Children's Book Council of Australia- CBCA's Notable Published every year since 1992, the Notables annotated list of books is selected from all of the entries submitted for final judging to the Book of the Year Awards: http://www.cbc.org.au/notables.htm
OzLit — Australian Literary Resources The Ozlit website is a great reource for up to date information about Australian literature. It includes a fully searchable Books & Writers database: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/
Mark Macleod's Recommended
Titles: The Australian Context
Mark Macleod is one of Australia best known and respected children's
book editor and publisher. In this page, you can find a sample of
his views on censorship in children's book, and a great list of
books that talk, in different ways, about today's Australia: http://www.library.ubc.ca/edlib/table/authors/macleod (this link will be fixed soon)
Multicultural
Books
Trying on the World
The Australia Centre
for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria, has put together
a commented list of y/a books that “explore the lives and
experiences of young people from many cultures and countries.”
Although not specifically Pacific Rim or South Asia related, this
is an excellent list of must read, and the books' synopsis are
very helpful. And a lot of the books listed are published or distributed
in the USA, in Canada, or in the UK: http://www.statelibrary.vic.gov.au/acyl/
(and click on "Trying on the World", PdF file)
Austral Ed Austral Ed is
an Australian book supplier which also creates booklists of children's
titles. With an emphasis on international and multicultural
children's books, there are lists of books about Aboriginal
cultures, books from New Zealand, and books from around the world
that are available in Australia. They also produce a biannual
newsletter: http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/(and click on "more information")
From the Department
of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, a selected bibliography
of children's books by and about Aboriginal Peoples (Native
Americans) for ages 4-14 (nonfiction and fiction - the list
is a few pages long, be sure you go to the bottom of the first page
and click on the arrow to see the remaining titles!) http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/lib/bib/nofcn_e.html
The University of Saskatchwan Education Library has compiled an annotated list of over twenty pages of Native American books. The downloadable PDF file includes library identification numbers: http://library.usask.ca/education/multichibks.html(and click on "Native American")
About
China
The Toronto chapter of the organization Families with Children
from China (FCC) has compiled, in December 2000, a list of
books that may be adoption related or include interracial or Asian
families. A good starting point for finding multicultural children's
books (including teaching material) available in Canada: http://www.fcctoronto.org/kbooks.pdf
Asian Canadian Books
Asian Canadian Books, a list of Asian Canadian children's books with links to publishers' websites by AsianCanadian.net, a website of news, events, and stories from Canada: http://www.asiancanadian.net/childrenbk.html
The Kids' Site of Canadian Settlement Compiled by the Libraries and Archives Canada (LAC), a list of books and links (for each settlement group, including the Chinese and Japanese) that are appropriate for kids to understand who Canadians' ancestors are, and how they settled Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/settlement/kids/021013-1100-e.html#r
The University of Saskatchwan Education Library has also compiled this annotated list of over 60 titles that are Asian/Asian American/Asian Canadian. This downloadable PDF file includes library identification numbers: http://library.usask.ca/education/multichibks.html(and click on "Asian")
The University of Saskatchwan Education Library also has an annotated list of Indian/Pakistani/East Indian Canadian titles: http://library.usask.ca/education/multichibks.html(and click on "East Indian")
About Young Adult Literature
Contemporary Canadian Adult Fiction with Appeal to High School Readers, compiled by the autoritative literary journal Resource Links
The Insight India website posts a list of
books - mostly published in India - to help readers discover the
traditional tales of different Indian states: http://www.judypat.com/india/childbk.htm
Christchurch City Libraries — Te Whare Pukapuka Aa Iwi
Otautahi has excellent suggestions of Pageturners —
Books that you can’t put down and that you can find
at their library. They’re not all written by New Zealand
authors, but they’re all very popular among New Zealand young
readers: http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Childrens/ReadingLists/Pageturners.asp
Readers' Guide to Adoption-Related Literature, a rich website put together by William L. Gage. Suggested reading lists include fiction and non-fiction for children and adults in categories such as transracial adoption, single parents, LGB, open adoption, birth parents, adoptive parents, etc. http://members.aol.com/billgage/lit-list.htm
Looking for books for kids about China? Check out this list,
compiled by Marilyn Shea of the Department of Psychology
of the University of Maine at Farmington: http://hua.umf.maine.edu/China/kids.html
The Louisville Free Public Library (Louisville, Kentucky),
together with the World Rhythms Series at the Kentucky Center
for the Arts, has compiled a good selection of children's and
young readers' books about Chinese Culture and Folklore: http://www.lfpl.org/kidspages/booklists/china.htm
The Seattle Public Library posts on its website this useful
list of children's books about Chinese culture and tradition,
with calling numbers for the library patrons, and short plot summaries: http://www.spl.lib.wa.us/children/china.html
About
Japan
Fiction about Japan
in the Elementary Curriculum
Not exactly a reading list, but rather an article that helps teachers
choosing fiction about Japan that fits the elementary school curriculum.
