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From: Brad Wendt <bewendt>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 16:05:29 -0500
We need more books like Bernalda Wheeler's WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR MOCASSINS? I regularly use this book (as Katy also mentioned) for preschool storytimes because it is one of the few that I can find to share with this age, a book I feel confident about using in a multicultural/ clothing/ family (etc) storytime. Many public libraries are trying to increase services and programming for older kids and young adults but most are still focused on the "preschool door to learning" programming. It is wonderful to learn about books for older kids, like "The Birchbark House,"
"Cloudwalker : contemporary Native American stories," "Dog people : native dog stories," and "Bowman's Store" and I enjoyed reading parts of these to a group of nine children, grades 2 to 4, at a Lunch Bunch program on Thursday, but I would be interested in learning about some titles that we can use with a public library's primary audience, preschoolers. Remembering, that a book that can be read to a group of 200 is different from a book that can be read to a child on your lap, what can we offer them? I am putting together theme kits and looking for books for a preschool audience to demonstrate cultural diversity and awareness of children who have special needs. Not only hoping to help children "see themselves" in books but to help them "see" others.
I've appreciated the ccbc-net discussion, not necessarily the angry parts, but the enlightenment that comes with discussion. Talking about our beliefs and our values is important to helping develop awareness and tolerance for all people. Bringing up a point of discussion doesn't necessarily mean we condone it or are unwilling to adjust our attitude.
No one who attempts to get involved with these discussions (Webster's: "act of exchanging opinions") should be made to feel ashamed of their current point of view, many of us are part of ccbc-net because of the need and desire to learn, as well as to share. Personal Talking about something sometimes means having a deeply held opinion about it, but other times it is a way to explore and discover new understanding. I look forward to a continuing involvement in this learning process. Thanks to everyone willing to jump in with this discussion and also to Ginny, Megan, Katy, and Eliza and also to Debbie Reese for her booklist, "Native Americans:Recommended Books and Resources."
Karen Wendt
"Nothing great was ever done without enthusiasm." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Karen M. Wendt, 149 Dunning Street, Madison, WI
bewendt at facstaff.wisc.edu
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www.scls.lib.wi.us/monona> Monona Public Library
www.mufa.org> Madison Ultimate Frisbee Association
Madison Area Disc Club
Please bookmark our new web address:
http://www.discoverwisc.com/madc
Received on Fri 29 Oct 1999 04:05:29 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 16:05:29 -0500
We need more books like Bernalda Wheeler's WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR MOCASSINS? I regularly use this book (as Katy also mentioned) for preschool storytimes because it is one of the few that I can find to share with this age, a book I feel confident about using in a multicultural/ clothing/ family (etc) storytime. Many public libraries are trying to increase services and programming for older kids and young adults but most are still focused on the "preschool door to learning" programming. It is wonderful to learn about books for older kids, like "The Birchbark House,"
"Cloudwalker : contemporary Native American stories," "Dog people : native dog stories," and "Bowman's Store" and I enjoyed reading parts of these to a group of nine children, grades 2 to 4, at a Lunch Bunch program on Thursday, but I would be interested in learning about some titles that we can use with a public library's primary audience, preschoolers. Remembering, that a book that can be read to a group of 200 is different from a book that can be read to a child on your lap, what can we offer them? I am putting together theme kits and looking for books for a preschool audience to demonstrate cultural diversity and awareness of children who have special needs. Not only hoping to help children "see themselves" in books but to help them "see" others.
I've appreciated the ccbc-net discussion, not necessarily the angry parts, but the enlightenment that comes with discussion. Talking about our beliefs and our values is important to helping develop awareness and tolerance for all people. Bringing up a point of discussion doesn't necessarily mean we condone it or are unwilling to adjust our attitude.
No one who attempts to get involved with these discussions (Webster's: "act of exchanging opinions") should be made to feel ashamed of their current point of view, many of us are part of ccbc-net because of the need and desire to learn, as well as to share. Personal Talking about something sometimes means having a deeply held opinion about it, but other times it is a way to explore and discover new understanding. I look forward to a continuing involvement in this learning process. Thanks to everyone willing to jump in with this discussion and also to Ginny, Megan, Katy, and Eliza and also to Debbie Reese for her booklist, "Native Americans:Recommended Books and Resources."
Karen Wendt
"Nothing great was ever done without enthusiasm." Ralph Waldo Emerson
===
Karen M. Wendt, 149 Dunning Street, Madison, WI
bewendt at facstaff.wisc.edu
==============
www.scls.lib.wi.us/monona> Monona Public Library
www.mufa.org> Madison Ultimate Frisbee Association
Madison Area Disc Club
Please bookmark our new web address:
http://www.discoverwisc.com/madc
Received on Fri 29 Oct 1999 04:05:29 PM CDT
