Connecting Cultures: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children

By Rebecca L. Thomas

A comprehensive guide to multicultural literature for children, this valuable resource features more than 1,600 titles--including fiction, folktales, poetry, and song books--that focus on diverse cultural groups. The selected titles, pubished between the 1970s and 1990s are suitable for use with preschoolers through sixth graders and are likely to be found on the shelves of school and public libraries. Topics are timely, with an emphasis on books that reflect the needs and interests of today's children. Each detailed entry includes bibliographic information. Use level is also included, as are cultural designation, subjects, and a summary. The invaluable Subject Access section incorporates use level culture information.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835237605
• ISBN13: 9780835237604
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 689 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 6

Customer Reviews

Great Teacher Resource

This book is a wonderful edition to a teacher's reference library, especially to connect literature and social studies. I used it for a project on the history of slavery and it had over forty references to books. It is worth buying if you do a lot with literature.