2. Why is Global Literature Significant?
Insights into how people live, feel and think around the
world
Develop emotional connections and empathy as well as
knowledge
Come to know own home culture and world beyond
home
Recognize common values shared across cultures as
well as unique differences of each culture
See how people of world view themselves, not just how
we view them
3. Story as Meaning-Making
Story is how we make sense of our
experiences
Narrative is a primary act of mind
Our world view is a web of interconnected
stories
Scientific theories are just bigger stories
The ways in which we story are culturally-
based.
4. Say Something
Two people share the reading of a text
One person begins reading aloud and reads
for several paragraphs until that person
comes to a good stopping point.
Each person SAYS SOMETHING
A connection, question, comment, or prediction.
The second person reads aloud the next
section and then stops for both to say
something.
5. What is an international book?
Originallypublished in another country for
children of that country and later
republished in the U.S.
Books set in world cultures, written and
published in the U.S
6. Availability of Multicultural/Global Literature
2011 2010 2009 2008
Af/Af-A 123/79 156/102 157/83 172/85
Am Ind 28/12 22/9 33/12 40/9
As/Pac 91/76 64/60 80/67 98/77
Am
Latino 58/52 66/55 61/60 79/48
Out of 3400-3500 books per year
18. x Building Bridges Through Children’s and Young Adult Books x
Outstanding International Books
usbby.org
International Board of Books for
Young People --- ibby.org
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20. Notable Books for a Global Society
International Reading Association
22. Data Bases
Children’sLiterature
Comprehensive Data base –
requires a subscription
Titlewave – Follett – free to
school librarians
23. Worlds of Words –
wowlit.org
WOW Books – book search
Author’s Corner
My Take/Your Take
WOW Currents
24. Accuracy, Authenticity, and
Representation
Extent to which a book reflects beliefs and
values of a cultural group and depicts
accurate details of everyday life and
language for that group
• Diversity within any cultural group
• Readers from within are able to feel affirmed that
what are reading rings true – “you know it when
you see it.”
• Readers from another culture are able to identify
and learn something of value about cultural
similarities and differences
26. Authenticity
Reflects the core values at the heart of the
culture.
Believability – acts and thinks in a way that
is viewed as possible by insiders
27. Representation
The relationship of an individual book to
images of a specific culture within a
collection of children’s books and society
Having few available images overemphasizes
those that are present
Over-representation of a particular theme or
image
Power relationships -- who solves the problem
Perspectives and audience
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31. WOW Review
Critical
book reviews that focus on cultural
authenticity, accuracy, and representation
Provides background info on author and
illustrator
Suggestions of related texts
32. Access for Students
Engaging students with global literature can be
difficult because of :
Unfamiliar stylistic devices and terms
Experiences and settings far removed from
children’s lives
Struggle to make connections to go beyond
viewing global cultures as strange or exotic
Adopting strategies that are tangential or in
opposition to global understandings
33. WOW Stories
Publish vignettes from classroom teachers
and librarians on their use of global
literature with students
Global Literacy Communities
Resources
Language and Culture Book Kits
Family Story Backpacks
Cultural Community Back packs
CREATE – www.createarizonal.edu