Volume 9, Issue 7. 1978

Themes:

Racism in Children's and School Textbooks; publishing; racism; critical awareness; whiteness in publishing; colonialism; stereotypes; "cultural drag"; storytelling; consciousness-raising

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Michael Dorris, Susan Alperin, Virginia Wilder, Lyla Hoffman, Susan Z. DeSanto, Betsy Gimbel, Beryle Banfield, Virginia Wilder

Materials Reviewed:

How to Become King by Jan Terlouw. Amazon / WorldCat
Half a Kingdom: An Icelandic Folktale by Ann McGovern. Amazon / WorldCat
The Simple Prince by Jane Yolen. Amazon / WorldCat
The Complete Beginner's Guide to Judo by Stuart James. Amazon / WorldCat
The Martial Arts by Susan Ribner and Dr. Richard Chin. Amazon / WorldCat
Wheelchair Champions: A History of Wheelchair Sports by Harriet May Savitz. Amazon / WorldCat
Escape to Freedom: A Play About Young Frederick Douglass by Ossie Davis. Amazon / WorldCat
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson. Amazon / WorldCat
Woman Against Slavery: The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe by John Anthony Scott. Amazon / WorldCat
I Greet the Dawn: Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar by Ashley Bryan. Amazon / WorldCat
Ike and Mama and the Once-A-Year Suit by Carol Snyder. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Hawk, I'm Your Brother by Byrd Baylor
Goat in the Rug by Martin Link and Charles L. Blood
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings
Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book by Muriel Feelings
I Been There by Carol Hall et al.
Do you Have the Time, Lydia? by Evaline Ness
Chopped-Up Chinese by Steve Allen
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield
Sing to the Dawn by Minfong Ho
Song of the Trees by Mildred Taylor
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep
Mischling, Second Degree by Ilse Koehn
Alan and Naomi by Myron Levoy
Amifika by Lucille Clifton
The Wheel of King Asoka by Ashok Davar
Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield

Keywords:

World Council of Churches, "Racism in Children's and School Textbooks", publishing, racism, selection criteria, Beryle Banfield, Luis Nieves Falcon, Puerto Rico, Dorothy Kuya, National Committee on Racism in Children's Books, Frankfurt Book Fai, Eurocentrism, critical awareness, publishing - whiteness, colonialism, Native American, Thanksgiving, stereotypes, "cultural drag", ethnocentrism, self-esteem, Halloween, sexism, story-telling, consciousness-raising, Portland Oregon Children's Book Group, evaluation criteria, bibliography, book lists, Chinese, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Jane Addams Award, Coretta Scott King Award, HR13105, Communications Act, Institutional Racism, Media Action Research Center, Nelson Price, disability, Ronald Lucas, Hameed Benjamin