EEC 303 Emergent Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Childhood Prof. Rohde: JEDI resources

From the Diversity Book Finder Website Research and resources

How to Evaluate the Quality of Racially/Culturally Diverse Books

• Diversity and Inclusion in Children's and Young Adult BooksOpens in a new window, Cynthia Leitich Smith, author & faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults
• How to choose excellent children's books by and about American IndiansOpens in a new window, Dr. Debbie Reese, Founder of American Indians in Children's Literature, published on EmbraceRace
• Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children's BooksOpens in a new window, Louise Derman-Sparks, on Social Justice Books
• Ten Quick Ways to Analyze Children's Books for Sexism and RacismOpens in a new window, Louise Derman-Sparks & the ABC Task Force, on Teaching for Change
• How culturally responsive and diverse is your classroom library?Opens in a new window, questionnaire designed by Lee & Low Books
• Reading Picture Books with Children Through a Race-Conscious LensOpens in a new window, EmbraceRace webinar featuring Sarah Hannah Gómez and Megan Dowd Lambert

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• Social justice (12+)
• Social justice--Juvenile literature (4+)
• Social justice--United States (3+)
• Criminal justice, Administration of--Social aspects--United States (1+)
• Social justice--Australia (1+)
• Social justice--Biography (1+)
• Social justice--Poetry (1+)
• Social justice--United States--History--19th century (1+)
• Social justice--United States--History--20th century (1+)
• Social justice--Juvenile fiction (1+)
• Social justice--United States--History--20th century--Sources (1+)
• Social justice--Juvenile poetry (1+)
• Social justice--United States--Juvenile literature (1+)
• Social justice in art--Juvenile literature (1+)
• Social justice--Fiction (1+)

• ERA Global (African Countries)
• ERA -Global (Mexico/Latin America)
• ERA Global (China ),  Bilingual Chinese Children's Books link
• ERA Global (France)
• ERA Global (Ireland)
• ERA Global (Japan)
• ERA Global (Greece)
• ERA Global (Germany)
• ERA Global (Israel)
• ERA Global (Middle East)
• ERA Global (Italy)
• ERA Global (Poland, Russia)
• ERA Global (Haiti)
• ERA Global (South Asia)

Browse for more books on ESL/ELL children's books links and Global Voices  pages.

More ERA Global - countries pages are coming soon.

This collection initially began after a conversation between Dr. Louise Swiniarski, Jason Soohoo and Rukmal Ryder. Dr. Swiniarski donated books to this collection. She is the co-director of the SSU Northeast Global Education Center.

Dr. Swiniarski’ s article in Early Childhood Education Journal (available through SSU library database - Academic Search Premier)

Swiniarski, L. B. (2012). Building a global bookshelf: In recognition of the United Nations Literacy Decade 2003–2012. Early Childhood Education Journal, 40(1), 1-3. doi:10.1007/s10643-011-0485-6

GLBTQ Children's Books Page

More GLBTQ Children's (K-12) Books

Rainbow Booklists -ALA

DIVerse Families

Bishop, R. S. (1990). Mirrors, windows, and sliding glass doors. Perspectives: Choosing and Using Books for the Classroom,6(3).

On the above article you will see the following. 

Mirrors: Look in - Children see themselves reflected in books.

Windows: Look out - Children see people unlike themselves represented in books.

Sliding Glass Doors: Walk through - Children can enter all kinds of worlds through their imaginations.

Multicultural Children's Books Authors

Select Bibliography of Children’s Books about the Disability Experience - Created by a Library of Congress librarian.

Contemporary picture books that feature children or families of color who are experiencing disabilities

Autism

Emotional & Behavioral Disorders 

Health & Speech Impairments

Hearing Impairment

Mobility Limitations

Specific Learning Disability

Visual Impairment