Open AccessTaking Action: Inviting Diversity into Our Classrooms through Literature
Author(s) -
Terry Young,
Barbara Ward
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of invitational theory and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1060-6041
DOI - 10.26522/jitp.v22i.3505
Subject(s) - diversity (politics) , meaning (existential) , action (physics) , literacy , media studies , association (psychology) , quality (philosophy) , cultural diversity , sociology , psychology , pedagogy , political science , law , epistemology , physics , quantum mechanics , psychotherapist , philosophy
So much recent attention has been focused on the need for quality books featuring diverse characters, themes and settings. While parents and teachers may look to annual book lists selected for the International Literacy Association’s Notable Books for a Global Society, the United States Board on Books for Young People’s Outstanding International Books, and the Jane Addams Peace Association’s Children’s Book Awards, there are several new trade books for young readers that seem perfectly poised to help readers explore the meaning of diversity as well as learn more about the wide world around them. Here are some recent favorites that explore some territory previously untrammeled.