![]() ![]() ![]() Each year, thousands of children, young adults, teachers, and librarians around the United States select their favorite recently published books for the “Choices” booklists. The International Literacy Association (ILA) is a nonprofit, global network of individuals and institutions committed to worldwide literacy. The CCBC is a non-circulating examination, study, and research library for Wisconsin school and public librarians, teachers, early childhood care providers, university students, and others interested in children’s and young adult literature. A unique and vital gathering place for books, ideas, and expertise in the field of children’s and young adult literature. The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC). Founded in 1991 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance is dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving intergroup relations and supporting equitable school experiences for our nation’s children. The Center makes available for purchase a number of different instructional resources for classrooms, such as: Classroom Library Bundles, Core Literature Sets (by grade level), and Culture Kits with lesson plans. The Center for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning. Familiar stories and predictable books may help children express their cultural uniqueness and share their personal stories (Neuman, 1994). In addition, a culturally responsive classroom acknowledges and appreciates children’s home cultures and attempts to build upon the uses of language and literacy with which children are already familiar. Many young students were never exposed to their own cultural heritage in the books available to them in the classroom. However, until the recent past, it was not uncommon to find classrooms completely void of reading materials that either were written by African American, Latino, or Asian authors or which prominently featured the lively and rich histories of the diverse cultures represented in the school. Classroom library books and other printed materials should represent the interests of the students and reflect the diversity of students within the classroom. ![]()
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