This textbook is a comprehensive resource for teaching multicultural children’s literature. Providing foundational information on how and why to integrate diverse children’s literature into the classroom, this book presents a necessary historical perspective on cultural groups in the United States and context for how to teach children’s literature in a way that reflects and sustains students’ rich cultural backgrounds. The historical insights and context on diverse cultural groups at the heart of the book allow readers to deepen their understanding of why teaching about cultural diversity is necessary for effective and inclusive education. Part I offers foundational information on how to teach children’s literature in a diverse society, and Part II overviews pedagogy, resources, and guidance for teaching specific culturally and linguistically marginalized groups. Each chapter contains book recommendations, discussion questions, and additional resources for teachers.
With authentic strategies and crucial background knowledge embedded in each chapter, this text is essential reading for pre-service and in-service teachers and is ideal for courses in children’s literature, literacy methods instruction, and multicultural education.
Author(s): AnnMarie Alberton Gunn, Susan V. Bennett
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 292
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface
PART I: Multicultural Education within Classroom Teaching
1. Creating Spaces of Freedom: Multicultural Education and Children’s Literature
2. Classroom Bibliotherapy to Support Social Emotional Learning: Increasing Inclusion, Kindness, and Understanding of Diversity
3. Children’s Literature in Immersive Technologies: Stories as Magical Spaces for Diversity and Inclusion
4. Critical Equity Literacies for Moving Beyond State and National Standards
5. Censorship: Book Challenges in Classrooms and School Libraries
PART II: Diverse and Marginalized Groups of People
6. Exploring Social Class and Poverty through Children’s Literature
7. Reading the African American Family: The Exploration of the Historical-Political and Sociocultural Representation of African American Families in Picture Books
8. Southeast Asian Refugee Children’s Literature: A Pedagogical Tool to Critically Juxtapose War and Migration
9. Celebrating Latinx Children’s Literature
10. Resilience, Courage, Relocation: Deepening Understanding about Immigrants and Refugees with Children’s Literature
11. A Critical Multicultural Call to Action: Culturally Responsive Teaching for Indigenous Populations
12. Using LGBTQ+ Children’s Literature to Create a Sense of Belonging for All Within Elementary Classrooms
13. Children/YA Literature that Represents Disabilities and the Special Child
14. Religious Diversity through Children’s Literature
15. Supporting Children and Families Impacted by Incarceration Through Multicultural Children’s Literature
Index
