Children's Literature and the Politics of Equality

Children's Literature and the Politics of Equality
Author: Pat Pinsent
Publisher:
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780807736807

1. Prejudice in children's books -- 2.Children and literature. -- 3. Have the 'classics' had their day? -- 4. Prejudice and children's popular fiction. -- 5. Anti-sexist and emancipatory books. -- 6. "Race" and ethnic identity. -- 7. Literature, language and culture. -- 8. Literature and society: age and disability. -- 9. Equality and information books. -- 10. Literature, equality and the classroom.

Childrens Literature and the Politics of Equality

Childrens Literature and the Politics of Equality
Author: Pat Pinsent
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2013-07-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134091095

First published in 1997. In this book the author intends to explore some of the many questions which arise as a result of increasing awareness in our society about equality issues. Can the attempt to make books for children consistent with contemporary views about equality go too far? In any case, are children really as much influenced by books and other material as some educationalists would claim? What can or should we do about the 'classics' Of the past? And are today's children's writers so much better at avoiding giving offence to minorities? How much are children affected by the kind of prejudices and preconceptions that we all grow up with but don't always succeed in acknowledging in later life?

Click, Clack, Moo

Click, Clack, Moo
Author: Doreen Cronin
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781599610887

When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.

Reimagining Equality

Reimagining Equality
Author: Nancy E. Dowd
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2018-06-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1479893358

"Developmental equality–whether every child has an equal opportunity to reach their fullest potential–is essential for children’s future growth and access to opportunity. In the United States, however, children of color are disproportionately affected by poverty, poor educational outcomes, and structural discrimination, limiting their potential. In Reimagining Equality, Nancy E. Dowd sets out to examine the roots of these inequalities by tracing the life course of black boys from birth to age 18 in an effort to create an affirmative system of rights and support for all children." -- Publisher's description

Religious Diversity and Children's Literature

Religious Diversity and Children's Literature
Author: Connie R. Green
Publisher: IAP
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2011-05-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1617353981

This book is an invaluable resource for enabling teachers, religious educators, and families to learn about religious diversity themselves and to teach children about both their own religion as well as the beliefs of others. The traditions featured include indigenous beliefs throughout the world, Native American spirituality, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity (Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Protestantism), Islam, Sikhism, and other beliefs such as Bahá'í, Unitarian Universalism, Humanism, and Atheism. Each chapter highlights a specific religion or spiritual tradition with a brief discussion about major beliefs, misconceptions, sacred texts, and holy days or celebrations. This summary of each tradition is followed by extensive annotated recommendations for children’s and adolescent literature as well as suggested teaching strategies. The recommended literature includes informational books, traditional religious stories, and fiction with religious themes. Teachers, religious educators, and family members will find the literature from these genres to be invaluable tools for bridging the religious experience of the child with that of the global society in which they live.

Human Rights in Children's Literature

Human Rights in Children's Literature
Author: Jonathan Todres
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2016
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0190213345

How can children grow to realize their inherent human rights and respect the rights of others? This book explores this question through children's literature from Peter Rabbit to Horton Hears a Who! to Harry Potter. The authors investigate children's rights under international law - identity and family rights, the right to be heard, the right to be free from discrimination, and other civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights - and consider the way in which those rights are embedded in children's literature. This book traverses children's rights law, literary theory, and human rights education to argue that in order for children to fully realize their human rights, they first have to imagine and understand them.

Multicultural Children’s Literature

Multicultural Children’s Literature
Author: Ambika Gopalakrishnan
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2010-04-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1452212902

This book is designed to prepare K-12 preservice and inservice teachers to address the social, cultural, and critical issues of our times through the use of multicultural children's books. It will be used as a core textbook in courses on multicultural children's literature and as a supplement in courses on children's literature and social studies teaching methods. It can also be used as a supplement in courses on literacy, reading, language arts, and multicultural education.

Tales for Little Rebels

Tales for Little Rebels
Author: Julia L. Mickenberg
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2008-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0814757200

A rarely discussed aspect of children's literature--the politics behind a book's creation--has been thoroughly explored in this intelligent, enlightening, and fascinating account.

We March

We March
Author: Shane W. Evans
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-01-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 146681067X

On August 28, 1963, a remarkable event took place--more than 250,000 people gathered in our nation's capital to participate in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march began at the Washington Monument and ended with a rally at the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech, advocating racial harmony. Many words have been written about that day, but few so delicate and powerful as those presented here by award-winning author and illustrator Shane W. Evans. When combined with his simple yet compelling illustrations, the thrill of the day is brought to life for even the youngest reader to experience. We March is one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Children's Books of 2012