Classic African American Children's Literature

Autor/in	McNair, Jonda C.
Titel	Classic African American Children's Literature
Quelle	In: Reading Teacher, 64 (2010) 2, S.96-105 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-0561
DOI	10.1598/RT.64.2.2
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Classics (Literature); Childrens Literature; African American Children; African American Culture; Cultural Relevance; African American Literature; Cultural Pluralism; Reading Materials; Reading Material Selection + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Kulturpluralismus
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to assert that there are classic African American children's books and to identify a sampling of them. The author presents multiple definitions of the term classic based on the responses of children's literature experts and relevant scholarship. Next, the manner in which data were collected and analyzed in regard to classic African American children's books is explained. Then, three categories are elaborated--universal experiences from an African American perspective, breakthrough books, and literary innovations--in which the African American children's books identified as classics were placed. The article concludes with pedagogical implications and conclusions. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10