The author is Mary Hammond Bernson, at the time (1997) Associate
Director of the East Asia Center at the University of Washington: http://www.indiana.edu/~japan/Digest/fiction.html
About Asians
and Asian
Americans
Asian American Booklist NEA's Read Across America bilingual reading list of titles appropriate for K-12 students in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/aabooks.html
Internment Books for Kids
By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, IMDiversity.com contributing editor, the titles on this list sensitively address tough themes of discrimination and friendship in wartime: InternmentBooksForKidsLink
A work in progress, this annotated bibliography ofSouth Asia and South Asian diaspora in children's literature, by writer Pooja Makhijani, is worth a thorough exploration: http://www.poojamakhijani.com/sakidlit.html
Annotated Bibliography of Books featuring Asian Americans compiled by the Natrona County Public Library, it's divided
by grades and includes books published in the last five years: http://www-wsl.state.wy.us/natrona/asianamerican.html
Bibliography of Southeast Asian Children's Books Professor Michael Levy's list is mainly culled from
his book Portrayal
of Southeast Asian Refugees in Recent American Children's Books (Mellen,
2000) but the site has been updated since with more books, resources,
and other links of interest. And if you're interested in
more about these books, check out his favorite reads
in Personal
Views on PaperTigers. http://www.uwstout.edu/cas/english/levym/bibliography.shtml
Annotated Bibliography of Books featuring Korean Americans These bibliographies are part of a thesis created to meet the requirements for a Masters of Arts in Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004. The annotated bibliographies are organized by theme and include picture books that portray at least one or more identifiably Korean or Korean American main character. http://www.sarahpark.com
Korean Americans: A Juvenile Bibliography The Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) put together a bibliography of books about the Korean American experience:
Our Asian Heritage: Children's Books on the Asian American
Experience In 1994, the San Francisco Public Library put together an
annotated selection of their best children's books on the Asian
American Experience. Now online, the list was updated
in 2002 to include more recent titles. Read the latest
version on the SFPL website: http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/sfplonline/kids/booklists/asian.htm
Or take a look at the SFPL's original list on PaperTigers: Our
Asian Heritage
Australian Children's Books About Asia
Recommended by Austral Ed, a book supplier from Australia specializing in the supply of books to overseas International Schools and Universities, especially in Asia: http://www.australed.iinet.net.au/books_about_asia.html
Powerful Asian-American Images Revealed in Picture Books Kay E. Vandergrift, professor at Rutgers University, has compiled a list of picture books which include "realistic images of Asian and Asian-American children." Not annotated, but extensive: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/ChildrenLit/asian.html
Chinese-American Authors Recommended by Chinese-American
Librarians The list includes adults', young adult's and children's books,
and is not annotated. Some of the books are a bit old and might
be difficult to find in bookstores… it's all a trick by librarians
to get you to go see them more often!
http://www.whiteclouds.com/cala/publications/rlist.htm
If you're looking just for children's books, check the list compiled
by Zheng Ye Yang, Chair of the CALA (Chinese American
Library Association) Publication Committee. The list includes
short summaries of the books: http://www.whiteclouds.com/cala/publications/childbks.htm
40 Favorite Poetry Books for Children
Appealing to a variety of tastes and interests, these books suggested by Children's Literature Specialist Judy Freeman include germs of ideas for how to use them in the classroom: http://www.rif.org/educators/books/Top40_poetry.mspx
Noteworthy Books in Spanish for Adolescents, by Isabel Schon, Director of the Baharona Center for the Study of
Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents at California State
University in San Marcos, California http://pdfs.voya.com/VO/YA2/VOYA200708books_in_spanish.pdf
Books featuring Hispanic characters or based on Hispanic folktales, compiled by the Brazoria County Library http://bcls.lib.tx.us/
CBC Showcase: Spanish-Language Books and Hispanic Heritage This is Children's Book Council's 2006 selection of English, Spanish, and bilingual books for children and young adults that highlight the rich cultural treasures of the Latino experience in America and present both Hispanic and American cultures to children of all backgrounds. http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/showcase/2006-01-02/index.html
Annotated Bibliography of Children's Literature focusing on Latino people, history, and culture A list of fiction and non-fiction books, with additional resources for teachers and librarians. http://clnet.ucla.edu/Latino_Bibliography.html
Pat Mora'sSampler of Latino Book Authors
A sampling of Latina and Latino authors who write for children in the United States, where they live, and where they were born. http://www.patmora.com/sampler.htm
Hispanic Bilingual Booklist Compiled by the NEA (National Education Association) people in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15), this is a bilingual reading list of titles appropriate for K-12 students: http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/bilingualbooks.html
“Annotated Bibliography of Children's Literature Focusing
on Latino People, History, and Culture - Fiction and Nonfiction,
with Additional Resources for Teachers and Librarians” Bibliography compiled by Amy Goldenberg, at the time
(March 1995) a first year Graduate student at UCLA in the Department
