Friday, March 28, 2014
INSPIRING BOOKS
http://thegrio.com/2014/03/24/30-classic-books-to-inspire-african-american-kids/
30 classic books to inspire African-American kids
A recent study found that less than three percent of children’s books last year featured black characters.
According to an analysis of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin, of 3,200 children’s books published in 2013, just 93 were about black people. Famed Young Adult author Walter Dean Myers tackled the issue in an editorial for The New York Times.
“Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity,” Myers writes. “What is the message when some children are not represented in those books? Where are the future white personnel managers going to get their ideas of people of color? Where are the future white loan officers and future white politicians going to get their knowledge of people of color? Where are black children going to get a sense of who they are and what they can be?”
Over the years, there have been quite a few books featuring black characters which have helped to give children a sense of self.
TheGrio has put together a list of just 30 of our favorites. Were they some of yours?
7 of 30
“The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats
30 classic books to inspire African-American kids
“Something Beautiful” by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
1 of 30
According to an analysis of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin, of 3,200 children’s books published in 2013, just 93 were about black people. Famed Young Adult author Walter Dean Myers tackled the issue in an editorial for The New York Times.
“Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity,” Myers writes. “What is the message when some children are not represented in those books? Where are the future white personnel managers going to get their ideas of people of color? Where are the future white loan officers and future white politicians going to get their knowledge of people of color? Where are black children going to get a sense of who they are and what they can be?”
Over the years, there have been quite a few books featuring black characters which have helped to give children a sense of self.
TheGrio has put together a list of just 30 of our favorites. Were they some of yours?
7 of 30
“The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats
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“Monster” by Walter Dean Myers
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“Nappy Hair” by Carolivia Herron
10 of 30
“Slam” by Walter Dean Myers
11 of 30
“The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963” by Christopher Paul Curtis
12 of 30
“Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters” by John Steptoe
13 of 30
“Baby Says” by John Steptoe
14 of 30
“I Am Your Peanut Butter Big Brother” by Selina Alko
15 of 30
“Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales” by Virginia Hamilton
16 of 30
“Amazing Grace” by Mary Hoffman
17 of 30
“Feelings to Share from A to Z” by Todd Snow
18 of 30
“The Barber’s Cutting Edge” by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert
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“Bud, Not Buddy” by Christopher Paul Curtis
20 of 30
“Chocolate Me!” by Taye Diggs
21 of 30
“Princess Cupcake Jones and the Missing Tutu” by Ylleya Fields
22 of 30
“Dancing in the Wings” by Debbie Allen
23 of 30
“Donavan’s Double Trouble” by Monalisa DeGross
24 of 30
“If I Ran for President” by Catherine Stier
25 of 30
“I Get So Hungry” by Bebe Moore Campbell
26 of 30
“Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix-Up” by Melissa Thomson
27 of 30
“Lola at the Library” by Anna McQuinn
28 of 30
“My Brother Charlie” by Holly Robinson Peete
29 of 30
“Penny and the Magic Puffballs” by Alonda Williams
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“Baby Says” by John Steptoe
14 of 30
“I Am Your Peanut Butter Big Brother” by Selina Alko
15 of 30
“Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales” by Virginia Hamilton
16 of 30
“Amazing Grace” by Mary Hoffman
17 of 30
“Feelings to Share from A to Z” by Todd Snow
18 of 30
“The Barber’s Cutting Edge” by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert
19 of 30
“Bud, Not Buddy” by Christopher Paul Curtis
20 of 30
“Chocolate Me!” by Taye Diggs
21 of 30
“Princess Cupcake Jones and the Missing Tutu” by Ylleya Fields
22 of 30
“Dancing in the Wings” by Debbie Allen
23 of 30
“Donavan’s Double Trouble” by Monalisa DeGross
24 of 30
“If I Ran for President” by Catherine Stier
25 of 30
“I Get So Hungry” by Bebe Moore Campbell
26 of 30
“Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix-Up” by Melissa Thomson
27 of 30
“Lola at the Library” by Anna McQuinn
28 of 30
“My Brother Charlie” by Holly Robinson Peete
29 of 30
“Penny and the Magic Puffballs” by Alonda Williams
30 of 30
“The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales” by Virginia Hamilton
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