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With
thanks to Linnea Hendrickson--See her Subjects,
Themes and Genre: An Annotated Listing of Criticism/BLACKS
at
http://www.unm.edu/~lhendr/txtfiles/2a-z.txt for more
descriptive information about many of the articles and dissertations
listed in this bibliography.
How
to Use This Bibliography
Research
in the field of African American Children's Literature currently
focuses on four main themes:
- History
and criticism of the "All-White World of Children's
Literature" prior to the middle/late 20th Century;
- African
American literature for children, written by and for African
Americans beginning in the late 19th Century;
- Recommended
reading lists and criteria for selection, and
- Resources
for teaching African American Children's Literature, including
web guides.
The following
bibliography follows and expands upon these four main themes
with sections for:
Background
Reading
Early (1930-1960's) Criticism of The All White
World of Children's Books
Current Research and Criticism
African American Children's Literature
Recommended
Reading Lists
Criteria for Selection
Resources for Teaching African American
Children's Literature
Background
Reading
Andrews,
W. L. et al. The Oxford Companion to African American Literature.
New York: Oxford University Press. 1997.
Cook Library Reference PS153. N5 O96 1997
Bingham,
J. and Scholt, G. Fifteen Centuries of Children's Literature.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980.
Cook Library and de Grummond Z1037 .A1 B582
Harris,
V. J. "African American Children's Literature: The First
One Hundred Years," in Journal of Negro Education,
Vol 59, No. 4 (1990), pp.540-555.
Cook Library LC2701 .J6 Vol. 59
Osa,
Osayimwense. The All White World of Children's Books &
African American Children's Literature. Trenton, NJ: Africa
World Press, 1995.
de Grummond PS153 .N5 A300 1995
Rollins,
C. H. We Build Together, revised. Chicago: National
Council of Teachers of English, 1948.
de Grummond Z1361 .N39 R77 1948
Valade,
R. M. and Kasinee, D., editors. The Schomberg Center Guide
to Black Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present.
New York: Gale Research. 1996.
Cook Library Reference PS508 .N3 V36 1996
Warder,
R. E. "Milestones in Children's Literature," in The New
Press Guide to Multicultural Resources for Young Readers,
Daphne Muse, editor. New York: New Press, 1997.
Cook Library and de Grummond Z1037 .N49 1997
The
All-White World of Children's Literature:
Early History and Criticism
Baker,
Augusta . "Guidelines for Black Books: An Open Letter to Juvenile
Editors." Publishers Weekly 196 (14 July 1969):131-33.
(Reprinted in MacCann, Black American (1972), pp. 50-56,
and in Haviland, Children and Literature, pp. 110-15.).
Cook Library Z1219 .P98 Vol. 196
Carlson,
J. A. "A Comparison of the Treatment of the Negro in Children's
Literature in the Periods 1929-38 and 1959-68." Ph.D. dissertation,
University of Connecticut, 1969, 165 pp., DA 30:3452A.
Crosson,
W. "The Negro in Children's Literature." Elementary English
Review 10 (December 1933):249-55. Cook Library LB1576
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Council
on Interracial Books for Children. Interracial Digest.
New York: 1965.
de Grummond PN56 .R29 I5 1965
Deane,
P. C. "The Persistence of Uncle Tom: An Examination of the
Image of the Negro in Children's Fiction Series." Journal
of Negro Education 37, no. 2 (Spring 1968):140-45.
Cook Library LC2701 .J6 Vol. 37
Evans,
E. K. "The Negro in Children's Fiction." Publishers Weekly
140 (30 August 1941):650-53.
Argues
that books portraying real people in real situations are needed,
and discusses the reactions of black and white children to
dialect and illustrations in books portraying blacks. Letters
in response to Evans's comments on dialect follow, in "Negro
Dialect in Children's Books," Publishers Weekly 140
(18 October 1941):1555-58, and in "A Further Statement on
Negro Dialect in Children's Books," Publishers Weekly 141
(10 January 1942):104-5.
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Hopkins,
L. B. "Negro Life in Current American Children's Literature."
Bookbird 6, no. 1 (1968):12-16.
Larrick,
N. "The All-White World of Children's Books." Saturday
Review 48 (11 September 1965):63-65, 84-85. (Also in MacCann,
Black American (1972), pp. 156-74.) Letters in response
in 48 (16 October 1965):78-79.
de Grummond Vertical File
Nolen,
E. W. "The Colored Child in Contemporary Literature." Horn
Book 18 (September 1942):348-55.
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Preer,
B. B. "Guidance in Democratic Living through Juvenile Fiction."
Wilson Library Journal 22 (May 1948):679-81, 708.
