-Aloud Books", and "Science Fiction and Fantasy", and author and culture indexes. Kaleidoscope : a multicultural booklist for grades K-8. Eds. Rudine Sims
Bishop and the Multicultural Booklist Committee of the National
Council of Teachers of English. Urbana, IL : National Council of Teachers of English, 1994.
Part of the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Bibliography Series, this book includes sections on juvenile literature about the primary minority groups in the United States: African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. Organizes books by topic and genre. Includes list of award winning books and indices for Author, Illustrator, Subject and Title. Kaleidoscope : a multicultural booklist for grades K-8 : covering
books published from 1993-95. Eds. Rosalinda B. Barrera, Verlinda D. Thompson, and
Mark Dressman, and the Committee to Revise the Multicultural Booklist
of the National Council of Teachers of English. 2nd ed. Urbana, IL : National Council of Teachers of English, 1997.
Revision and update of the 1994 edition. Making Multicultural
Connections Through Trade Books.
The Program of Assessment, Diagnosis and Instruction (PADI) developed Making Multicultural Connections Through Trade Books, a database featuring multicultural trade books for elementary students. The database information can be accessed by title, author, illustrator, cultural group, and grade level/subject. Under "Cultural Group - African American" are lesson plans for 22 titles, including several award winners. The lesson plans present aspects of the African American culture. PADI is a program of the Department of Academic Programs, Division of Enriched and Innovative Instruction within the Montgomery County Public Schools in Rockville, Maryland. Many faces, many voices : multicultural literary experiences for
youth : the Virginia Hamilton Conference. Eds. Anthony L. Manna and
Carolyn S. Brodie. Fort Atkinson, WI : Highsmith, 1992.
A collection of outstanding presentations from the 1992 and prior Virginia Hamilton Conferences on Multicultural Literature that include original articles by and about leading multicultural children's authors and artists, as well as resource materials on the subject. Includes an appendix of a selected list of multicultural trade books for children and young adults, and an author/subject index. Many peoples, one land : a guide to new multicultural literature for
children and young adults. Alethea K. Helbig and Agnes Regan Perkins. Westport, CT : Greenwood, 2001.
"Successor to 'This Land is Our Land' (1994)", by the same author. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Multicultural picture books: art for understanding others. Sylvia & Kenneth Marantz.
Worthington, OH : Linworth, 1994.
Part of the Professional Growth Series for librarians and teachers. Includes bibliographical references and index. The New Press guide to multicultural resources for young readers. Ed. Daphne Muse.
New York : New Press, 1997.
Contains reviews of 1000+ multicultural books for young readers (K-8). Provides 250-500 word synopsis, assessment criteria, discusses overall ethnicity or distinguishing feature. Offers an extensive number of articles of literary criticism on comprehensive aspects of diversity issues in children's literature. Contains extensive appendix covering children's book awards, resources, special library collections, and notable bookstores, as well as classic documents. Our family, our friends, our world : an annotated guide to
significant multicultural books for children and teenagers. Lyn
Miller-Lachmann. New Providence, NJ : R.R. Bowker, 1992.
This book contains some 1,000 full paragraph annotations of fiction and non-fiction books published between 1970 and 1990. The book has an international and multicultural focus, but also highlights the four primary minority groups in the United States: African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native-Americans. An introduction delineates the publishing of multicultural books since the 1960's, and provides detailed reasons for the criteria used in the evaluations. Each chapter contains a preliminary essay that sets the stage for the entries to follow. The appendix contains extensive lists of professional sources, series titles, and publishers. There is an inclusive author/title/series/subject index. Radical change: books for youth in a
digital age Eliza T. Dresang. New York : H.W. Wilson, 1999.
Suggested titles are included in text of book. Appendices include recommended books for youth; ideas about childhood, literary links, a selective overview of the middle ages-1990s (Western Europe and the United States), and books for youth reflecting characteristics identified by radical change. Selected Resources for Multicultural Education
Western Libraries research guide. A bibliography of multicultural materials found in the Western Libraries. Provides bibliographies of multicultural literature, guides for classroom use, resources for multicultural activities, and web links to other resources. Selecting/Evaluating Multicultural Literature
Western Libraries research guide. Offers criteria for today's classroom and library. Includes children's book awards and selected articles, books and websites. Spirited minds : African American books for our sons and our
brothers. Ed. Archie Givens. New York : W.W. Norton, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Strong souls singing : African American books for our daughters and
our sisters. Ed. Archie Givens. New York : W.W. Norton, 1998.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Using multiethnic literature in the K-8 classroom. Ed. Violet J. Harris. Norwood, MA :
Christopher-Gordon, 1997.
Offers chapters on selecting multicultural literature for the classroom, expanding perceptions about who Americans are, and developing a multicultural perspective. Focuses on a variety of ethnic groups. includes bibliographical references and indexes. Venture into cultures : a resource book of multicultural materials
and programs. Ed. Carla D. Hayden. Chicago : American Library Association, 1992.
In seven chapters, each authored by differernt librarians, educators, or members of the American Library Association, this books offers resources that cover African-American, Arab-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, Jewish-American, Native-American, and Persian-American cultures. Following an introduction, each section includes a bibliography of recommended titles, some programming ideas, and a list of resources for adults. The bibliographies for each chapter include sections for fiction, nonfiction, picture books, and folklore. A selected bibliography of materials for adults is appended, and an index to the volume is subdivided by culture. Young adult fiction by African American writers, 1968-1993 : a
critical and annotated guide. Deborah Kutenplon and Ellen Olmstead. New York : Garland, 1996.
Part of the Garland Reference Library of the Humanities. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Specific Topics & Genres The following books were featured in the Winter 2002 Education Featured Topic Display in Western Libraries. They have been reshelved in their regular locations in the Children's Collection on Wilson 4 East. The books are available to check-out for use outside the library. Consult the Western Libraries Online Catalog for location and availability. History & Civil Rights
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