How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books by Scholastic

Multicultural Book Resources

Lilah Bruland

UNLV CIG 750

Many of the articles I read stressed the importance of providing high quality multicultural literature to diminish stereotypes within the classroom. I have complied lists of appropriate and recommended children’s and young adult literature and resources as to where to purchase these books.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/instructor/multicultural.htm

Fifty multicultural books every child should read by the National Education Association

http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/50multibooks.html

Before You Buy Children's Books about Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa

http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/holidays/bb/winterholidays.htm

Arab Americans

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

http://www.adc.org/education/storybkss.htm

Middle East

http://www.multiculturalchildrenslit.com/middleeastern.html

Muslim

http://www.rukhsanakhan.com/muslimbooks.htm

Elementary school Hajj presentation pack

http://www.soundvision.com/shop/pview.asp?Item=9100-038

Spanish

The Pura Belpré Award is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/belpremedal/belprecurrent/belprmedalcurrent.htm

Spanish/English

http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/booklists/books.php?BookListID=91&SortOrder=Author

African American

Coretta Scott King Award

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/251542/ref=amb_link_1401652_6/103-7263276-6099031

Native American

Native America recommended Thanksgiving books and books to avoid

http://www.oyate.org/resources/booklist.html#recommended

Native American recommended books

http://www.oyate.org/catalog/index.html

Holocaust

http://www.holocaust-trc.org/chldbook.htm

http://www.chgs.umn.edu/Links___Bibliography/Bibliography/Children_s_Book_About_Holocaus/Introduction__Children_Books_/introduction__children_books_.html

Africa

Lost Boys of Sudan

http://www.leeandlow.com/books/brothers.html

Darfur through children’s eyes (drawings)

http://hrw.org/photos/2005/darfur/drawings/7.htm

Children's Materials on Africa

http://www.africaaccessreview.org/buddy.cfm

China

http://www.childbook.com/

General Multicultural

2006 Mildred L. Batchelder Winner

Awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States. ALSC gives the award to encourage American publishers to seek out superior children's books abroad and to promote communication among the peoples of the world.

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/batchelderaward/batcheldercurr/batchelderaward.htm

Newberry Medal for Best Children’s Book

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/149829/ref=amb_link_1401652_14/103-7263276-6099031

The Michael L. Printz Award for Teen Literature

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/251553/ref=amb_link_1401652_11/103-7263276-6099031

Multicultural Fiction

http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/booklists/books.php?BookListID=20&SortOrder=Author

Multicultural Picture Books

http://www.weberpl.lib.ut.us/booklists/books.php?BookListID=21&SortOrder=Author

Online booksellers:

www.amazon.com

http://www.leeandlow.com

http://www.shens.com