Volume 8, Issue 6/7. 1977

Themes:

The Psychological Impact of Disability; handicapism; disability; social bias; stereotypes; interlinked oppression; objectification

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Douglas Biklen, Robert Bogdan, Albert V. Schwartz, Frieda James, Joan Tollifson, Beryle Banfield, Paula Wolff, Emily R. Moore, Donald Kao, Daphne Silas, Emily Fabiano, Karen Odom, Dottie Starks

Materials Reviewed:

Daddy by Jeannette Caines. Amazon / WorldCat
Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep. Amazon / WorldCat
The Sound of Flutes and Other Indian Legends by Richard Erdoes. Amazon / WorldCat
But I Thought You Really Loved Me by Evelyn Minshull. Amazon / WorldCat
A House for Jonnie O. by Blossom Elfman. Amazon / WorldCat
Diving for Roses by Patricia Windsor. Amazon / WorldCat
Danbury's Burning: The Story of Sybil Ludington's Ride by Anne Grant. Amazon / WorldCat
Muhammad Ali: The Champion by Arnold Hano. Amazon / WorldCat
Coyote the Trickster: Legends of the North American Indians by Gail Robinson and Douglas Hill. Amazon / WorldCat
A Time to Be Human by John Howard Griffin. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Of Human Bondage by William Somerset Maugham
Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin
Richard III by William Shakespeare
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Rumpelstiltskin by The Brothers Grimm
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Little Humpbacked Horse by P. Yershov and N.M. Kochergin
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Children and Books by Zena Sutherland
Children's Literature in the Elementary School by Charlotte Huck
Children Experience Literature by Bernard J. Lonsdale and Helen K. MacKintosh
Children's Literature: An Issues Approach by Masha Kabaow
Children and Their Literature by Constantine Georgiou
A New Look at Children's Literature by William Anderson and Patrick Groff
Shadow in the Sun by Bernice Grohskopf
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
Limpy the Lion by David C. Whitney and Abner Graboof
Crazylegs Merril by Bill J. Carol
Mister O'Brien by Prudence Andrew
Triumph Clear by Lorraine Beim
From Anna by Jean Little
Deenie by Judy Blume
The Blue Rose by Gerda Klein
The Bird's Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas
Don't Feel Sorry for Paul by Bernard Wolf
Sound of Sunshine, Sound of Rain by Florence Parry Heide
Handtalk: An ABC of Fingerspelling and Sign Language by Remy Charlip
About Handicaps: An Open Family Book for Parents and Children Together by Sara Stein Bonnett
Howie Helps Himself by Joan Fassler
Spectacles by Ellen Raskin
Katie's Magic Glasses by Jane Goodsell
Gift of Gold by Beverly Butler
Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis
The Picture Life of Stevie Wonder by Audrey Edwards and Gary Wohl
Stevie Wonder by Sam Hasegawa
The Story of Stevie Wonder by Sam Hasegawa
The Story of Stevie Wonder by James Haskins
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Handicapped Girl by Katherine E. Wilkie
Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson
Helen Keller's Teacher by Mickie Davidson
Louis Braille by Margaret Davidson
Journey Into Light: The Story of Louis Braille by Gary Webster
Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic
East End at Your Feet by Farrukh Dhondy
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler by Gene Kemp
Railway Worker by Sarah Cox and Robert Golden
Hospital Worker by Sarah Cox and Robert Golden
Building Worker by Sarah Cox and Robert Golden
Textile Worker by Sarah Cox and Robert Golden
The Trouble with Donovan Croft by Bernard Ashley
Nobody's Family is Going to Change by Louise Fitzhugh
Helpers by Shirley Hughes
Joe and Timothy Together by Dorothy Edwards
Hal by Jean MacGibbon
Twopence a Tub by Susan Price
What Color Am I? by Loyal Nye
Did the Sun Shine BeforeYou Were Born? by Sol Gordon and Judith Gordon
Never to Forget: The Jews of the Holocaust by Milton Meltzer
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Cheryl Hanna by Illustrator's showcase
Gilbert D. Fletcher by Illustrator's showcase

Keywords:

handicapism, disability, social bias, disability rights movement, stereotypes, Center for Indepedent Living (CIL), Diabled in Action (DIA), American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities, activist, interlinked oppression, terminology, social oppression, myth of personal responsibility, objectification, Center on Human Policy, evaluation, selection criteria, censorship by omission, Department of Special Education (Long Island University), Early Childhood Bibliography, Books in Print, Newbery Award, analysis, "super crip", Disabled Rights Movement, Judy Heumann, Civil Right Movement, Great Society, Vietnam war, anti-war movement, Rehabilitation Act, TRANSBUS, United Cerebral Palsy (UCP), President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, The Psychological Impact of Disability, infrastructure, statistics, equipment for disabled people, facts and figures, ciritcal literacy, educational resources, consciousness-raising, job discrimination, accessibility, experiential simulations, Council on Exceptional Children, Federation of Children with Special Needs, Committee for the Handcapped (People to People Program), American Speech andHearing Association, resource guides, National Association of Social Workers, National Education Association, The Exceptional Parent, National Center for Law and the Handiapped, Madness Network News, National Information Center for the Handicapped, The Speaker, American Library Association (ALA), First Amendment, freedom of speech, Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), San Francisco International Film Festival, Dorothy Broderick, Publishers Library Promotion Group, National Coalition Against Censorship, Judith Krug, Other Award, Children's Rights Workshop, Frederick Grice, Advertising Council, capitalism, depictions, Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Education Exploration Center of Minneapolis, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), Robert Moore, Beryle Banfield, Albert V. Schwartz, National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), Racism and Sexism Awareness Resolution, Puerto Rico, Latin American Film Project, Action for Children's Television (ACT), sexism, women's liberation, Asian American Studies Center, The National Center on Black Aged, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Akwesasne Notes, Opportunities for Minorities in Librarianship, American Library Association Black Caucus, Scarecrow Press, Art Resources for Teachers and Students (A.R.T.S.), American Indian Movement (A.I.M.), survival school, Teachers Association of Chinese Teachers (T.A.C.T.), Manzanar Project Committee, Title IX, mass media, disability pornography, Cheryl Hanna, Gilbert D. Fletcher