Teacher Resources
Lists of Helpful Journals and Smaller Publishers are from Mendoza, Jean, and Debbie Reese. "Examining Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom: Possibilities and Pitfalls." I noted “updated access 2015” if I found the new link for the website or similar content.
Helpful Journals
African American Review. 2015. (http://web.indstate.edu/artsci/AAR/).
Asian Perspectives. 2015. (http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/journals/ap/).
International Journal of Multicultural Review. Updated access 2015. (http://ijme-journal.org/index.php/ijme).
The Smithsonian Institution- Bibliography of Review of Books Featuring Native Americans. Updated access 2015. (http://anthropology.si.edu/outreach/Indbibl/index.html).
Studies in American Indian Literatures. Updated access 2015. (https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~rnelson/asail/).
International Journal of Multicultural Review, updated access 2015.
(http://ijme-journal.org/index.php/ijme).
Smaller Publishers
Children's Book Press. 2015. (http://www.cbookpress.org/).
Cinco Puntos. 2015. (http://cincopuntos.com).
Lee and Low. Asian Americans. 2015. (http://www.leeandlow.com).
Oyate. Native American. 2015. (http://www.oyate.org).
National Association Websites for Cultural Books
Helpful Evaluations
This section is from Morgan, Hani. "Picture book biographies for young children: A way to teach multiple perspectives." I noted “updated access 2015” if I found the new link for the website or similar content.
The Anti Defamation League (ADL) also offers guidelines for evaluating children’s books for authenticity. Updated access 2015. http://archive.adl.org/education/curriculum_connections/fall_2005/fall_2005_sb_disability.html.
The California State Department of Education (1998) Recommends the use of a guide entitled 10 Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Racism and Sexism. Adapted from original literature published by the Council on Interracial Books for Children. Updated access 2015. http://www.chil-es.org/10ways.pdf.
Celebrating Cultural Diversity through Children’s Literature is organized by Dr. Robert F. Smith and includes annotated lists with multicultural books organized by genre including biographies on many groups. 2015. http://www.multiculturalchildrenslit.com/.
Higgins (2002) offers an annotated list. Updated access 2015. http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/strategies/topics/multicultural-education/.
The National Council for the Social Studies offers a list of annotated books selected by a committee appointed by NCSS in cooperation with the Children’s Book Council. The books chosen on the list reflect human relations, represent cultural diversity and are intended for children in grades K-8. Updated access 2015. http://www.socialstudies.org/system/files/notable2009_0.pdf.
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