Children’s Lit
Part A
Read about We Need Diverse Books
here. See the sample above. Make your own cue card poster. Use poster board or create one digitally. The cue card must be
one page only
and
include four book cover images
. Be creative! The headline on the cue card should be:
WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS BECAUSE_________________.
You will fill in the blank. Include the hashtag #WNDB and the at least four book covers: two picture books (for ages 4-8/Pre-K to grade 2), one middle-grade book (for ages 8-12/grades 3-6), and one young adult book (for teens/grades 7-12). Find book suggestions in the “50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know” and “Multicultural Literature Resources” PDFs in this module.
Part B
Assignment: Comparing Cinderella Variants
Researchers have identified more than seven hundred versions of the Cinderella story from around the world. The tale was first recorded in China in the ninth century and again in Europe in 1634. The version most familiar across Europe and America was collected by a Frenchman named Francois Perrault.
Using the required worksheet ”
Cinderella Variants Comparison Chart”
(found in the module), evaluate these two Cinderella stories:
Mufaro’s beautiful daughters: an African taleLinks to an external site.
by John Steptoe and
Yeh-Shen : a Cinderella story from China
Links to an external site.
by Ai-Ling Louie; Ed Young (links to read alouds below).
Here is the
most familiar Cinderella variationLinks to an external site.
, if you wish to reread it.
The worksheet also requires you to provide bibliographic information in Modern Language Association (MLA) style. See the format below. To get needed bibliographic information, search the book titles on
WorldCatLinks to an external site..
Example: MLA bibliographic style
Book with an author or illustrator only:
Author’s last name, Author’s first name.
Book title (italicized). Publisher, year of publication.
Example: Card, Orson Scott.
Ender’s Game. Tor, 1985.
Book with an author and an illustrator:
Author’s last name, Author’s first name. Ill. by. Illustrator’s first name Illustrator’s last name.
Book title (italicized). Publisher, year of publication.
Example: Weatherford, Carole Boston. Ill. by Eric Velasquez.
I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer. Walker Publishing, 2007.
