Volume 8, Issue 3. 1977

Themes:

stereotypes; Chinese; Asian American; racism; Chinese American; sexism, sex roles; collectivism; anti-fascist; Holocaust; capitalism

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Albert V. Schwartz, Jane Califf, Donna Grund-Slepak, Nessa Darren, Elizabeth Martinez, Rosinda Lewins, Emily Fabiano, Moose Pamp, Lyla Hoffman, Lynn Edwards

Materials Reviewed:

Wilma and the Water Pistol That Wouldn't Shoot Straight by Nancy Roth Bjorkman. Amazon / WorldCat
Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians by Aliki. Amazon / WorldCat
From Slave to Abolitionist: The Life of William Wells Brown by Lucille Schulberg Warner. Amazon / WorldCat
Mexican Folk Tales by Juliet Piggott. Amazon / WorldCat
Why Me? The Story of Jenny by Patricia Dizenzo. Amazon / WorldCat
Woman Chief by Rose Sobol. Amazon / WorldCat
I Want to Be a Fisherman by Sandra Weiner. Amazon / WorldCat
Eliza's Daddy by Ianthe Thomas. Amazon / WorldCat
I Have a Sister - My Sister Is Deaf by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson. Amazon / WorldCat
The United States in the Mexican War by Don Lawson. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

The Five Little Liu Brothers by Wang Yu-chan
The Story of Ping by Marjorie Flack
You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese
Race Attitudes in Children by Bruno Lasker
Chinese Folk Tales by A.M. Field
Chinese Fairy Tales by Isabelle C. Chang
Folktales of China by Wolfram Eberhard
Political Plays for Children: The Grips Theater of Berlin by Jack Zipes ed.
Song of the Trees by Mildred Taylor
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove
The Soul Brothers and Sister Lou by Kristin Hunter
Jimmy Yellow Hawk by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Sing to the Dawn by Minfong Ho
Sidewalk Story by Sharon Bell Mathis
Yagua Days by Cruz Martel
The Control of Oil by John Blair

Keywords:

The Five Chinese Brothers, Claire Huchet Bishop, Kurt Wiese, Chinese Exclusion Act, stereotypes, Chinese, Asian American, racism, reader reviews, Chinese American, terminology, racism, white authors, reviews, reviewing, Reichskbarett, Grips Theater for Children, West Berlin, plays, acting, German Democratic Republic, sexism, sex roles, Gwyneth Britton, numerical analysis, collectivism, housework, class, anti-fascist, Lenin, Marx, Karl Liebknecht, August Bebel, Rosa Luxemburg, Nazi, fascism, Holocaust, capitalism, American Library Association (ALA), Racism and Sexism Awareness Resolution, Jackie Eubanks, Intellectual Freedom Committee, Zoia Horn, Nancy White, E. J. Josey, Library Bill of Rights, Ella Yates, Clara Stanton Jones, Newbery Award, Caldecott Medal, Lydia Milagros González, Puerto Rico, Luis Nieves Falcon, Charles Poor Thunder, Gwendolyn Patton, Albert V. Schwartz, Beryle Banfield, Bradford Chambers, Social Responsibility Round Table, Oscars, mass media, Rocky, Network, From These Roots, William Greeves Productions, Asian American Resource Center, Women Make Movies Inc., bibliographies, book lists, National Student Coalition Against Racism, Legacy Books, Grassroots Action Information Network (GAIN), Children's Books and Music Center, National Women's Studies Association, Emmett Wigglesworth, Edward Garcia