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

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

• 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

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

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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Classroom Suggestions…

• 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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Classroom Suggestions…

Award Winning Graphic Novels

From perfectionlearning.com

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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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