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Overview
_Picturebook,_ spelled as a single word to identify its unique qualities and to differentiate the genre from other books with illustrations, is one that tells a story either in pictures alone or in almost equal partnership with text. The picturebook has great potential for bridging the differences among us; the concept of a story is one common to all, a shared experience that sets the stage for communication. And the goal of multiculturalism is to emphasize the positive attributes of human society, the outstanding, rather than the stereotype. Because children born today will interact with people from different cultures much more than previous generations, it is important that they are taught about other cultures, starting at a young age. Multicultural picturebooks are, therefore, an excellent teaching tool for meeting this educational challenge. The picturebooks profiled are appropriate for children in grades K - 4 but can be used with older children, depending on the curriculum and the students' comprehension level. Books covering Asia and the Pacific, The Middle East, Africa, South America, North America (Native Americas, Inuit, etc.), and books specific to the immigrant experience are profiled. Each book is described in one paragraph that includes an engaging review of the story line, special features of the content, the look and style of the artwork, interior design, and layout of the book. The authors emphasize that the visual qualities of picturebooks affect their ability to tell stories about people whose values and behaviors are different from those of the reader. The analyses, therefore, used in selecting the books include not only the informational content, but also the emotional content--the feelings generated by the text and art.Synopsis
Reviews and evaluates the quality and classroom appropriateness of picturebooks with a multicultural theme for grades K-4. Books covering Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, South America, North America (Native Americans, Inuit, etc.), and books specific to the immigrant experience are profiled. Each book is described in one paragraph, reviewing the storyline, special features of the content, the look and style of the artwork, the interior design, and the layout of the book. Originally published in 1997, this second edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include the applicable picturebooks that have been published in the past seven years.
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...the great contribution of the book is in the detailed, highly knowledgeable discussion of individual titles. It will be used that way in children's literature courses and as a resource for libraries and classrooms.Bulletin Of The Center For Children's Books
In this second edition, authors Sylvia and Ken Marantz...continue to explore the way multicultural picture books function to foster global understanding, a key objective in today's diverse classrooms....This is a valuable resource for locating a recently published story from a specific cultural context, and the detailed expositions on the artwork make it equally useful for illustration studies.Reference and Research Book News
...a resource text for elementary teachers, librarians, and parents; most works listed are targeted to children in K-4, but are also suitable for older children. Organized into five geographical areas and a section on the immigrant experience, the entries include author, title, illustrator, publisher and publication date, number of pages, and brief descriptions of the plot and the look and style of the artwork. For the second edition, the authors have deleted texts no longer in print, added new works published since 1997, and changed the title from the earlier Multicultural Picturebooks: Art for Understanding Others.The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
In this second edition, authors Sylvia and Ken Marantz...continue to explore the way multicultural picture books function to foster global understanding, a key objective in today's diverse classrooms....This is a valuable resource for locating a recently published story from a specific cultural context, and the detailed expositions on the artwork make it equally useful for illustration studies.Book Details
Published
November 1, 2004
Publisher
The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Pages
258
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780810849334