A presentation done at NCTE in Orlando, Florida by Lesley Colabucci, Allen Evans, Marianne Saccardi and Karen Hildebrand. Books were selected from The Notable Books for a Global Society winners and nominees. Topics include: Native Americans; Multicultural Trends in Biography; and Children with Physical Challenges in Literature.
1. NCTE 2010
Claudette, Marcelo, and Ashley –
Changing and Enduring Voices in
Multicultural Children's Literature
Sponsored by IRA’s Notable Books for a Global Society Committee
Lesley Colabucci Allen Evans
Marianne Saccardi Karen Hildebrand
2. Changing and Enduring,
but…
CCBC Statistics
• 157 books had significant African or
African American content
• 83 books were by Black book creators,
either authors and/or illustrators
• 33 books featured American Indian
themes, topics, or characters
3. • 12 were created by American Indian authors
and/or illustrators
• 80 had significant Asian/Pacific or Asian/Pacific
American content
• 67 books were created by authors and/or illustrators
of Asian/Pacific heritage
• 61 books had significant Latino content
• 60 books were created by Latino authors and/or
illustrators
4. NOTABLE BOOKS FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY
Part I (Meet one or more criteria from this section.)
• Portray cultural accuracy and authenticity of characters in terms of :
(a) physical characteristics
(b) intellectual abilities and problem solving capabilities
(c) leadership and cooperative dimensions
(d) social and economic status
• Be rich in cultural details; • Honor and celebrate diversity as well as
common bonds in humanity; • Provide in-depth treatment of cultural
issues; • Include characters within a cultural group or between two or
more cultural groups who interact substantively and
authentically; • Include members of a “minority” group for a purpose
other than filling a “quota.”
5. NOTABLE BOOKS FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY
Part II (Meet all criteria from this section.)
• Invite reflection, critical analysis, and response; •
Demonstrate unique language or style; • Meet
generally-accepted criteria of quality for the
genre in which they are written; and • Have an
appealing format and be of enduring
quality.
10. The Schneider Family Book Award
Dolly Gray Award
Sponsored by The Council for Exceptional Children's Division
on Developmental Disabilities and Special Needs Project
11. Schneider Family Book Award
ALA
Honors an author or illustrator for a book that
embodies an artistic expression of the disability
experience for child and adolescent audiences.
Three annual awards each consisting of $5000 and a
framed plaque, will be given annually in each of the
following categories: birth through grade school (age 0–
8), middle school (age 9–13) and teens (age 14–18).
56. José! Born to Dance
Susanna Reich
Illus. Raul Colon
Simon & Schuster 2005
57. The Pot That Juan Built
Nancy Andrews-Goebel
Illus. David Diaz
Lee & Low Books
2002
58.
59. Lord, I got a right,
Lord I got a right,
Lord, I got a right,
I got a right to the tree of
life.
60. Bad News for Outlaws
The Remarkable Life
Of Bass Reeves
Deputy U.S. Marshal
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Illus. R. Gregory Christie
Farrar Straus Giroux
2008
61. Carver; a life in poems
Marilyn Nelson
George Washington Carver
Tonya Bolden
62. The Voice that Challenged a Nation; Marian Anderson and
the Struggle for Equal Rights
Russell Freedman Clarion Books 2004
68. Helen Keller; Her Life in Pictures
George Sullivan
Scholastic 2007
She Touched the World; Laura
Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer
Sally Hobart & Robert Alexander