This presentation introduces the 2013 Notable Books for a Global Society basic list. This list is sponsored by The Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association.
3. Criteria for selection
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
4. • 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 betwe
two or more cultural groups who interact substantive
and authentically;
• Include members of a “minority” group for a purpos
other than filling a “quota.”
5. Part II
MeetALLcriteria from this section
• Invite reflection, critical analysis, and respon
• Demonstrate unique language or style
• Meet generally-accepted criteria of quality
for the genre in which they are written
• Have an appealing format and be of enduring
quality
7. Alain Serres
From the United Nations
Convention on the
Rights of the Child, 1989
Groundwood Books http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf
8. “I have the right
to go to school
without having to pay,
so that I can learn
how birds
or planes
or poppy seeds fly.”
36. Feb. 3, 2006: Members of the state's House of
Representatives approved a Senate resolution on
Wednesday that expressed "deepest sympathy" for the
descendents of Louie Sam.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2006/03/01/louie-sam-060301.html
46. Andrea
Davis &
Brian
Pinkney
Hyperion
2013 Coretta Scott King Winner
47. Benjamin Banneker Thurgood Marshall
Frederick Douglass Jackie Robinson
W.E.B. DuBois Martin Luther King, Jr.
Booker T. Washington Malcolm X
A. Philip Randolph Barack Obama
53. Cotton Boll
I need the music of my forebears from
Afrik, but take the mending to my lap
And work beside the Missus’ chair. A spell
Of quiet sewing, restful breath – it soothe
My soul, dangling by a thread that been spun
Like cotton fiber grown and pinched on this
Hell place. Before I know, I’m rocking with
the rhythm of the stitching, humming low
The melody of “Gilead.” A balm
For hunger, sorrow, heartache, yes, he is.
A healing ointment found in Gilead on the eastern shore of the Jordan River was so
curative that it was equal in worth to salt, a precious commodity in ancient times …
57. J.L.
Powers
Seventeen writers contribute
essays about how they became
adults in times of war.
Essays focus on modern history
but take no sides. Vietnam from
both sides. Bosnia. The Gulf War.
Rwanda. Juárez. El Salvador. The
list goes on and on. There are no
winners, just the survivors left
behind. Picking up the pieces. CincoPuntos Press