Multicultural and Ethnic Children's Literature in the United States
This book describes the history and characteristics of ethnic and multicultural children's literature in the U.S., as well as related materials published elsewhere. It relates in great detail the people, businesses, organizations, and institutions that create, disseminate, promote, critique, and collect these materials. Author Donna Gilton gives a detailed history of U.S. multicultural and ethnic children's literature throughout several historic periods, relating these developments to general social and political U.S. history.

Chapters illustrate characteristics of U.S. multicultural children's books, the major issues in the field, and multicultural initiatives and mainstream responses, while also providing outlines of research possibilities in the field and suggesting other groups of people who should be emphasized more in the future. In doing all this, Multicultural and Ethnic Children's Literature in the United States brings together valuable and scattered information for the busy and involved librarians, teachers, parents, publishers, distributors, and community leaders who wish to use and promote this material with children.
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Multicultural and Ethnic Children's Literature in the United States
This book describes the history and characteristics of ethnic and multicultural children's literature in the U.S., as well as related materials published elsewhere. It relates in great detail the people, businesses, organizations, and institutions that create, disseminate, promote, critique, and collect these materials. Author Donna Gilton gives a detailed history of U.S. multicultural and ethnic children's literature throughout several historic periods, relating these developments to general social and political U.S. history.

Chapters illustrate characteristics of U.S. multicultural children's books, the major issues in the field, and multicultural initiatives and mainstream responses, while also providing outlines of research possibilities in the field and suggesting other groups of people who should be emphasized more in the future. In doing all this, Multicultural and Ethnic Children's Literature in the United States brings together valuable and scattered information for the busy and involved librarians, teachers, parents, publishers, distributors, and community leaders who wish to use and promote this material with children.
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Multicultural and Ethnic Children's Literature in the United States

Multicultural and Ethnic Children's Literature in the United States

by Donna L. Gilton
Multicultural and Ethnic Children's Literature in the United States

Multicultural and Ethnic Children's Literature in the United States

by Donna L. Gilton

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This book describes the history and characteristics of ethnic and multicultural children's literature in the U.S., as well as related materials published elsewhere. It relates in great detail the people, businesses, organizations, and institutions that create, disseminate, promote, critique, and collect these materials. Author Donna Gilton gives a detailed history of U.S. multicultural and ethnic children's literature throughout several historic periods, relating these developments to general social and political U.S. history.

Chapters illustrate characteristics of U.S. multicultural children's books, the major issues in the field, and multicultural initiatives and mainstream responses, while also providing outlines of research possibilities in the field and suggesting other groups of people who should be emphasized more in the future. In doing all this, Multicultural and Ethnic Children's Literature in the United States brings together valuable and scattered information for the busy and involved librarians, teachers, parents, publishers, distributors, and community leaders who wish to use and promote this material with children.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781461669760
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 07/09/2007
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 244
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Donna L. Gilton is associate professor of library and information studies at the University of Rhode Island.
Donna L. Gilton is professor at the University of Rhode Island.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Acknowledgments
Part 2 1 Multicultural Children's Literature: An Introduction
Part 3 2 A History of U.S. Multicultural Children's Literature
Part 4 3 General Trends in the Field
Part 5 4 Specific Ethnic Initiatives and Conclusions
Part 6 5 Where to Go from Here: Emerging Groups and Issues
Part 7 Bibliography
Part 8 Index
Part 9 About the Author
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