Volume 7, Issue 8. 1976

Themes:

intellectual freedom; historical misrepresentation and suppression; art as politics; neutrality; racism; sexism; ageism; elitism; materialism; conformism; oppression; stereotypes; self-esteem; white false superiority; social and political change; feminism; old age

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Edward F. Ansello, David Cole, Dorothea Cole, Elizabeth Martinez, Emily Moore, Jean Bond, Ruth Charnes, Lyla Hoffman, Patricia Spence, Dean Chavers, Lynn Edwards, Ianthe Thomas

Materials Reviewed:

Juanito's Railroad in the Sky by Vic Herman. Amazon / WorldCat
Marcia by John Steptoe. Amazon / WorldCat
The Curse: A Cultural History of Menstruation by Janice Delaney, Mary Jane Lupton, and Emily Toth. Amazon / WorldCat
Two Special Cards by Sonia O. Lisker and Leigh Dean. Amazon / WorldCat
A Button in Her Ear by Ada B. Litchfield. Amazon / WorldCat
Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Years by Mark Evans. Amazon / WorldCat
Osceola: Seminole Leader by Ronald Syme. Amazon / WorldCat
Old Is What You Get: Dialogues on Aging by the Old and the Young by Ann Zane Shanks. Amazon / WorldCat
The Case of the Sneaker Snatcher (Billy Jo Jive: Super Private Eye) by John Shearer. Amazon / WorldCat
Who Are You? A Teenager's Guide to Self-Understanding by Elizabeth McGough. Amazon / WorldCat
Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp by Mercer Mayer. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Grandpa by Barbara Borack
The Red Detachment of Women by Zhongguo Wu Ju Tuan
Hidden Messages in Children's Stories by Lucy Fuchs
In a Rainstorm by Chiang-fan Wei, Yen-hsiu Wu, and Szu-tsung Chou
The Little Doctor by Chang Mao-Chiu
Hunting with Grandad by Chao Fu-hsing
Brave Little Shepherd Chaolu by Chun Li
The Call of the Fledgling and Other Children's Stories by Hao Jan
The Adventures of a Lead Pencil by Ho Yi
Hello! Hello! Are You There? by Hsieh Chi-kuei
The Shepherd Boy Hai Ya by Hua Shan
Secret Bulletin by Kao Sha
Commander Yang's Young Pioneers by Kuo Hsu
Little Ching and Hu Tzu Guard the Cornfield by Ku Yu-tseng, Chang Chih, and Li Jui Sheng
Observation Post 3 by Li Ju-ching

Keywords:

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Jean Cary Bond, Judith Krug, American Library Association (ALA), Intellectual Freedom, Lillian Gerhardt, historical misrepresentation and suppression, art, art as politics, neutrality, reviews, reviewing, mass media, representation, Little Black Sambo, Dr. Dolittle, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, women, racism, sexism, ageism, elitism, materialism, conformism, oppression, stereotypes, accuracy, self-esteem, false superiority - white, social and political change, feminism, critical thinking, old age, socially constructed concepts, Center on Aging, numerical analysis, representation, underrepresentation, omission, People's Republic of China, Foreign Languages Press, collectivity, non-hierarchical, ignorance, responsibility, politics in children's books, Roots, slavery, West Africa, Alex Haley, Eric Moon, Beryle Banfield, Albert V. Schwartz, Textbook Committee of the Education Department of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Teacher's College, cataloging, Women Library Workers, imperialism, Akwesasne Notes, Guatemala, Boston Area Women-In-Libraries, booklist, The Women's Press, Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos, Puerto Rico, Japanese American Curriculum Project, Media Report to Women, United Front Press, California Association for Older People, Education for Peace Project, Emergency Librarian, Barbara Clubb, Sigfrido Benitex, Connie Harold, Index