Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is coming soon! To celebrate I’ve put together a list of books for children about this beautiful holiday. Enjoy! This post contains affiliate links. If you click through and make a purchase, I receive a small commission. Every year Katy looks forward to making a special batch of homemade applesauce with her mother for Rosh Hashanah. Is a sweet story of friends and neighbors coming together to make a very special New Year for a little girl. What a Way to Start a New Year! Has a similar theme. Daniel knows that Rosh Hashanah celebrates the beginning of Creation, so he decides to throw a birthday party for the world! Is a great book about determination and coming up with creative solutions! Rabbi Benjamin is thrilled when his congregation gives him a special gift for Rosh Hashanah – a beautiful holiday vest with four silver buttons.
Rabbi Benjamin’s Buttons is a really cute book about the love between a Rabbi and his congregation. Tashlich at Turtle Rock. I am very excited today to be featured as part of the Multicultural Kid Blogs' Read Around the World Summer Reading Series! You can see the whole calendar of upcoming posts and blogs here. Mondays are for ages 5 and under, Wednesdays for children ages 6-11, and Fridays for ages 12-young adults. Great choices for all ages! Tales Told in Tents: stories from Central Asia I am sharing one of my favorite read aloud picture books, Tales Told in Tents: stories from Central Asia (2004) retold by Sally Pomme Clayton and illustrated by Sophie Herxheimer. This book gathers a wealth of stories, poems, and riddles from Central Asia, which includes Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
One reason I love this book is because it features an area of the world that is often unfamiliar to western readers. Another reason I love this book is the detailed background information that the author includes. Felt and Felt-Making Project Ideas. Change in the “All White World of Children’s Literature” Multicultural Literature: Definition, Books & Importance. How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books | Scholastic.
How do you know if a children's book you're about to share with your students accurately portrays the culture of its characters? Are there warning signs to look for? Are there telltale things that mark an outstanding multicultural book? To answer these questions, Scholastic Teacher magazine invited five children's literature specialists to give us their candid advice on selecting books about or related to Native Americans, Latinos, African Americans, Jews, and Asian Americans. Within each section of this article, you'll find: Reviews of ten great children's books suitable for grades K–8Essential advice from a children's author or illustrator: Joseph Bruchac, Gary Soto, Floyd Cooper, Patricia Polacco, Yumi HeoKey criteria to use when selecting booksA list of notable authorsAnd more!
Our experts also helped us compile an extensive list of other multicultural resources for teachers and their classrooms. Native Americans: Let Our Words Be Heard By Peggy K. 10 Great Children's Books Keep in Mind. Scholarly Articles - Multicultural Literature for Young Adults - LibGuides at California State University, Fullerton. Selected Book List - Multicultural YA Literature - A.S.T.A.L.@R.I.C. - Selected Book List - Multicultural Young Adult Literature - Ammon, Richard. 1996. An Amish Christmas. New York: Atheneum. This wonderfully illustrated picture book shows how Christmas is celebrated in school and at home. The reader learns many things about Amish traditions. Did you know that an Amish Christmas is a two day event and students return to school the next day so they can get out earlier in the Spring for plowing? Ammon, Richard. 1989. Angelou, Maya 1969, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Random House Publishing.
Bertrand, Diane Gonzales. 1995. Bode, Janet, and Stan Mack. Bode, Janet 1989, New Kids in Town (1st ed.). Bode, Janet. 1991. Bode, Janet. 1997. Borntrager, Mary Christner. 1989. Breathed, Berkeley. 1993, Goodnight Opus Boston: Little Brown and Company. Bryan, Ashley. 1997. Carlson, Lori M. Carlson, Lori M., and Oscar Hijuelos. Cannon, A. Coleman, Evenly. 1986, White Socks Only, Albert Whitman and Company. Cox, Clinton. 1991. Cumpian, Carlos.1994. Culturally Responsive Teaching: 4 Misconceptions. 10 things every white teacher should know when talking about race. This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: 10 things every white teacher should know when talking about race in the classroom Let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room–why I am talking only to white people?
Isn’t that racist? (Hold that question in your mind, because I want you to ask yourself that same question again after you’ve read my words here, and see if your thought process has changed.) I’m specifically addressing white people in this episode because around 83% of teachers in the U.S. are white. Most of you reading my blog are in fact, white. Conversations about race are super prevalent right now and for many white people, it feels like stepping into a minefield.
They have literally no idea what to say, or feel like they don’t understand the history of people of color enough to contribute much to the conversation. This can’t happen, teacher friends. Now, I am no expert on race relations in America. Click play to listen to the episode, or download it to listen on the go: Can diverse children's books tackle prejudice? Over the past three years, Dias has collected more than 11,000 books. She is in the process of donating all the books and has given more than half to what she describes as "predominantly black and underserved" communities in the US, Haiti, Ghana, Jamaica and the UK. The young activist from New Jersey has even gone on to author her own book -- "Marley Dias Gets It Done" -- and is currently developing an app so kids can find "black girl books" more easily. "I hope that my campaign will mean more opportunities for our stories to be told and for books with black girls as the main character to be put on bookshelves worldwide," she tells CNN.
Yet despite the young writer's best efforts, statistics suggest "black girl books" are still in short supply. Just 9% of children's books published in the US in 2017 featured African or African American characters -- according to data from the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) which has been measuring representation in children's books since 1985. Equality Is Not Enough: What the Classroom Has Taught Me About Justice. Imagine this situation: A classroom of students is settling down to work on a writing task. All of a sudden, one student exclaims, “That’s not fair! Why do they get to listen to the instructions on the headphones!
I want to listen, too!” This happens way more often than you think. You’re familiar with this playground mentality of fairness: “I get two crackers, and you two crackers” or “I play with the ball for twenty minutes, and then you play with it for twenty minutes.” Others are starting to question this “Sharing is Caring” idea and over-simplistic expectations of fairness. Because here’s the thing: Treating everyone exactly the same actually is not fair. Let me break it down. Teaching middle and high school students taught me all I needed to know about fairness and the persistence of privilege. 1. An important conversation I have with my students is around the idea of equity versus equality. Equity and equality are two strategies we can use in an effort to produce fairness. 2. Educators - Social Justice Resources - Race | Lee & Low Books. Educators - Social Justice Resources - Race | Lee & Low Books.
Missing Adventures: Diversity and Children's Literature | Brynn Welch | TEDxEHC. Importance of Multicultural Schooling for children - Parent's Take.