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Erika Ellen's TE 448 Blog
Tuesday, December 9, 2008. Christopher Paul Curtis by Wendy Lamb. Wendy Lamb gives us background and meaning behind the works of Christopher Paul Curtis such as The Watson's Go to Birmingham. And Bud, Not Buddy. Why were these books so well received when they are about issues that many children don't fully understand or are unfamiliar with? According to Lamb, Curtis makes his characters. Bud, Not Buddy. I agree with Wendy Lamb's portrayal of this author. While reading the novel Bud, Not Buddy. In all the...
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Issues of Diversity in Children's and Adolescent Literature
Issues of Diversity in Children's and Adolescent Literature. Position paper: What does it mean to read "diverse" literature? Saturday, April 26, 2008. A Place For Grace. Through many bloopers and adjustments, Grace tries to become a 'Hearing Dog' for Charlie who is deaf. A Place For Grace. I read this book to a 4th grade classroom in. By Jean Davies Okimoto, Illustrated by Doug Keith. Sasquatch Books 1993. Posted by Rachel K. Friday, April 25, 2008. Public Post: "Freedom River" by Doreen Rappaport. Freed...
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Jessica's Thoughts on Children's Diverse Literature
Jessica's Thoughts on Children's Diverse Literature. Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Final Project: Jewish American Literature. Final Project Book Reviews: Focus- Jewish American Literature. Patrica Polacco’s The Keeping Quilt. Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt (Aladdin Picture Books). New York: Aladdin, 2001. Anna Olswanger’s Shlemiel Crooks. Olswanger, Anna. Shlemiel Crooks. Montgomery: Junebug Books, 2005. Elsa Okon Rael's Rivka's First Thanksgiving. Monday, April 6, 2009. I respect Margaret Cho. Or maybe ...
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Kelly's Thoughts on Adolescent Literature
Kelly's Thoughts on Adolescent Literature. Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Final Project: People with Disabilities. People with Disabilities – An Underrepresented Group in Literature. Tracie Vaughn Zimmer’s Reaching for Sun. And Andrea Stenn Stryer’s Kami and the Yaks. Overall, I found these books to be particularly effective in providing an authentic representation of people with disabilities, as well as high-quality, engaging literature. Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn. Reaching for Sun. Lord, Cynthia. Rules. In her art...
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Krysta's Multi Blog
Thursday, May 7, 2009. Final Project: Cerebral Palsy in Young Adult Literature. Everyone has had those dreams where they are screaming or talking but nothing is coming out. You try moving or anything to get someone, anyone’s attention but nothing is working. Maybe at best all you can do is make some sort of sound but no one can understand you. Well what would you do if that was your life? Mikaelsen, Ben. Petey. New York: Hyperion, 2000. Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Here is some information on Autism. Where: K...
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Lauren's Blog :)
Monday, July 19, 2010. Michigan Association of Teacher Educators Student/Intern Teacher of the Year Second Place Winner 2009-2010. Monday, December 8, 2008. GLBTQ In Children's Literature Wrap-Up. Why should we make anyone feel less adequate than someone else for the way they were born? The Harvey Milk Story. By Kari Krakow is one that can inspire. Young children can look to Harvey's story and know that they, too, can succeed and be who they want to be and do what they want to do. They should not...By Pi...
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Britt's TE448 Literacy Blog
Britt's TE448 Literacy Blog. Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Final Project - Children's Literature - Autism. Rules – Book Review. 160; . 8220;No toys in the fish tank” is one of the many rules given throughout this touching portrayal of a little girls’ life with an autistic brother. . Catherine, the main character of this book, is a typical child who just wants to make friends and fit in. . However, in Catherine’s life, fitting in seems impossible. . 8221; . This touching statement gives Catherine&#...
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Maggie's Children's Lit Blog
Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Final Project—Inclusion of Children with Disabilities. Links to this post. Book Review # 2. Ancona, George, and Mary B. Miller. Handtalk School. New York: Simon and Schuster Children's, 1991. I really liked this book and will definitely consider including it in my classroom library in the future (if I can find a copy—it is out of print! Links to this post. Book Review # 1. Russo, Marisabina. Alex Is My Friend. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1992. Alex Is My Friend. Links to this post.
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Amanda's Issues of Diversity in Children and Adolescent Lit Page
Amanda's Issues of Diversity in Children and Adolescent Lit Page. Thursday, May 7, 2009. The term multicultural literature is used to represent literature of many cultures, races, religions, genders, disabilities, sex preferences and so forth. It seems we can look around and find a good amount of multicultural literature, but are these texts GOOD representations of that culture? We need to ask ourselves, what is the purpose of this text? A Step from Heaven, by An Na. Kira-Kira, by Cynthia Kadohata. Here ...
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Issues of Diversity in Children's and Adolescent Literature SS 08
Issues of Diversity in Children's and Adolescent Literature SS 08. Monday, April 21, 2008. Last Class Session Reminders. I feel like I've already said this several times, and posted about it previously, but just in case, here are some last minute reminders about what is expected for our last class session. (I know it can be hard to keep everything straight, with the expectations from all of your different classes.). Here is a final checklist for class Wednesday:. Hand in blog log. Final course post: Find...
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Sarah's Thoughts on Children's and Adolecent Lit
Sarah's Thoughts on Children's and Adolecent Lit. Here is where I'll let you know my thoughts on diversity in children's and adolescent literature. Thursday, May 7, 2009. For the Post Below. I don't know why the title is all weird for the post below, but it is :. Book Reviews: Children's Books with Same Sex Parents. And Tango Makes Three. Richardson, Justin and Peter Parnell. And Tango Makes Three. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005. And Tango Makes Three. This book sends the mess...
