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From: Ginny Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:46:00 -600
Penny Swartz (Illinois) has asked me to recommend some resources about Multicultural Literature for high school students. If you are asking for recommendations about African-American literature published for adults, Penny, I'll have to pass as a professional although, like many in the CCBC-NET community, I could share quite a few books from my personal reading of adult literature.
I want to remind everyone that the term "young adult" can imply books written, edited, promoted and reviewed for middle school readers, and - often - it implies books for high school readers, as well. "Young adult" books should not be overlooked by high school teachers and librarians. Ruth Heespelink named several books worthy in substance and sophistication of high school teachers' and students' attention. Some of the books with Coretta Scott King Award or Honor Book status fall into your category and should not be overlooked - likewise - look at books in The Multicolored Mirror, Literature for Today's Young Adults, and the annual CCBC CHOICES (it always has a section of Fiction for Teenagers and books for readers 14 years and older in other sections.) Just this week, the CCBC staff pulled out all the "high school" books recommended in issues of CCBC CHOICES 1991? for teachers who requested this service in advance of coming to the CCBC. They - and I - were astonished at how many titles were here for them to examine. Don't overlook books published for "young adults."
By the way, novels such as Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson, Ajeemah and His Son by James Berry; Soul Looks Back in Wonder, the poetry anthology complied and illustrated by Tom Feelings; & Patricia McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr.'s Black Diamond (a history of the former "Negro Baseball Leagues") can be added to the books already named.
Other resources containing books recommended for grades 9 include Against Borders by Hazel Rochman (ALA, 1993) and Our Family, Our Friends, Our World (Bowker, 1992) edited by Lyn Miller-Lachmann, who now edits the journal Multicultural Review, another resource secondary level folks should not miss.
Although the following examples are not African-American in theme or origin, I hope teenagers in high school have the opportunity to read the excellent poetry in Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States and the fine collection of short fiction in American Eyes: New Asian-American Short Stories for Young Adults, both edited by Lori Carlson. I hope they have a chance to become acquainted with the two handsome anthologies compiled by Naomi Shihab Nye; they are This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems From Around the World and The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Collection of Poems and Stories From Mexico With Paintings By Mexican Artists. (I've purchased the latter two books several times over as gifts for adults.)
While I'm on the subject of Multicultural Literature for high school students, I also want to recommend an extremely reliable resource you may have overlooked because - in my opinion - its title is misleading, and school people ignore it. Look for the American Indian Resource Manual for Public Libraries edited by Frances de Usable and Jane A Roeber (Wis. Dept. of Public Instruction, 1992). This outstanding guide to print and nonprint materials for adults and children was compiled by American Indian educators, subject specialists and materials specialists in Wisconsin, including Katy Horning. Books from small Indian-owned-and-managed publishers are included. Informaiton about evaluation issues opens the book. Essential materials are asterisked. I've always regretted that the word "school" does not appear in the title, because I know how valuable this guide can be for/in schools. But you do not need to overlook it any longer. For ordering information, phone 1?0$3?82.
Other suggestions for Penny Swartz? .... Ginny
******************************************************************* Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison
Received on Wed 15 Nov 1995 08:46:00 AM CST
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 08:46:00 -600
Penny Swartz (Illinois) has asked me to recommend some resources about Multicultural Literature for high school students. If you are asking for recommendations about African-American literature published for adults, Penny, I'll have to pass as a professional although, like many in the CCBC-NET community, I could share quite a few books from my personal reading of adult literature.
I want to remind everyone that the term "young adult" can imply books written, edited, promoted and reviewed for middle school readers, and - often - it implies books for high school readers, as well. "Young adult" books should not be overlooked by high school teachers and librarians. Ruth Heespelink named several books worthy in substance and sophistication of high school teachers' and students' attention. Some of the books with Coretta Scott King Award or Honor Book status fall into your category and should not be overlooked - likewise - look at books in The Multicolored Mirror, Literature for Today's Young Adults, and the annual CCBC CHOICES (it always has a section of Fiction for Teenagers and books for readers 14 years and older in other sections.) Just this week, the CCBC staff pulled out all the "high school" books recommended in issues of CCBC CHOICES 1991? for teachers who requested this service in advance of coming to the CCBC. They - and I - were astonished at how many titles were here for them to examine. Don't overlook books published for "young adults."
By the way, novels such as Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson, Ajeemah and His Son by James Berry; Soul Looks Back in Wonder, the poetry anthology complied and illustrated by Tom Feelings; & Patricia McKissack and Fredrick McKissack, Jr.'s Black Diamond (a history of the former "Negro Baseball Leagues") can be added to the books already named.
Other resources containing books recommended for grades 9 include Against Borders by Hazel Rochman (ALA, 1993) and Our Family, Our Friends, Our World (Bowker, 1992) edited by Lyn Miller-Lachmann, who now edits the journal Multicultural Review, another resource secondary level folks should not miss.
Although the following examples are not African-American in theme or origin, I hope teenagers in high school have the opportunity to read the excellent poetry in Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States and the fine collection of short fiction in American Eyes: New Asian-American Short Stories for Young Adults, both edited by Lori Carlson. I hope they have a chance to become acquainted with the two handsome anthologies compiled by Naomi Shihab Nye; they are This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems From Around the World and The Tree Is Older Than You Are: A Bilingual Collection of Poems and Stories From Mexico With Paintings By Mexican Artists. (I've purchased the latter two books several times over as gifts for adults.)
While I'm on the subject of Multicultural Literature for high school students, I also want to recommend an extremely reliable resource you may have overlooked because - in my opinion - its title is misleading, and school people ignore it. Look for the American Indian Resource Manual for Public Libraries edited by Frances de Usable and Jane A Roeber (Wis. Dept. of Public Instruction, 1992). This outstanding guide to print and nonprint materials for adults and children was compiled by American Indian educators, subject specialists and materials specialists in Wisconsin, including Katy Horning. Books from small Indian-owned-and-managed publishers are included. Informaiton about evaluation issues opens the book. Essential materials are asterisked. I've always regretted that the word "school" does not appear in the title, because I know how valuable this guide can be for/in schools. But you do not need to overlook it any longer. For ordering information, phone 1?0$3?82.
Other suggestions for Penny Swartz? .... Ginny
******************************************************************* Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) The Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison
Received on Wed 15 Nov 1995 08:46:00 AM CST
