Connecting Cultures: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children

Rebecca L. Thomas

sij 1996. · Bloomsbury Publishing USA

O ovoj e-knjizi

A comprehensive guide to multicultural literature for children, this valuable resource features more than 1,600 titles—including fiction, folktales, poetry, and song books—that focus on diverse cultural groups. The selected titles, pubished between the 1970s and 1990s are suitable for use with preschoolers through sixth graders and are likely to be found on the shelves of school and public libraries. Topics are timely, with an emphasis on books that reflect the needs and interests of today's children. Each detailed entry includes bibliographic information. Use level is also included, as are cultural designation, subjects, and a summary. The invaluable Subject Access section incorporates use level culture information.

O autoru

Rebecca L. Thomas, PhD, retired as an elementary school librarian for the Shaker Heights City Schools and also taught college courses on literature for children and adolescents, most recently at Baldwin-Wallace University, Berea, OH.