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African and African American children's and adolescent literature in the classroom : a critical guide / edited by Vivian Yenika-Agbaw & Mary Napoli.
Van Pelt Library PS153.N5 A3375 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Black studies & critical thinking ; v. 11.
- Black studies & critical thinking
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--African American authors--Study and teaching.
- American literature.
- Young adult literature, American--Study and teaching.
- Young adult literature, American.
- Children's literature, American--Study and teaching.
- Children's literature, American.
- Black people in literature.
- American literature--African American authors.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 296 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2011]
- Summary:
- US scholars of education recommend books of African American and African literature that are suitable for children and adolescents. Though acknowledging that in many respects African and African-American cultures are different, they argue that exposing students to both at the same time provides greater insight. In sections on pre-kindergarten to third grade, upper elementary and middle grades four to eight, and high school grades nine to twelve, they consider such topics as traditional families in recently published African American children's literature for the early grades, sharing culturally relevant literature with preschool children and their families, young black adolescents reading through the grief, engaging hearts and minds with excellent nonfiction literature, Michael Anthony's The Year in San Fernando and Cyril Everard Palmers's The Cloud with the Silver Lining as young adult fiction portraying black poverty in the postcolonial Anglophone Caribbean, and disability in Africana adolescent literature. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1433111950
- 9781433111952
- 9781433111969
- 1433111969
- OCLC:
- 748328796
- Publisher Number:
- 99946418515
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