Volume 19, Issue 5/6. 1989

Themes:

literacy; inequity; intergenerational reading; prison; crime; adult education; stereotypes; sexism; Native American; Asian American studies; interlocking oppressions

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Ellen Goldsmith, Ruth D. Handel, Jane Califf, Philip Tajitsu Nash, Beryle Banfield, Jean St.-Clair, Paula R. Bower, Claudine Michel, Ruth C. Curtis, Gerald Horne, Philemon Wakashe, Gloria House, Louise Derman-Sparks, Walteen Grady Truely, Edward Dladla

Materials Reviewed:

The Friendship by Mildred Taylor. Amazon / WorldCat
The Green Lion of Zion Street by Julia Fields. Amazon / WorldCat
John Brown at Harper's Ferry by John Anthony Scott and Robert Alan Scott. Amazon / WorldCat
Black Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books: A Biographical Dictionary by Barbara Rollock. Amazon / WorldCat
Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack. Amazon / WorldCat
Hats, Hats, Hats by Ann Morris. Amazon / WorldCat
We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo by Linda W. Conrad. Amazon / WorldCat
The Lincoln Brigade: A Picture History by William Loren Katz and Marc Crawford. Amazon / WorldCat
Paul Laurence Dunbar by Tony Gentry. Amazon / WorldCat
Shaka: The King of the Zulus by Dianne Stanley and Peter Vennema. Amazon / WorldCat
Nathaniel Talking by Eloise Greenfield. Amazon / WorldCat
Chinese American Portraits: Personal Histories, 1828-1988 by Ruthanne Lum McCunn. Amazon / WorldCat
Anti-Bias Curriculum: Tools for Empowering Young Children by Louise Derman-Sparks and the A.B.C. Taskforce. Amazon / WorldCat
Mosaic: Knowing the Light Will Come: Stories and Photographs by Students at South Boston High by Katie Singer, ed. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the Commission of Reading by Richard C. Anderson et al.
Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Helen Berger
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman
Song of the Trees by Mildred D. Taylor
Matawan, Lianna by William Loren Katz
Eight Men Out by William Loren Katz
Brother From Another Planet by William Loren Katz
Children, Race, and Racism: How Race Awareness Develops by Louise Derman-Sparks
Through Indian Eyes
Neekna and Chemai by Jeannette Armstrong
Rising Fawn and the Fire Mystery by Marilou Awaikta
Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative by Ignatia Broker
The Faithful Hunter, Abenaki Stories by Joe Bruchac
Iroquois Stories: Heroes and Heroines, Monsters and Magic by Joe Bruchac
Return of the Sun: Native American Tales from the Northeast Woodlands by Joe Bruchac
The Wind Eagle and Other Abenaki Stories by Joe Bruchac
Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children by Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac
The Missions: A Legacy of Genocide by Rupert Costo and Jeannette Henry
How Food Was Given by Okanagan Tribal Council
How Names Were Given by Okanagan Tribal Council
How Turtle Set the Animals Free by Okanagan Tribal Council

Keywords:

literacy, inequity, New York City Technical College, Parent Readers Program, intergenerational reading, research, Year of the Young Reader, Brooklyn House of Detention, Susan B. Anthony, personal accounts, Black, Hispanic, prison, crime, adult education, textbooks, stereotypes, sexism, Grey Panthers, Chinese, Native American, Indian Removal Act, Japanese Relocation Act, Asian, Japanese, discrimination, Mexican, slavery, African American, Rosa Parks, Asian American studies, Rita Tenorio, La Escuela Fratney, critical education, critical pedagogy, bilingual, Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese American Curriculum Project, Asian American Studies Center, Yoshiko Uchida, Ruthann Lum McCunn, Eleanor Wong Telemaque, Edison Uno, Japanese American, Asian American, Asia, Bradford Chambers, Mary Poppins, Lyla Hoffman, Robert B. Moore, Geraldine Wilson, interlocking oppressions, Educators Against Apartheid, subscription fee increase