Multicultural Children's Literature: A Critical Issues Approach

Preparing K-12 teachers to address today′s social, cultural, and critical issues using multicultural children′s books

Written in an engaging style, this comprehensive text prepares K-12 teachers to address a wide range of contemporary social issues—such as violence, gender, war, terrorism, child labor, censorship, and disabilities—through multicultural children′s literature. Each chapter includes sample lessons plans designed to encourage critical and creative thinking at the elementary and...