Volume 14, Issue 7/8. 1983

Themes:

stereotypes; sexism; racism; teenage pregnancy; critical education; sexual violence; consciousness-raising; Civil Rights; beauty; skin tone; "rightness of whiteness"; racial identity; societal racism; color blindness; storytelling

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Sheila D. Collins, Geraldine L. Wilson, Multicultural Project for Communication in Education, Suzanne Caruthers, Joyce King, Bj Richards, Sheli Wortis, Jack L. Daniel, Itty Chan, Soledad Arenas, Barbetta L. Lockart, Beryle Banfield, Rachel Theilheimer, Thomas L. Goodhue, Merle Froschl, Barbara Sprung, Ruth Beaglehole, Margaret Lumpkin, Lyla Hoffman, Doris Seale, Elizabeth Martinez, Jan M. Goodman, Emily Strauss Watson, Susan L. Wizowaty, Ruth S. Meyers, Elizabeth Martinez, Carolynne Bethka, W. Keith McCoy, Betsy Gimbel

Materials Reviewed:

The Boy Who Wanted a Baby by Wendy Lichtman. Amazon / WorldCat
The Last Algonquin by Theodore L. Kazimiroff. Amazon / WorldCat
Bananas: From Manolo to Margie by George Ancona. Amazon / WorldCat
Underneath, I'm Different by Ellen Rabinowich. Amazon / WorldCat
My Friend Leslie: The Story of a Handicapped Child by Maxine B. Rosenberg. Amazon / WorldCat
Hazel Rye by Vera Cleaver and Bill Cleaver. Amazon / WorldCat
Lillian Wald of Henry Street by Beatrice Siegel. Amazon / WorldCat
I Would If I Could by Betty Miles. Amazon / WorldCat
The Boll Weevil Express by P.J. Peterson. Amazon / WorldCat
Triumph! Conquering Your Physical Disability by LeRoy Hayman. Amazon / WorldCat
The Piano Makers by David Anderson. Amazon / WorldCat
Pacific Coast Indians of North America by Grant Lyons. Amazon / WorldCat
Columbus: His Enterprise by Hans Koning. Amazon / WorldCat
One Teenager in Ten: Writings by Gay and Lesbian Youth by Ann Heron. Amazon / WorldCat
A Matter of Principle by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Amazon / WorldCat
Where's Buddy? by Ron Roy. Amazon / WorldCat
Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl. Amazon / WorldCat
Who Will Take Care of Me? by Patricia Hermes. Amazon / WorldCat
Independence Day by B.A. Ecker. Amazon / WorldCat
All-American Boys by Frank Mosca. Amazon / WorldCat
Wings and Roots by Susan Terris. Amazon / WorldCat
El libro de las estaciones/ A Book of Seasons by Alice Provenson and Martin Provenson. Amazon / WorldCat
El bebe de los osos Berenstain/ The Berenstain Bears' Baby by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain. Amazon / WorldCat
500 palabras nuevas para ti/ 500 Words to Grow On by Harry McNaught. Amazon / WorldCat
Combatting Racism in the Workplace: A Course for Workers by Barb Thomas and Charles Novogrodsky. Amazon / WorldCat
In Search of Our Past: Units in Women's History by Berkeley Unified School District. Amazon / WorldCat
Reweaving the Web of Life: Feminism and Nonviolence by New Society Publishers, ed. Amazon / WorldCat
Women's America: Refocusing the Past by Linda K. Kerber and Jane De Hart Mathews. Amazon / WorldCat
Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age by Joanna Rogers Macy. Amazon / WorldCat
Surviving Sexual Assault by Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Talkin and Testifyin by Geneva Smitherman
Black English and the Education of Black Children and Youth by Geneva Smitherman
Black Children: Their Roots, Culture and Learning Styles by Janice E. Hale
Black American Children's Singing Games by Linda F. Wharton
Fish for Supper by M.B. Goffstein
Grandma is Somebody Special by Susan Goldman
Grandmama's Joy by Eloise Greenfield
Grandma's Wheelchair by Lorraine Henriod
A Little at a Time by David A. Adler
Mrs. Poppy's Great Idea! by Darlene Wolk
Window Wishing by Jeannette Caines
George Washington by Ingri Parin D'Aulaire and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire
Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse
Yasu and the Strangers by Louis Slobodkin
Pioneers and Patriots by Lavina Dobler and Edgar Toppin
I Want to be a Teacher by Carla Green
My Daddy is a Nurse by Mark Wandro
We Remember Phillip by Norma Simon
Mothers Can Do Anything by Joe Lasker
The Winter Wedding by Robert Welber
Jambo Means Hello by Tom Feelings
Howie Helps Himself by Joan Fassler and Joe Lasker
