Author: Ashley Bryan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 9780689807138
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Includes four traditional tales told by the Hausa, Angolan, Masai, and Bushmen people of Africa.
Lion and the Ostrich Chicks, and Other African Folk Tales
Author: Ashley Bryan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 9780689807138
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Includes four traditional tales told by the Hausa, Angolan, Masai, and Bushmen people of Africa.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 9780689807138
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Includes four traditional tales told by the Hausa, Angolan, Masai, and Bushmen people of Africa.
Lion and the Ostrich Chicks, and Other African Folk Tales
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780780764729
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780780764729
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Connecting Cultures
Author: Rebecca L. Thomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313080224
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313080224
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
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.
Bookpeople
Author: Sharron L. McElmeel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313079382
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Fifteen units focus on authors who speak about their ethnic heritage through their books and those who write or illustrate multicultural materials. Each unit includes a full-size photograph and a brief biography containing bits of background information that will fascinate students. Activities that reinforce the multicultural theme and bibliographies of related books and films are also featured. Ideal for the media center and the integrated curriculum. Grades 1-6.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313079382
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Fifteen units focus on authors who speak about their ethnic heritage through their books and those who write or illustrate multicultural materials. Each unit includes a full-size photograph and a brief biography containing bits of background information that will fascinate students. Activities that reinforce the multicultural theme and bibliographies of related books and films are also featured. Ideal for the media center and the integrated curriculum. Grades 1-6.
The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Author: Bernice E. Cullinan
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826417787
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Provides articles covering children's literature from around the world as well as biographical and critical reviews of authors including Avi, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, and Anno Mitsumasa.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826417787
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Provides articles covering children's literature from around the world as well as biographical and critical reviews of authors including Avi, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, and Anno Mitsumasa.
The Parent's Guide to Storytelling
Author: Margaret Read MacDonald
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874836196
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A quick and easy guide to storytelling for parents and grandparents. Includes nineteen easy-to-tell stories and lists of story sources to help find more.
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874836196
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A quick and easy guide to storytelling for parents and grandparents. Includes nineteen easy-to-tell stories and lists of story sources to help find more.
South-African Folk-Tales
Author: James A. Honey
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This collection of folktales from South Africa has been put together the author says, not for scholarship but for a love of the sunny country where he was born. Some stories originate from Dutch sources, and some have several versions. Most are tales told by the bushmen.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This collection of folktales from South Africa has been put together the author says, not for scholarship but for a love of the sunny country where he was born. Some stories originate from Dutch sources, and some have several versions. Most are tales told by the bushmen.
African American Literature
Author: Hans Ostrom
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
This essential volume provides an overview of and introduction to African American writers and literary periods from their beginnings through the 21st century. This compact encyclopedia, aimed at students, selects the most important authors, literary movements, and key topics for them to know. Entries cover the most influential and highly regarded African American writers, including novelists, playwrights, poets, and nonfiction writers. The book covers key periods of African American literature—such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and the Civil Rights Era—and touches on the influence of the vernacular, including blues and hip hop. The volume provides historical context for critical viewpoints including feminism, social class, and racial politics. Entries are organized A to Z and provide biographies that focus on the contributions of key literary figures as well as overviews, background information, and definitions for key subjects.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 571
Book Description
This essential volume provides an overview of and introduction to African American writers and literary periods from their beginnings through the 21st century. This compact encyclopedia, aimed at students, selects the most important authors, literary movements, and key topics for them to know. Entries cover the most influential and highly regarded African American writers, including novelists, playwrights, poets, and nonfiction writers. The book covers key periods of African American literature—such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and the Civil Rights Era—and touches on the influence of the vernacular, including blues and hip hop. The volume provides historical context for critical viewpoints including feminism, social class, and racial politics. Entries are organized A to Z and provide biographies that focus on the contributions of key literary figures as well as overviews, background information, and definitions for key subjects.
Fair is Fair
Author: Sharon Creeden
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874834000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A lawyer and storyteller presents an international collection of folklore--from ancient Greece, Morocco, Germany, China, and Ireland--that provides revealing insights into our conception of justice, crime and punishment, and other legal issues. 30,000 first printing. IP.
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874834000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A lawyer and storyteller presents an international collection of folklore--from ancient Greece, Morocco, Germany, China, and Ireland--that provides revealing insights into our conception of justice, crime and punishment, and other legal issues. 30,000 first printing. IP.
Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults
Author: Ginny Moore Kruse
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Annotated bibliographies arranged by type or theme ; with age levels.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Annotated bibliographies arranged by type or theme ; with age levels.