Ethnic Book Awards: A Directory of Multicultural Literature for Young Readers

by Sherry York

Overview

This one-of-a-kind directory includes culturally-specific award-winning books about Jewish, African-American, Latino, Carribean, and Asian-American cultures. The book includes background information on ethnic book awards as well as an alphabetical listing of award-winning books with publication information and brief summaries for each title. Library media specialists can use this resource to select high-quality books to increase diversity in library collections, develop resources for special events and promotions, and share with other educators to integrate more multicultural titles into the curriculum.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781586831875
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/2005
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Sherry York is a retired teacher, school librarian, reading program supervisor, and public library board member.

Editorial Reviews

The title gives it away: this index supplies an alphabetical list of books that have won or have been honored by one of seven awards that recognize excellence in literature for young readers by authors who are or who have provided content about Jewish, African-American, Latino, Caribbean, and Asian American cultures. The earliest award was founded in 1968—as one discovers in Part 1 of this tool where the awards are named and described—and includes titles published from this year forward. Part 2 offers bibliographic and award information for all titles, which are listed alphabetically. All entries include availability status and reading and interest levels that range from elementary to secondary. A subject index and an Authors, Editors, Illustrators, Translators index offer effortless navigation through the contents. The author describes this book as a tool for selection and acquisition of high-quality books to increase diversity through library connections. It is, in fact, surprising that such an index did not exist before now. Recommended.” —Library Media Connection

From the Publisher

While much of the information in this book is available on the Internet, it is sometimes helpful and less time consuming to have it all in one place. Part one provides basic background information and Web sites for the Sydney Taylor Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, the Carter G. Woodson Award, the Americas Award, the Tomas Rivera Mexican American Children's Literature Award, the Pura Belpr Award, and the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature. Part two, the bulk of the book, lists the books alphabetically by title, along with a one- or two-sentence annotation and the honor citation(s). An extensive subject index is included, as is an index of authors, editors, illustrators, and translators. However, anyone trying to find a specific winner of a specific award will have to search through all of the titles as there are no separate listings for them.-Margaret R. Tassia, Millersville University, PA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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