Multicultural Voices in Contemporary Literature: A Resource for Teachers Book

	Acknowledgments
	Why This Guide?	1
	Evaluating Children's Books for Bias	3
	Rudolfo Alfonso Anaya: Mexican American	9
	George Ancona: Mexican American	15
	Shonto Begay: Navajo	23
	Anilu Bernardo: Cuban American	27
	Ignatia Broker: Ojibway/Chippewa	30
	Joseph Bruchac: Abenaki, English, and Slovak	32
	Jeannette Franklin Caines: Black American	42
	Dia Cha: Hmong American	46
	Sook Nyul Choi: Korean American	48
	Barbara Cohen: Jewish American	53
	Pat Cummings: African American	66
	Vivian Sheldon Epstein: Humanist	73
	Nancy Garden: German Italian American	78
	Carmen Lomas Garza: Chicana	83
	Nikki Yolanda Giovanni: Black American	86
	Eloise Greenfield: African American	89
	Virginia Hamilton: African American	99
	Joyce Hansen: African American	115
	Minfong Ho: Overseas Chinese	121
	Johanna Hurwitz: Jewish American	127
	Joy Nozomi Kogawa: Japanese Canadian	134
	Jeanne M. Lee: Chinese American	137
	George Littlechild: Plains Cree Canadian	142
	Bette Bao Lord: Chinese American	148
	Sharon Bell Mathis: African American	150
	Patricia C. McKissack: African American	154
	Nicholasa Mohr: Puerto Rican American	168
	Min Paek: Korean American	174
	Johanna Reiss: Jewish American	176
	Faith Ringgold: African American	179
	Sandra Scoppettone: Italian American	183
	Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve: Lakota	187
	Yoshiko Uchida: Japanese American	191
	Mai Vo-Dinh: Vietnamese American	204
	Alice Walker: African AmerIndian	208
	Mildred Pitts Walter: African American	212
	Yoko Kawashima Watkins: Japanese American	224
	Camille Yarbrough: African American	228
	Paul Yee: Chinese Canadian	232
	Laurence Yep: Chinese American	237
App. 1	Assessment Plan	257
App. 2	Optional Activities	260
App. 3	Author Birthdays	263
App. 4	Multicultural Calendar	264
App. 5	Resources for Educators, Librarians, and Parents	265
	Illustrator Index	266
	Title Index	268
	Subject Index	271