MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE AND RESPONSE This page intentionally left blank MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE AND RESPONSE Affirming Diverse Voices Lynn Atkinson Smolen and Ruth A. Oswald, Editors Copyright2011byLynnAtkinsonSmolenandRuthA.Oswald Chapter8:Copyright2011byF.IsabelCampoyandAlmaFlorAda Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedina retrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical, photocopying,recording,orotherwise,exceptfortheinclusionofbriefquotationsina revieworreproducibles,whichmaybecopiedforclassroomandeducationalprogramsonly, withoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData MulticulturalLiteratureandResponse:AffirmingDiverseVoices/LynnAtkinsonSmolenandRuthA. Oswald,Editors. p.cm. Summary:“Thiscompellingbookemphasizesthecriticalroleofqualitymulticulturalliteratureand readerresponseintoday’sschoolsandlibraries”—Providedbypublisher. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978–1–59884–474–0(pbk.:acid-freepaper)—ISBN978–1–59884–475–7(ebook) 1. Americanliterature—Minorityauthors—Studyandteaching.2. Children’sliterature,American—Study andteaching.3. Minoritiesinliterature—Studyandteaching—UnitedStates.4. Culturalpluralism— Studyandteaching.5. Ethnicgroupsinliterature—Studyandteaching.6. Ethnicityinliterature—Study andteaching.7. Children—Booksandreading—UnitedStates.8. Youngadults—Booksandreading— UnitedStates.9. Multiculturaleducation—UnitedStates.10. Reader-responsecriticism—UnitedStates. I.Smolen,LynnAtkinson.II.Oswald,RuthA. PS153.M56M85 2011 810.908071—dc22 2010043808 ISBN:978–1–59884–474–0 EISBN:978–1–59884–475–7 15 14 13 12 11 1 2 3 4 5 ThisbookisalsoavailableontheWorldWideWebasaneBook. Visitwww.abc-clio.comfordetails. LibrariesUnlimited AnImprintofABC-CLIO,LLC ABC-CLIO,LLC 130CremonaDrive,P.O.Box1911 SantaBarbara,California93116-1911 Thisbookisprintedonacid-freepaper ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Lynndedicatesthisbooktoherfather,KennethBiddleAtkinson, whoinspiredinheraloveoflanguageandliterature andapassionforwriting. Ruthdedicatesthisbooktoherdaughter,Lori, anamazingteacherandloverofliterature. This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi 1. IntroductiontoMulticulturalLiterature 1 RuthA.OswaldandLynnAtkinsonSmolen 2. IntegratingMulticulturalLiteratureIntotheCurriculum 17 LynnAtkinsonSmolen,RuthA.OswaldandSandraJenkins 3. VoicesofMulticulturalAuthors 59 DarwinL.HendersonandTeresaYoung 4. ThePowerofIllustrationsinMulticulturalPictureBooks: UnfoldingVisualLiteracy 67 FrancisS.BroadwayandDouglassM.Conkle 5. ExploringAfricanAmericanChildren’sLiterature 95 ClaudetteShackelfordMcLinn,YolandaA.Reed,JohnA.Casper, andSarahKing 6. TakingaCriticalLookatNativeAmericansinChildren’sLiterature 131 DonnaSabis-Burns 7. TheJourneyContinues:ExploringtheLiteratureofAsian andPacificIslandCultures 153 AvisM.MasudaandMicheleM.Ebersole viii CONTENTS 8. LatinoLiteratureforChildrenandAdolescents 195 F.IsabelCampoyandAlmaFlorAda 9. StoriesfromtheMountains:AppalachianLiteratureforChildrenand Adolescents 231 CarolynS.Brodie 10. RepresentationsnotRepresentation:ExploringMiddleEastChildren’s Literature 267 RuthMcKoyLowery 11. SupportingEnglishLanguageLearners’LiteracyDevelopment withCulturallyRelevantBooks 285 NancyL.HadawayandTerrellA.Young 12. DoTell!MulticulturalFolkStoriesintheClassroomandLibrary 309 JacquelineK.Peck 13. LinkingAudiovisualswithMulticulturalLiterature 319 MeghanHarper 14. UsingMulticulturalMentorTextstoTeachWriting 357 BarbaraMossandChristineKane 15. ReadingFluencyandMulticulturalLiterature 371 BelindaZimmerman,TimothyRasinski,andTracyForeman 16. PromotingMulticulturalLiteratureandLiteracy:Awards,Conferences, LibraryInitiatives,andOutreachPrograms 403 BarbaraA.Ward AppendixA:ASelectedListofMulticulturalAuthorsandIllustrators 423 AppendixB:MulticulturalBookAwards 427 AppendixC:PublishersandDistributorsofMulticulturalLiterature 431 Index 437 AbouttheEditorsandContributors 449 Acknowledgments Wewish to acknowledge thewonderful authors whoworked tirelessly to write the excellentchaptersinthisbook.Wegreatlyappreciatetheirexpertiseandefforts.We areparticularlyindebtedtothemulticulturalauthorswhokindlyallowedustointer- viewthemandincludeexcerptsfromtheirinterviewsinthisbook.Hearingthevoices ofmulticulturalauthorsbringsreaderstoabetterunderstandingoftheirworkandhelps them gain an insider’s view of the writing process. These authors include Joseph Bruchac,DoreenRappaport,AngelaJohnson,PatMora,VirginiaDrivingHawkSneve, andLaurenceYep. Finally,wethankoureditor,BlancheWoolls,forhervaluablefeedbackandongoing support.Wearealsoverygratefulfortheeditingofthechaptersinthebookprovided by John Casper, Sarah King, David Smolen, and Barbara Moline. Additionally, we thankStellaMun˜ozRodr´ıguezforhercarefuleditingandproofreadingoftheSpanish titles,names,songs,andpoems.Wealsoappreciatetheassistancefromthelibrarians attheAkronSummitCountyPublicLibraryingatheringthebooksandotherresources forchaptersoneandtwo.
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