Dealing with Diversity Through Multicultural Fiction

Library-classroom Partnerships

• Author(s): Lauri Johnson, Sally Smith,
• Publisher: American Library Association
• Pages: 106
• ISBN_10: 0838906052
  ISBN_13: 9780838906057
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Multicultural Education , Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / Collection Development , Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / School Media , Literary Criticism / Books & Reading , Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / General ,

Description:... School librarians' desire to increase their multicultural collections has resulted in the publication of a vast number of bibliographies without explanation of ways to use them. Dealing with Diversity focuses on how to make the most of the multicultural fiction collection. Through guided discussions of novels that represent different life styles and backgrounds, librarians and teachers can help students deal with their own differences and those that they see in others. Children can link reading to changes taking place in American demography.