Pamela S. Gates

Teaching about cultures and tolerance have never been more important, particularly in the face of more and more immigration to this country. Our authors provide essays on building collections that reflect diversity followed by sample units of instruction that emphasize the use of the diverse collection in understanding various cultures. Topics cover picture books, follore, historical fiction, nonfiction, realistic fiction, and poetry. Certainly, every teacher librarian needs to keep cultural recognition and activities on the front burner – reminding ourselves constantly to reach out to everyone. It is not something we can let go until a school disturbance makes us try to solve prejudice and misunderstanding after the fact.… (meer)