MULTICULTURAL
YOUNG ADULT AND CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
A
Selective List of Resources on the World Wide Web
Updated by Aparna Zambare. The following is a selected
list of multicultural young adult and children's literature resources on
the World Wide Web. The listings have been checked for currency and address
(URL) accuracy as of May 17, 2007. The user is cautioned, however,
that while it probably will not happen with the following sites/home pages,
the Web is quite fluid, and what appears one day might well disappear the
next.
For more information and/or reference assistance, please contact Aparna Zambare (Email: aparna.zambare@cmich.edu, Phone: 989-774-6427) or ask at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Park Library (Phone: 774-3470).
World Wide Web Sites
Children's Literature
Web Guide: Internet Resources Related to Books for Children and Young
Adults
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
The best Web site on the general subject of juvenile literature, this
page is "an attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number
of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults." While not specifically devoted to multicultural issues, this site is, nevertheless,
a must for anyone interested in the study of children's literature.
Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture Links
http://staff.missouriwestern.edu/~cadden/
This site is provided by Missouri Western State College. It lists numerous children's and young adult literature and cultural links. These links are provided under various categories such as History of Children's literature, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Folklore and Mythology, Children's Book Awards, Multiculturalism and information about Authors and Illustrators.
Developing Multiculural Curriculum
http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/multicultural_curr.php
Mainained by Carolyn Brush, a teacher at River Edge, N.J., this site provides information on developing multicultural curriculum and teaching students about world cultures.
International Children's Digital Library
http://www.icdlbooks.org/
Maintained by
the University of Maryland's Human-Computer Interaction Lab and The Internet Archive, the International Children's Digital Library contains, with illustrations, hundreds of children's books. The purpose of the site is to
inspire the world's children to become members of the global community and help them understand the value of tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages, and ideas.
Literature for Children
http://palmm.fcla.edu/juv/
Literature for Children is comprised of volumes from the Departments of Special Collections at several of the State University System of Florida libraries. It is a growing collection of digitized titles published, predominantly in the United States and Great Britain, from the 17th through the 20th centuries. The collection is of international significance for researchers who study historical, cultural, social and literary aspects of children's literature.
Multicultural Resources for Children
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/multipub.htm
This Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) media site provides multicultural resources for children, parents, teachers and librarians. It lists general resources as well as bibliographies on multicultural topics.
Multicultural
Book Review Homepage
http://www.isomedia.com/homes/jmele/homepage.html
"The purpose of this page is to create a qualitative list of
multicultural literature for K-12 educators." The books cited are reviewed
by educators for educators and each review cites what age group a book
is most suitable for as well as assigns it a qualitative overall grade
based upon the content, quality, and subject.
Multicultural
Children's Literature
http://edf3.gallaudet.edu/Faculty/BGG/edf730/MulticulturalLit/index.htm
Essentially "a list of books which focus on multicultural themes .
. . for students in Kindergarten through the third grade" arranged under
broad headings such as African American, Asian American, Deaf Culture,
Multiple Ethnicities, etc.
Multicultural Pavilion: Resources
and Dialogues for Educators, Students, & Activists
http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/
An excellent site for multicultural resources in general. See especially
the page on Teacher's Corner which is rich in "teaching tools for
multicultural curriculum transformation." Another must Web
site.
Multicultural
Resources for Children
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/multipub.htm
Sponsored by the Internet School Library Media Center, this "meta site"
brings together under the headings of General Resources and Bibliographies
"resources for teachers, librarians, parents and students."
Multicultural
Web Sites: Diversity & Ethnic Studies
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/multicul.htm
A rich resource for links to "sites that focus on more than one racial
or ethnic group, or on diversity issues in general."
National Network
for Child Care: Selected Bibliography of Multicultural Fiction and Poetry
http://www.nncc.org/Literacy/bibl.multicult.fict.htm
A lengthy and important resource compiled by Masha Kabakow Rudman,
Profession of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies at the University
of Massachusetts. Appropriate age levels are given for each entry.
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