[LM_NET] Target: multicultural books

[Mary Catherine Coleman <mcoleman@SSSAS.ORG>]

Hello-

My school does a stereotype/ anti-bias curriculum. In Newsweek there was an recent 
article about racism. In the article there was information about a school that read 
a version of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" featuring an African-American family 
and an African American Santa Claus. This resulted in a lot of discussion among the 
students about the portrayal of well known characters or figures. I wanted to find 
more books that challenge the traditional portrayal of characters. Does anyone know 
of similar books that show "traditional" characters in a non-traditional ways. 
Including a different race or ethnicity, or featuring  gay and lesbian characters. 
I am looking for well known folk and fairy tale characters or stories. I am hoping 
to develop a curriculum in the library that looks at these books and hopefully gets 
students talking about multiculturalism.
I will post a hit with any titles I find.

Thanks!

Mary Catherine Coleman
Lower School Librarian
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School
Alexandria, VA
mcoleman@sssas.org<mailto:mcoleman@sssas.org>


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