Joshua's Day by Sandra Lucas Surowiecki and Patricia Riley Lenthall
Oliver Button is a Sissy by Tomie de Paola
Jesse's Dream Skirt by Bruce Mack
My Nursery School by Harlow Rockwell
Betsy's First Day at Nursery School by Gunilla Wolde
Betsy and the Doctor by Gunilla Wolde
Why Am I Different? by Norma Simon
Naptime by Gylbert Coker
Peter Learns to Crochet by Irene Levinson
Mire y escuche by Gary Keller
Darlene by Eloise Greenfield
The Balancing Girl by Berniece Rabe
Giant Steps for Steven by Carol J. Bennett
My Friend Leslie by Maxine B. Rosenberg
Roly Goes Exploring by Philip Newth
Through Grandpa's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan
What's That? by Virginia Allen Jensen and Dorcas Woodbury Haller
Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield
Black is Beautiful by Ann McGovern
Black is Brown is Tan by Arnold Adoff
City Seen from A to Z by Rachel Isadora
Colors Around Me by Vivian Church
Cornrows by Camille Yarbrough
The Goat in the Rug by Charles Blood and Martin Link
Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield
I Can Do IT By Myself by Lessie Jones Little and Eloise Greenfield
Idalia's Project ABC: An Urban Alphabet Book in English and Spanish by Idalia Rosario
Maria Teresa by Mary Atkinson
Moja Means One by Muriel Feelings
The River that Gave Gifts: An Afro American Story by Margo Humphrey
Shawn Goes to School by Petronella Breinburg
Stephanie and the Coyote by Jack L. Crowder
Stevie by John Steptoe
Straight Hair, Curly Hair by Augusta Goldin
Umbrella by Taro Yashima
What Do I DO? by Norma Simon
What Do I Say? by Norma Simon
Your Skin and Mine by Paul Showers
All Kinds of Families by Norma Simon
Amy and the Cloudbasket by Ellen Pratt
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Something Special for Me by Vera B. Williams
Everybody Knows That! by Susan Pearson
Grandma is Somebody Special by Susan Goldman
In Christina's Toolbox by Dianne Homan
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
Martin's Father by Margrit Eichler
Mommies at Work by Eve Merriam
Mothers Can Do Anything by Joe Lasker
Max by Rachel Isadora
My Mother Lost Her Job Today by Judy Delton
My Mother the Mail Carrier/Mi Mama La Cartera by Inez Mary
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
William's Doll by Charlotte Zolotow
The Winter Wedding by Robert Welber
Stories for Free Children by Letty Cottin, ed.
Blaming the Victim by William Ryan
Discrimination American Style: Institutional Racism and Sexism by Joe R. Feagin and Clairece Booher Feagin
For Whites Only by Robert Terry
Institutional Racism in America by Louis L. Knowles and Kenneth Prewitt, eds.
Portraits of White Racism by David T. Wellman
Prejudice and Racism by James M. Jones
Racism in America and How to Combat It by U. S. Commission on Civil Rights
Racism in American Education: A Model for Change by William E. Sedlacek and Glenwood C. Brooks, Jr.
Racism in the English Language by Robert B. Moore
The "Rightness of Whiteness": The World of the White Child in a Segregated Society by Abraham Citron
White Awareness: Handbook for Anti-Racist Training by Judy Katz
Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America, 1619-1964 by Lerone Bennett, Jr.
There is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in America by Vincent Harding
America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulusan
The Chinese of America by Jack Chen
Japanese Americans: The Evolution of a Subculture by Harry Kitano
The Chicanos: A History of Native Americans by Matt Meier and Feliciano Rivera
Occupied America: The Chicanos' Struggle Toward Liberation by Rodolfo Acuña
The Indian in America's Past by Jack D. Forbes
Wasi'chu: The Continuing Indian Wars by Bruce Johnson and Roberto Maestas
Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans: Studies in History and Society by Adalberto López
The Puerto Rican Struggle: Essays on Survival in the U.S. by C. E. Rodriguez, V. Sanchez Korrol, and J. Oscar Allers
To Serve the Devil: A Documentary Analysis of America's Racist History and Why It Has Been Kept Hidden by Paul Jacobs, Saul Landau, and Eve Pell
Indians of the Pacific Northwest by Vine Deloria
North American Indian Art by Peter Furst and Jill Furst

Keywords:

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