This Land Is Our Land: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults - Hardcover

Perkins, Agnes Regan; Helbig, Alethea K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313287422 ISBN 13: 9780313287428

Publisher: Greenwood Press, 1994

Synopsis

How do you select the best recent works of fiction, oral tradition, and poetry about African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic-American, and Native-American Indian experiences and traditions from the profusion of titles being published today? This annotated bibliography of titles for children and young adults published from 1985 through the end of 1993--with 60% published since 1990--provides a one-stop selection tool. Appraisals of 559 titles, as well as information about an additional 188 recent books and 90 earlier ones of importance, are provided.

Each entry features a plot summary incorporating themes, critical comments with a judgment of the book's value as an example of its genre, suggestions of other books by that writer, and related books of importance. The authors, who are recognized authorities in children's literature, and an advistory board of librarians and teachers, each of whom specializes in the literature of a particular ethnic group, have provided insightful critical appraisals and expertise and guidance in the selection of titles. Helpful subject, grade-level, author, title, and illustrator indexes are organized for ease of use. Titles in the grade-level and subject indexes are also identified by ethnic group.

About this title

About the Author

ALETHEA K. HELBIG is Professor of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. For more than 20 years she has been teaching mythology and hero tales, as well as Native American literature and the Bible as literature to prospective teachers. A former president of The Children's Literature Association, she has received the State of Michigan Award for Outstanding Teaching and Publication. She is coauthor of This Land Is Our Land: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults (Greenwood, 1994) and Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1990-1994 (Greenwood, 1996), plus a number of other critical reference books. She has published more than 100 articles in professional journals and reference books.

AGNES REGAN PERKINS is Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. She is coauthor of This Land Is Our Land: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults (Greenwood, 1994) and Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1990-1994 (Greenwood, 1996), plus a number of other critical reference books and poetry anthologies. She has published many articles in professional journals and reference books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0313287422
• ISBN 13: 9780313287428
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416