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Diversity in Children's Literature
- 1. Diversity in Children’sLiterature: Building Classroom Libraries and Literacy Communities That Reflect and Reveal Our Humanity Presentation by Aliza M. R. Werner @alizateach #WSRAChildrensLit
- 2. A Little BitAbout Me… 3rd Grade Teacher in Glendale WI State Reading Assoc: Children’s Lit Committee (WSRA) MKE Film: Youth Ed. and Curriculum Writer Traveler, Photographer, Wife, Doggy Mom
- 3. What if READINGwas our theme?
- 4. A strong cultureof literacy begins with… Teacher as Lead Reader ● Live a literate life ● Share your reading life ● Bring authentic reading practices into the classroom
- 5. Live a LiterateLife ● Be a reader! Read in the edges, steal moments ● Nerdy Book Club: Read & Write ● Twitter (follow hashtags #nerdybookclub, #titletalk) ● Track reading on Goodreads ● Know recent and upcoming publications (Mr. Schu’s Book Release Calendar http://bit.ly/29eXvWU) ● Stay current with PD publications and edu leaders’ thinking through books, blogs, articles, podcasts
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- 7. Share Your Reading Life ●What is Mrs. Werner Reading?
- 8. Share Your ReadingLife ● Mrs. Werner is Currently Reading...
- 9. Bring Authentic ReadingPractices Into The Classroom ● What do I read? ● How do I read? ● When do I read? ● Why do I read? ● Besides the act of reading, how else do I interact with and respond to the text?
- 10. Classroom Libraries The HEARTof a Culture of Literacy
- 11. “Why have aclassroom library when I can just send my student to the library to check out a book?” Immediate access Statement of expectation: “Reading is what we do here.” Ownership Community
- 12. Classroom Libraries! Librarians curatethe best and most complete libraries. However, classroom libraries are not a luxury, they are a necessity. They do not replace school libraries, rather they co-exist and support each other.
- 13. When building yourclassroom library... Focus on diversity Genres (Fiction & Nonfiction) Formats (Picture Books, Graphic Novels, Early Chapter/Middle Grade) Minorities (ethnicity, gender, culture, disability, LGBTQ, religious)
- 14. Windows & Mirrors “Booksare sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. A window can also be a mirror...and in that reflection, we can see our own lives and experiences as part of the larger human experience.” “Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors” By Rudine Sims Bishop, https://www.psdschools.org/webfm/8559
- 15. Rudine Sims Bishop:Windows & Mirrors
- 17. In April 2014,a Twitter conversation about the lack of diversity in children’s literature inspired a movement. The hashtag #WeNeedDiverseBooks started trending and the non-profit organization WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS was born.
- 20. http://blog.leeandlow.com/2017/03/30/the-diversity- gap-in-childrens-book-publishing-2017/ As of 2016,only 11% of children’s books contain multicultural content (over 23 years), while 37% of the U.S. population is people of color In 2016, multicultural content increased, however Black, Latinx, and Native authors combined wrote just 6% of those books In 2016, only 71 of the 278 (25.5%) books about African Americans were actually written and/or illustrated by African Americans.
- 21. What happens whenmarginalized and minority peoples and communities are not given the platform to tell their own stories?
- 26. People have alwayshad identity stories, but they have NOT always been reflected in literature.
- 27. So where dochildren who are Black Gay Transgender Muslim Autistic Deaf Immigrants Adopted Dyslexic . . .
- 28. . . .go to learn about their own experience?
- 29. Where do childrenwho are NOT Black Gay Transgender Muslim Autistic Deaf Immigrants Adopted Dyslexic . . .
- 30. . . .go to learn about OTHERS’ experiences?
- 31. Read Alouds Every day,every grade Picture books #classroombookaday Chapter book touchstones
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- 34. “Then began an experiencethat turned my life around—working on a book with a black kid as hero. None of the manuscripts I’d been illustrating featured any black kids—except for token blacks in the background. My book would have him there simply because he should have been there all along.” Ezra Jack Keats
- 38. How do youprovide windows and mirrors to your students who are LGBTQIA ?
- 39. Or your studentswho are Gender Non-Conforming Questioning Breaking the mold of traditional gender roles ?
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- 45. http://n.pr/2pqYDfw 'Mummy' Is Transgender: ANew Commercial Is The Talk Of India
- 46. How do youprovide windows and mirrors to your students who are Immigrants/Refugees ?
- 49. Kunkush’s Journey: The EpicJourney of A Refugee Cat
- 50. Remember! Be critically evaluativeof books. Choosing books that serve a stereotype or perceived characterization of a group of people does nothing but advance the stereotype, or create new prejudices, despite your best intentions.
- 51. WSRA Children’s LiteratureCommittee List: Picture This! List: Just One More Page Instagram | Facebook | Twitter (#) #WSRAChildrensLit
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- 54. Here’s to allof your land narwhals and sea unicorns...may they find the books they need and deserve in your classroom library!
- 55. Grace Lin TEDTalk: The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child’s Bookshelf