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Youth Literature for a Diverse Society

Youth Literature for a Diverse Society will be offered online Summer 2011, 8-week session (June 9 - August 4).

Required Texts:
Also Required: The Freedom Writers (the DVD is available at libraries across Kentucky)

PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE (not required, but should be used as needed for discussion and projects)
  • Agosto, D. (2001). Bridging the culture gap: Ten steps toward a more multicultural youth library. Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 14(3), 38-41.
  • Aronson, M. (2001, May). Slippery slopes and proliferating prizes. Horn Book Magazine, 77(3), 272-278.
  • Balderrama, S. R. (2000). This trend called diversity. Library Trends, 49(1), 194-214.
  • Glazier, J., & Seo, J.-A. (2005). Multicultural literature and discussion as mirror and window? Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 48(8), 686-700.
  • Gray, S., & Abaid, T. (2002). Building a multicultural media collection. MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship, 8(2).
  • Hearne, B. (1999). Swapping tales and stealing stories: The ethics and aesthetics of folklore in children’s literature. Library Trends, 47(3), 509-528.
  • Hochwald, L. (1996). Little book, big controversy. Publishers Weekly, 243(31), 32-33.
  • Kimball, M. A. (1999). From folktales to fiction: Orphan characters in children's literature. Library Trends, 47(3), 558-578.
  • Lempke, S. (1999, March). The faces in the picture books. Horn Book Magazine, 75(2), 141-148.
  • Madigan, D. (1993). The politics of multicultural literature for children and adolescents: Combining perspectives and conversations. Language Arts, 70(3), 168-176.
  • Martin, M. (1999, May). Never too nappy. Horn Book Magazine, 75(3), 283-289.
  • Mathis, J. B. (1999, Jan/Feb). Multicultural literature: Mirror and window on experience. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 11(3), 27-30.
  • Perkins, M. (2009, April). Straight talk on race. School Library Journal, 55(4), 28-32.
  • Pinkney, A. (2001, September). Awards that stand on solid ground. Horn Book Magazine, 77(5), 535.
  • Robbin, A. (2000, Summer). We the people: One nation, a multicultural society. Library Trends, 49(1), 6-48.
  • Roethler, J. (1998). Reading in color: Children's book illustration and identity formation for black children in the United States. African American Review, 32(1), 95-105.
  • Stoffle, C.J., & Tarin, P.A. (1994, July). No place for neutrality: The case for multiculturalism. Library Journal, 119(12), 46-49.
  • Toelken, Barre. (2004, Fall). Beauty behind me; beauty before (AFS Address). Journal of American Folklore: Journal of the American Folklore Society, 117(466), 441-445. Available full text from Literature Online.