of Library and Information Science: http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/Latino_Bibliography.html
An Annotated Bibliography of Books featuring
Latin Americans compiled by the Natrona County
Public Library, it's divided by grades and includes books published
in the last five years: http://www-wsl.state.wy.us/natrona/latinas.html
Vandergrift's 100: List of Young Adult Authors and Titles Features a portion of the wealth of literature published for young adults in the United States. Books of historical significance stay on the list while new titles are added periodically. Many of the titles are in paperback, and almost all will be in public libraries: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/%7Ekvander/YoungAdult/100list.html
Growing Up Around the World: Books as Passports to Global Understanding A project of the International Relations Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), this selection aims to make books that accurately depict contemporary life in other countries more widely available to American children. The project includes bibliographies representing five regions: Africa; the Americas; Asia and the Middle East; Australia and New Zealand; and Europe:
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/booklists/GrowingUpAroundWorld.htm
The American Experience : Strength from Diversity Prepared post-September 11th by ALSC, the Association for Library Services to Children's International Relations Committee, this bibliography of picture books celebrates the diverse cultures found in American society and demonstrates how they make the Unites States strong in its diversity: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/booklists/americanexperience.htm
Multicultural Reading from Cynthia Leitich Smith
Cynthia Leitich Smith is a children's and young adult author who
writes about Native Americans and maintains a great website with
information about books (especially multicultural) and authors,
bibliographies and reading lists. Check out her latest annotated
reading suggestions on multicultural books: http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/summerreading.htm
Bookshelf: Great Books For and About Young Immigrants Author Mitali Perkins was born in India, grew up in Cameroun,
Mexico and the UK, and finally settled down in the USA. She writes
“fiction between cultures” for young adults, and has
put together an eclectic list of great books for young people
caught between two cultures: http://www.mitaliperkins.com
Celebrating Diversity!
A list of books for children and young adults published in 2000
and 2001, and featuring bi-racial, Korean-American, Mexican American,
Japanese-American, Chinese-American and so on. The author is A.
Cooper, of the University of Iowa: http://www.uiowa.edu/~crl/bibliographies/diversity00.htm
Another Fifty Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know
This is an excellent list compiled by Ginny Moore Kruse and
Kathleen T. Horning of the Cooperative Children's Book
Center, School of Education, University of Wisonsin-Madison -
also available on the NEA (National Education Association) website: http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/50mult.htm http://www.nea.org/readacross/multi/50multibooks.html
On the same website, check out the Recommended Picture Books
Featuring Interracial Families, compiled by Kathleen
T. Horning, and read the profile of this great Center here
on PaperTigers: http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/interrac.htm
The children's library at the Bank Street College of Education,
in New York, NY, selects among their vast collection the best
multicultural books, from tales from the Maori tradition
and the Korean folklore, to Chinese legends, and
to contemporary stories with multicultural elements: http://streetcat.bnkst.edu/html/cultural.html
One World Many Children: A Children's Booklist of Cultural
Diversity The Baltimore County Public Library compiled two lists
about cultural diversity, “Children Living in the United
States” (about children growing up in the USA and caught
between two different cultures) and “Children Living in Other
Countries” (stories set in foreign countries). There are
short summaries of the books and reading age indications, but
unfortunately neither the publisher nor the year of publication
are listed: http://www.bcplonline.org/kidspage/kids_oneworld.html
The Monroe County (Indiana) Public Library does a fine
job to encourage readers to explore the world and its diversity.
On this site, you will find lists on books about Asia,
about Asian Americans, about Hispanic Americans,
about Native Americans, about Latin America, etc… Lastly
updated in April 1999. http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/multicultural.html
How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books Instructor, Scholastic's magazine for teachers,
asked five experts to name their favorite multicultural books
and to share advice on how to select books that portray accurately
different cultures. Peggy K. Ford writes about Native Americans,
Gonzalo Ramirez about Latinos, and Bill Vanderhoof about
Asian Americans. http://teacher.scholastic.com/
About
the
Natural Environment
Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation Suggested Reading A selection of suggested titles on sustainability, with links to subject areas such as Global Environment, Environmental Education, etc: http://www.celfoundation.org/suggestedreadings.html
Children's Books about Nature, a reading list compiled by The Center for Children's Books at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, selected and annotated by Debbie Myers: http://ccb.lis.uiuc.edu/bibliographies/nature_apr2006.html
"We're Planting the Seeds," in the Nature Section of Embracing the Child's website (a non-profit organization that promotes literacy), has a fabulously rich and well-reserched list of children's books related to the environment: http://www.embracingthechild.org/Bookmainnature.htm
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