Multicultural+Children's+Literature

Multicultural Children's Literature

This part of the wiki will deal with authors of multicultural children's literature and activities to do with these books. Multicultural Children's Literature is so important in today's schools and I cannot stress this enough! After my experience in the school systems, I encountered so much diversity that it was mind blowing! I come from a mostly Caucasian town, and to be exposed to this was both englightening and helpful. In your classroom, you cannot just read stories about white male heroes or the common life of a white teenager living in the suburbs. You have to include ALL your children when you read. This means taking books out that deal with different cultures and backgrounds, different sexualites, different home lives, and different traditions and customs. Not only does this practice include students in your classroom, but it educates students about the wide variety of culture found around them. It is suprising to find how many Caucasian children know little to nothing about different cultures and home lives. They are sometimes stuck in their own world, and exposing them to this kind of literature can serve as an eye opener for many students. To get started, this link will help. [|Multicultural & Diverse Children's Literature]. This link gives many resources for good multicultural children's literature to use in the classroom that portray an accurate reflection of a specific culture. For example, there are sugesstions for books that incoporate almost any culture or ethnicity that you can think of! Even I didn't know that there were this many examples of multicultural children's literature. There are books for transgenders and homosexuals and even links for books that cover disabilities and inclusion.

[|Multicultural Children's Literature] This link gives the educator a wealth of books that are divided up into sections according to what you are looking for. They have Japanese American books, Chinese American, African American, etc. Very useful!