Multicultural Children's Literature: Through the Eyes of Many Children

Book Description
Written by one of the most highly regarded names in the field of children's literature, this compact guide to selecting high-quality examples of multicultural literature offers future teachers the broad-based introduction they need to the literature of the many cultures that comprise America today. Coverage focuses on three main ideas: incorporating the best multicultural books into the classroom, honoring and respecting both the literature and the cultures inhabiting the classroom, and using quality children's literature to motivate readers while simultaneously nurturing a culturally-responsive classroom. Educators and pre-service teachers of children's literature and reading.


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To help children learn how to live in a diverse society and strive for common goals toward peace, teachers can share multicultural literature, beginning first by sharing the nature of oral language in storytelling and learning to appreciate the role of oral tradition in transmitting the culture, philosophy, and language of different peoples. Norton's second edition of Multicultural Literature: Through the Eyes of Many Children explains to teachers how to do that and further provides meaningful discussions and authentic literature examples. In separate chapters on African American, Native American, Latino, Asian, Jewish, and Middle Eastern literature, the text demonstrates how each culture has been influenced by history and created values, beliefs, and philosophies shared through its literature - offering readers ideas for providing children with positive multicultural experiences and increasing cross-cultural understandings. The text also shares with teachers guidance for beginning an exploration of multicultural literature and a framework for authenticating cultural examples.


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