Starting Out Right: Choosing Books about Black People for Young Children, Pre-school Through Third GradeDepartment of Public Instruction, 1972 - 96 Seiten |
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Seite 57 - These are divinations and reports of what passes in the hearts and minds of a lowly people whose poetry had hitherto been inarticulately expressed in music, but now finds, for the first time in our tongue, literary interpretation of a very artistic completeness.
Seite 21 - You see, Mamma," April exclaimed, "she didn't know the truth about me at all. She didn't know at first that my skin is just like hers, only a different color, and she didn't know what good care you take to keep my clothes nice and clean, and she didn't know how I like to read just as she does! I guess if she had known the truth about me, she would have liked me at first!
Seite 12 - If the book is being used in a teaching situation, does the teacher feel that he has an adequate knowledge of Black history in order to evaluate the viewpoint and data presented? B. If the book deals with American history, are Blacks included as an integral part of the American experience? Are they segregated into a separate unit without being included in the other chapters or units of discussion? 15. In a biography, is the personality as well as the accomplishments of the main characters shown?...
Seite 34 - The emphasis is on nine justices who assume the image of the "great white father" dispensing some measure of freedom and equality to black people. This amounts to a distortion of history. By disregarding the political initiative historically exerted by Blacks, one can conclude that they have played a passive role in their own fight for freedom. Its poetic style is extremely monotonous. The drawings are dreary and humdrum as they attempt to portray a black and a white child as exactly alike. The emphasis...
Seite 88 - ... appeal to the Great Spirit who is able to restore order. Again, the superb illustrations seem to subdue the mythical elements of the story. The text can be handled by advanced primary readers but the magic drama created by the plot and the illustrations would appeal to ages 4-12. Highly recommended. Will I Have A Friend?, by Miriam Cohen, Macmillan, 1967. This story tells of the first experience a little white boy has when he enters nursery school. The teacher is Black and the illustrations of...
Seite 11 - Black person or do the characters emerge "grey" in appearance to resemble Caucasians in blackface? 6. Is the Black character portrayed as a unique individual or as a representative of a group? 7. Does the clothing or behavior seem to perpetuate the stereotypes about Blacks being primitive or submissive? 8. Is the story romanticized? Is the character glamorized or glorified, especially in a biography? 9. Is the setting authentic, so that the child...
Seite 45 - Two of the illustrations depict slavery as more festive than it really was (p.ll and p.19, Dell edition) thus disguising the anguish of slavery. Otherwise the drawings are satisfactory, thought at times it is difficult to tell who is Black and who is white. An excellent biography recommended for grades 1-3. Friends Around The World, by Helen Doss, Abingdon Press, 1959. This is a pleasant but somewhat dull little book depicting the life styles of children of different lands. It is religious in tone....
Seite 37 - All of these books involve five boys who delight in chasing down mysteries in their backyards, eg, a cat's meow. As part of the "I Can Read" series, they have controlled, repetitive, vocabularies, similar to the traditional Dick and Jane readers except that the settings are updated. For this reason Skinny, a Black kid, appears in the illustrations. Suitable for grades one and two. Charles Drew, by Roland Bertol, Crowell, 1970.
Seite 15 - Black poet, who was once owned, as some books say, by a "distinguished Boston gentleman." This is a dubious title at best for a slaveowner, but it illustrates a way in which many books describe slaveowners, (see review) Bootstrap Syndrome The incidence of this syndrome in books involving Black people is common and seems to be derived from...
Seite 18 - By oversunplifying_an issue or ignoring a situation of prejudice, the story becomes deceitful. Oftentimes, the story is so written so that it implies that prejudice based on color or status is a natural and acceptable way of behaving. The author achieves this by an omission of certain facts. In other instances, the story gives an inadequate explanation of prejudice and fails to clarify the irrational but real defense mechanisms ihat accompany prejudice.