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Literature Awards
Multicultural Literature
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Availability of High-Quality Multicultural Literature
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Locating and Selecting High-Quality Literature is Important
• Especially for multicultural literature• Availability of books written about
specific cultures is an issue• Considerable variation exists in the
number of books for each cultural area– Reference Chart 1-1 on pgs. 5-6 (Norton, Ch.1)
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Some sources for Multicultural Literature …
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School Library Journal
• This journal is a major source for the books selected by librarians and teachers
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“Teachers’ Choices” and “Children’s Choices”
Reading Today and
The Reading Teacher October issues each
year
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How Can you Determine Cultural Authenticity?
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Look for…• Authors and illustrators respected within the
culture• Books that have won cultural awards • Well known multicultural publishers • Reviews by persons or groups within the
cultural group
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Authors and Illustrators
Quick view …
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INTERNATIONAL Mem Fox Graeme Base Dick King-Smith J.K. Rowling
AFRICAN AMERICAN
Mildred TaylorVirginia Hamilton Jerry Pinkney
HISPANIC AMERICANGary SotoPat MoraGeorge Ancona
Selected Authors and Illustrators
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• NATIVE AMERICAN• Joseph Bruchac• Paul Goble• Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
• ASIAN AMERICAN• Laurence Yep• Allen Say• Yoshiko Uchida
INCLUSIVE (OTHER) Naomi Shihab Nye Eric Kimmel
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Selected Authors and Illustrators
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Awards
For Multicultural Literature
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Selected AwardsHISPANIC AMERICAN• Pura Belpre´ Award
– http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/index.cfm
• The Americas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature– http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/outreach/americas.html
• Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award– http://www.riverabookaward.info/?t=anon
• AFRICAN AMERICAN• Coretta Scott King
– http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/cskbookawards/index.cfm
• YOUNG ADULT• The Michael L. Printz Award
– http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz.cfm
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• NATIVE AMERICAN• Native American Youth Services
Award– http://aila.library.sd.gov/activities/youthlitawa
rd.htm
• INTERNATIONAL• Hans Christian Andersen Award
– http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=273
• Mildred L. Batchelder Award– http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/award
sgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward/batchelderabout/index.cfm
• ASIAN AMERICAN• Asian Pacific American Award for
Literature– http://www.apalaweb.org/awards/awards.htm
• INCLUSIVE • Schneider Family Book Award
– http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=awards&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=161878
• Stonewall Book Awards– http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/glbtrt/stonewall
/stonewallbook.htm
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Selected Awards
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• OTHER• ALA/YALSA Awards and Booklists
– http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm
• Alex Award– http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/book
listsawards/alexawards/alexawards.cfm
• Eisner Awards– http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_pas
twinners.php
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OTHER Newbery Medal and Honors
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.cfm
Caldecott Medal http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants
/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottwinners/caldecottmedal.cfm
The Abraham Lincoln Award: Illinois' High School Readers' Choice Award http://www.islma.org/lincoln.htm
Selected Awards
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Noted Publishers
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• INTERNATIONAL• Kane/Miller Publishers of Foreign
Children’s Books– http://www.kanemiller.com/
• HISPANIC AMERICAN• Arte Publico Press
– http://www.latinoteca.com/app-home
• AFRICAN AMERICAN• Just Us Books
– www.justusbooks.com
• Jump at the Sun– http://www.jumpatthesun.com
Selected Multicultural Publishers
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• ASIAN AMERICAN• Lee and Low Books
– http://www.leeandlow.com
• NATIVE AMERICAN• Fulcrum Publishing
– http://www.fulcrum-books.com/
• INCLUSIVE• AWAIR
Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services– http://www.awaironline.org/index.html
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Selected Multicultural Publishers
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Insider Reviews…
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• NATIVE AMERICAN
• Oyate– http://www.oyate.org
• ASIAN AMERICAN
• Asia for Kids– http://www.afk.com
• INTERNATIONAL
• International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)– www.ibby.org
Selected Review Sources
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Additional Resources• HISPANIC/LATINO• Texas State Library “Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros”
– http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/ninos/contents.html
• NATIVE AMERICAN• Cynthia Leitich Smith
– http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/index.html
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Use These Resources When Choosing
Multicultural Literature for the Classroom
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Classroom Suggestions…
• ART – use picture books for older readers to introduce artists or art techniques– Frida Kahlo biography, Javaka Steptoe books
• SOCIAL STUDIES – use historical fiction to introduce the minority viewpoint in important events– Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich ,
An Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub, Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi
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• SCIENCE – use books that introduce a minority viewpoint or minority contribution– The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 by
Laurence Yep complements the study of plate tectonics, earthquakes
• MATH – use multicultural books to introduce counting in the lower grades– Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book by Yuyi Morales
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• LANGUAGE ARTS – introduce multicultural books for book reports assignments, poetry, theme-related studies– In Daddy’s Arms by Javaka Steptoe, The Afterlife by Gary Soto, A Step
from Heaven by An Na
• FOREIGN LANGUAGE – use picture books, poetry or short stories to introduce foreign cultures– Marimba! Animales from A to Z by Pat Mora, Baseball in April by Gary
Soto
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Award Winning Graphic Novels
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• American-Born ChineseGene Luen Yang
• Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture. Presented in comic book format
• The first graphic novel to win the Michael Printz Award
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• Maus: A Survivor's Tale Part II: And Here My Troubles BeganArt Spiegelman
• The continuation of Spiegelman's story of his father's life as a concentration camp survivor
• Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Spiegelman balances flashbacks of his father's harrowing Holocaust experiences with scenes of the present
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• Missouri BoyLeland Myrick
• Myrick's graphic poem brings together the experiences that formed his character, for better and for worse. Poignant, timeless, and gently evoked, Missouri Boy is a unique tribute to a small-town American childhood
• Booklist Top Ten Graphic Novel for Youth
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• Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
• In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, the author tells of her life in Tehran from ages 6 to 14, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq
• Alex Award Winner
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• Journey Into Mohawk CountryGeorge O'Connor
• George O'Connor brings Harmen van den Bogaert's journal of his travels into Mohawk country nearly four centures ago to life with simple and striking artwork
• An ALA Great Graphic Novel for Teens
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• Pride of BaghdadBrian K. Vaughan & Niko Henrichon
• This exceptional graphic novel about four lions who are freed from the Baghdad Zoo questions the nature of freedom. Can it be achieved without being earned? What is the price?
• Winner of the IGN award for best original graphic novel
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• LaikaNick Abadzis
• Laika was the abandoned puppy destined to become Earth's first space traveler. This is her journey
• A YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens• Winner of the Eisner Award
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• Life SucksJessica Abel & Gabe Soria
• Life sucks for Dave Marshall. The girl he's in love with doesn't know he exists, he hates his job, and ever since his boss turned him into a vampire, he can't go out in daylight without starting to charbroil
• An ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults
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References• http://theoceancountylibrary.org/Educators/images/Using%20Multicultural%20Lit
erature%20in%20the%20K-8%20Classroom.ppt#256,1,Multicultural
Literature in the K-8 Classroom • http://www.perfectionlearning.com/browse.php?categoryID=3740&utm_source=P
erfection+Learning&utm_campaign=043f00ff22-KCI_Graphic_Novels3_23_2010&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=043f00ff22&mc_eid=b433f3aa06
Perfection Learning
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