CARBONDALE — Although a course in multicultural literature has been on the books at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for quite some time, Crystal-Shelby Caffey, assistant professor of language, ...
Lesley Bracero and Natoia Franklin are educators and published writers with strong ties to Waukegan, North Chicago and Zion, who collaborate as the Melanated Authors reading to schoolchildren and are ...
Loriene Roy, President of the American Library Association, suggests the best books for children of color. And finally, speaking of things to do on a weekend, this is a big weekend for the book ...
I. The sociological contexts of cultural authenticity. 1. The complexity of cultural authenticity in children's literature : why the debates really matter / Kathy G. Short and Dana L. Fox -- 2.
In a provocative 2004 speech entitled “I Have a Plan to Destroy America,” Richard D. Lamm, the former three-term Governor of Colorado, equated “multi-culturalism” with “the doctrine of ‘Victimology.’ ...
A crowd of more than 300 people representing various races and ethnicities filled to overflowing a conference room at Javits on Saturday morning for the “The World Agrees: We Need Diverse Books” panel ...
The youngest readers can become armchair travelers. Children’s literature about the world and its cultures compels young minds to investigate ways of life and thinking that can be different—or quite ...
Erika Dreifus‘s first book, “Quiet Americans,” will be published on January 19th. Her blog posts are being featured this week on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish ...