Volume 6, Issue 5/6. 1975

Themes:

early childhood education; cultural sensitivity; cultural relevancy; American Standard English, Black English, bilinguailism, ESL, and Spanish; racism; sexism; formal curriculum and hidden curriculum; consciousness-raising; staffing diversity; classism; segregation; ghettoization; stereotypes; children as authors; mass media violence; consumerism; ageism; intellectual freedom; Social Change Advocates; collective organizing, Herb Henry, Petra Cintron, Claudine Brown

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

George Bussey, Connie Jackson, Blanca Nieves, Debby Leong, Barbara Schram, Marcia Newfield, Sian Williams, Itty Chan, Lisel Burns, Albert V. Schwartz, Deirdre Breslin, Eileen Marino, Johann Lee, Gelvin Stevenson, Sue Ribner, Betita Martinez, Lydia Bassett, Beryle Banfield, Joyce Toney, Akiko Justesen, June Kushino, Lyla Hoffman, Liz Fong, Porfirio Sanchez, Harry Wallace, Fred Ribner

Materials Reviewed:

One Monster After Another by Mercer Mayer. Amazon / WorldCat
Nicky Goes to the Doctor by Richard Scarry. Amazon / WorldCat
Busy People and How They Do Their Work by Joe Kaufman. Amazon / WorldCat
Animal Manners by Barbara Shook Hazen. Amazon / WorldCat
Hamilton Duck's Springtime Story by Arthur Getz. Amazon / WorldCat
Day Care: A Handbook by Belle Evans and George E. Saia. Amazon / WorldCat
The Day Care Book: The Why, What, and How of Community Day Care by Vicki Breitbart, et al. Amazon / WorldCat
Opium War in China, 1840-1842: The British Resort to War in Order to Maintain their Opium Trade by Robin McKown. Amazon / WorldCat
Nancy Ward, Cherokee by Harold W. Felton. Amazon / WorldCat
A Book for Jordan by Marcia Newfield. Amazon / WorldCat
Josie's Handful of Quietness by Nancy Covert Smith. Amazon / WorldCat
The Queen Who Couldn't Bake Gingerbread, An Adaptation of a German Folk Tale by Dorothy Van Woerkon. Amazon / WorldCat
Walk Home Tired, Billy Jenkins by Ianthe Thomas. Amazon / WorldCat
Roots of Time: A Portrait of African Life and Culture by Margo Jefferson and Elliott P. Skinner. Amazon / WorldCat
Me and Neesie by Eloise Greenfield. Amazon / WorldCat
Three Strong Women: A Tall Tale from Japan by Claus Stamm. Amazon / WorldCat
Mandy's Grandmother by Liesel M. Skorpen. Amazon / WorldCat
Kevin's Grandma by Barbara Williams. Amazon / WorldCat
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep. Amazon / WorldCat
The Terrible Thing That Happened at Our House by Marge Blaine. Amazon / WorldCat
La Aventura De Yolanda/Yolanda's Hike by Tomas Rodriguez Gaspar. Amazon / WorldCat
The Adventures of Yoo-La-Teen by Ellen Tiffany Pugh. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

I Am On Duty Today by Yi Yang
Two Worlds of Childhood: USA and USSR by Urie Bronfenbrenner
Storefront Day Care Centers: The Radical Berlin Experiment by Catherine Lord
Children of the Dream by Bruno Bettelheim
Children of the Kibbutz by Melford E. Spiro
Day Care, How to Plan, Develop and Operate a Day Care Center by E. Belle Evans, Beth Shub, and Marlene Weinstein
A Day Care Guide for Administrators, Teachers, and Parents by Richard Ruopp, David Warner, Mary Rowe, and Ruth Freedman
Guide for Establishing and Operating Day Care Centers for Young Children by Dorothy Bogusławski
How to Organize a Child Care Center by Carol Shapiro
Manual on Organization, Financing, and Administration of Day Care Centers in New York City for Community Groups, Their Lawyers, and Other Advisors by Stacie Jacob, ed.
Who's Minding the Children by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels
The Devil has Slippery Shoes by Polly Greenberg
A Is for Africa by Jean Carey Bond
The Adventures of Spider by Joyce C. Arkhurst
Black is Beautiful by Ann McGovern
The Boy Who Didn't Believe in Spring by Lucille Clifton
Brown is a Beautiful Color by Jean Carey Bond
Bubbles by Eloise Greenfield
City ABC's by Michael Deasy
City Rhythms by Ann Grifalconi
I Love Gram by Ruth A. Sonneborn
I'm Glad I'm Me by Elberta H. Stone
John Henry: An American Legend by Ezra Jack Keats
Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book by Muriel Feelings
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings
Playtime in Africa by Efua Sutherland
Sam by Ann Herbert Scott
Shawn Goes to School by Petronella Breinberg
Some of the Days of Everett Anderson by Lucille Clifton
Stevie by John Steptoe
Walk Home Tired, Billy Jenkins by Ianthe Thomas
What Mary Jo Wanted by Janice May Udry
Where Does the Day Go? by Walter Dean Myers
The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop
The Story of Ping by Marjorie Flack
A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno
Little Pals by Wancui Lin
Ma Lien and the Magic Brush by Hisako Mimishima
A Day on a Chinese Commune by Audrey Topping
Umbrella by Taro Yashima
Normie's Moose Hunt by Vi Cowell
Alphabet Book by Anne Wyse
American Indian Authors for Young Readers: A Selected Bibliography by Mary Gloyne Blyer
Echogee by Acee Blue Eagle
The Northwest Coast Indian's ABC Book by Sherrill Carlson
The WeeWish Tree by American Indian Historical Society
Fabian by Wenceslao Serra Deliz
Mi Musica by Wenceslao Serra Deliz
Poemas y Colores by Wenceslao Serra Deliz
ABC de Puerto Rico by Ruben del Rosario and Isabel Criere de Matos
Angelita by Wendy Kesselman
Santiago by Pura Belpré
Yacqua Days by Cruz Martel
A Hole is to Dig by Ruth Krauss
Amy's Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
I Was So Mad! by Norma Simon
Jo, Flo, and Yolanda by Carol de Poix
Mothers Can Do Anything by Joe Lasker
My Special Best Words by John Steptoe
Noisy Nancy Norris by Lou Ann Gaedert
The Sheep Book by Carmen Goodyear
William's Doll by Charlotte Zolotow
Grown-Ups Cry Too by Nancy Hazen
Martin's Father by Margaret Eichler
Miracles by Richard Lewis
Teacher by Sylvia Ashton-Warner
From Two to Five by Kornei Chukovsky
The Arts in the Classroom by Natalie Cole
From Thoughts to Words by Marlene Glaus
Wishes, Lies, and Dreams: Teaching Children to Write Poetry by Kenneth Koch
Rose, Where Did You Get that Red? by Kenneth Koch
Math, Writing, and Games in the Open Classroom by Herbert R. Kohl
Journeys: Prose by Children of the English Speaking World by Richard Lewis
Miracles: Poems by Children of the English Speaking World by Richard Lewis
Slithery Snakes and Other Aids to Children's Writing by Walker T. Petty and Mary E. Bowen
Non-Sexist Education for Young Children: A Practical Guide by Barbara Sprung

Keywords:

Deborah Stead, Wayne Kabak, Jorg Becker, Taye Brooks Zerihoun, Ernest Dunbar, Sue Ribner, Roberto Gautier, Harry B. Waaace, Karen Asakawa, Frank Ray Harjo, Celina Snowden, Johann Lee, Albert V. Schwartz