Volume 15, Issue 3. 1984

Themes:

computers and technology; access; classism; socio-economic status (SES); inequity; video games; Native Americans; discrimination; boarding school; assimilation; white savior; interracial marriage

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Patricia B. Campbell, Doris Seale, Emily Strauss Watson, Geraldine L. Wilson, Lyla Hoffman, Jan M. Goodman, Susan L. Wizowaty, Stephanie Michel, Teacher Resource and Support Group of the Multicultural Project, Suzanne C. Carothers, Jack L. Daniel, Marney Saaz, Betsy Gimbel

Materials Reviewed:

Everett Anderson's Goodbye by Lucille Clifton. Amazon / WorldCat
The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss. Amazon / WorldCat
Just Vernon by Nancy J. Hopper. Amazon / WorldCat
Not Just Any Ring by Danita Ross Haller. Amazon / WorldCat
The Revolution of Mary Leary by Susan Shreve. Amazon / WorldCat
What About Grandma? by Hadley Irwin. Amazon / WorldCat
I Wish I Had My Father by Norma Simon. Amazon / WorldCat
Babylon by Jill Paton Walsh. Amazon / WorldCat
Herbert Rowbarge by Natalie Babbitt. Amazon / WorldCat
Women Who Changed Things by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith. Amazon / WorldCat
But She's Still My Grandma! by Doreen Rappaport. Amazon / WorldCat
When Can Daddy Come Home? by Martha Whitmore Hickman. Amazon / WorldCat
Because We Are by Mildred Pitts Walter. Amazon / WorldCat
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Happiness and Tears by William Jay Jacobs. Amazon / WorldCat
Black Children: Their Roots, Culture and Learning Styles by Janice E. Hale. Amazon / WorldCat
The Way Out Must Lead In: Life Histories in the Civil Rights Movement by William R. Beardslee. Amazon / WorldCat
Look Me in the Eye: Old Women, Aging and Ageism by Barbara Macdonald and Cynthia Rich. Amazon / WorldCat
A Handbook for the Disabled: Ideas and Inventions for Easier Living by Suzanne Lunt. Amazon / WorldCat
Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion: The Classical Genre for Children and the Process of Civilization by Jack Zipes. Amazon / WorldCat
Guide to Non-Sexist Teaching Activities (K-12) by Northwest Regional Education Laboratory. Amazon / WorldCat
Images of Life on Children's Television: Sex Roles, Minorities and Families by F. Earle Barcus. Amazon / WorldCat
Green Paradise Lost by Elizabeth Dodson Gray. Amazon / WorldCat
Patriarchy as a Conceptual Trap by Elizabeth Dodson Gray. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Girls and Boys: Equal Access by M. A. Marrapodi
Right from the Start by S. Greenberg
Equity in Microcomputer Use in Public Education by J. Lipkin
Hatter Fox by Marilyn Harris
Native American Renaissance by Kenneth Lincoln
Song of the Earth Spirit by Susanne Anderson
The Enduring Navajo by Laura Gilpin
The Navajo by Clyde Kluckhohn
Navajo Means People by Evon Z. Vogt and Clyde Kluckhohn
House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
Indians' Summer by Nasnaga
Ceremony by Leslie Silko
The Bleeding Man and Other Stories by Craig Kee Strete
Winter in the Blood by James Welch
Death of Jim Loney by James Welch
When the Legends Die by Hal Borland
Number Four by Molly Cone
I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven
Soul Catcher by Frank Herbert
Seven Arrows by Hyemeyohsts Storm
Morning in Mexico by D. J. Lawrence
Handicapped People in Society: A Curriculum Guide by Ruth Ellen Ross and S. Robert Freelander
Mainstreaming Children with Disabilities by State Education Teacher Resource Center, New York State
People Just Like You: About Handicaps and Handicapped People by President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
Project R.E.E.D. by Resources on Education and Equity for the Disabled: Creating a New Mainstream
What Do You Do When Your Wheelchair Gets a Flat Tire? by Douglas Biklen and Ellen Barnes
What If You Couldn't...? by Janet Kamien
What's the Difference? Teaching Positive Attitudes Toward People with Disabilities by Ellen Barnes, Carol Berrigan, and Douglas Biklen
You Don't Have to Hear to Cook Pancakes: A Workbook in Understanding People by Douglas Biklen and Ellen Barnes
The Balancing Girl by Berniece Rabe
Darlene by Eloise Greenfield
Grandma's Wheelchair by Lorraine Henriod
My Friend Jacob by Lucille Clifton
My Sister is Different by Betty Ren Wright
Roly Goes Exploring by Philip Newth
Through Grandpa's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan
What's That? by Virginia Allen Jensen and Dorcas Woodbury Haller
My Friend Leslie: The Story of a Handicapped Child by Maxine B. Rosenberg
Alesia by Eloise Greenfield
Apple is my Sign by Mary Riskind
Belonging by Deborah Kent
God, Why is She the Way She Is? by Linda Jacobs Ware
Just Like Always by Elizabeth-Ann Sachs
A Little Time by Anne Norris Baldwin
Silent Dancer by Bruce Hlibok
Like It Is: Facts & Feelings About Handicaps from Kids Who Know by Barbara Adams
Wheelchair Champions by Harriet May Savitz
Signs Unseen, Sounds Unheard by Carolyn Brimley Norris
The Swing by Emily Hanlon
See Me More Clearly: Career & Life Planning by Joyce Slayton Mitchell
The Black American in Books for Children by Donnarae MacCann and Gloria Woodard

Keywords:

computers, technology, access, classism, racism, socio-economic status (SES), English, inequity, Frank Lautenberg, New Federalism, gender, hackers, stereotypes, software, militarism, sports, terminology, bias, mass media, video games, sexism, discrimination, Navajo, Native American, Hatter Fox, Thanksgiving, Bureau of Indian Affairs, prison, boarding school, assimilation, stereotypes, Hispanic, Mexican, white savior, American Indian, disabilities, Little Theatre of the Deaf, Mary A. Hubbard School, Lynn Mintz, Disability Awareness Day Program, activism, book lists, bibliographies, consciousness-raising, Carole Prendergast, librarians, The 52 Association, films, Seeing Eye Foundation, National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, National Organization on Disability, Disabled in Action (DIA), accessibility, James Byrne, Council on Exceptional Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities, John Dragona, Tulia Dragona, Sandra Pinkerton, Greg Murphy, Myra Castro, Genie Munro, National Theatre of the Deaf, Children of Interracial Families, self-esteem, interracial marriage, New York Council for the Humanities, Huck Finn, peace, Minnesota Writers for Peace, Leola Johnson, Ruben Medina, nuclear war, War Resisters League