Cook Library Z1217 .W75 Vol. 22
Rollins,
C. H. "Children's Books on the Negro: To Help Build a Better
World." Elementary English Review (October 1943): 219-223.
Cook Library LB1576 .A1 E6 Vol. 20
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"Progress in Children's Books about the Negro." Illinois
Libraries (December 1963): 544-546.
de Grummond Vertical File
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"The
Role of the Book in Combating Prejudice." Wilson Library
Bulletin 42 (October 1967):176-79.
Cook Library Z1217 .W75 Vol. 42
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We Build Together. Chicago: National Council of Teachers
of English, 1941.
de Grummond Z1361 .N39 R77 1941
Thompson,
J. and Woodward, G. "Black Perspective in Books for Children."
Wilson Library Journal 44 (December 1969):416-24. (Reprinted
in MacCann, Black American (1972), pp. 39-51.
Cook Library Z1217 .W75 Vol. 44
Tolson,
Nancy. "Making Books Available: The Role of Early Libraries,
Librarians and Booksellers in the Promotion of African American
Children's Literature." African American Review
32 (Spring, 1998): 9-16.
A historical look at the efforts of librarians Charlemae Hill
Rollins, Augusta Baker and others, who worked to eliminate
stereotypes in children's books and to increase the number
of quality books for African American children published annually.
Cook Library E185.5 .N35 Vol 32
Current
History and Criticism, 1970-
Agree,
R. H., "Black American in Children's Books: A Critical Analysis
of the Portrayal of the Afro-American as Delineated in the
Contents of a Select Group of Children's Trade Books Published
in America from 1950-1970." Ed.D. dissertation, New York University,
1973, 245 pp., DA 34:3442A.
Bachner,
S. "Three Junior Novels on the Black Experience." Journal
of Reading 24 (May 1981):692-95.
Cook Library LB1050 .J6 Vol. 24
Bader,
B. "Negro Identification, Black Identity." In American
Picturebooks from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within. New
York: Macmillan, 1976, pp. 373-82.
Cook Library, Cox Library, de Grummond NC965 .B32 1976
Baker,
A. "The Changing Image of the Black in Children's Literature."
Horn Book 51 (February 1975):79-88.
Cook Library Z1037 .A1 A15 Vol. 51
Banfield,
B. and Wilson, G. L. "The Black Experience through White Eyes--The
Same Old Story Once Again." Interracial Books for Children
Bulletin 14, no. 5 (1983):4-13.
de Grummond Z1037 .A1 I795 Vol. 14
Baxter,
K. B. "Combating the Influence of Black Stereotypes in Children's
Books." Reading Teacher 27 (May 1974):540-44. (Excerpt
in MacCann, Cultural Conformity (1977), pp. 155-61.)
Cook Library LB1573 .R28 Vol. 27
Becker,
J. "Racism in Children's and Young People's Literature in
the Western World." Journal of Peace Research 10, no.
3 (1973):295-303.
Bingham,
J. "A Content Analysis of the Treatment of Negro Characters
in Children's Picture Books 1930-1968." Ph.D. dissertation,
Michigan State University, 1970, 218 pp. DA 31:2411A.
Cook Library microfilm/ PS173 .N4 B56x
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"The Pictorial Treatment of Afro-Americans in Books for Young
Children 1930-68." Elementary Education 48 (November
1971):880-85.
Booth,
M. F. "Black Ghetto Life Portrayed in Novels for the Adolescent."
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Iowa, 1971, 172 pp., DA
32:1503A.
Brady,
Shawn. Looking for a Face Like Mine [videorecording].
Bowling Green, OH: The University, 2001.
de Grummond N8232 .L66 2001
Broderick,
D. M. Image of the Black in Children's Literature.
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1973.
Cook Library and de Grummond PN1009 .Z6 B7
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"Lessons in Leadership." School Library Journal 18
(February 1971):31-33.
Cook Library Z675 .S3 S29115 Vol.18
Brown,
E. "Emerging Concepts of Social-Developmental Tasks of the
Young Black Adolescent in Ten Selected Black Junior Novels."
Ed.D. dissertation, Temple University, 1974, 192 pp., DA 36:3380A.
Chall,
J. S., et al. "Blacks in the World of Children's Books." Reading
Teacher 32 (February 1979):527-33.
Cook Library LB1573 .R28 Vol. 32
Council
on Interracial Books for Children. Human and Anti-Human
Values in Children's Books: A Content Rating Instrument for
Educators and Parents. New York: CIBC Racism and Sexism
Resource Center for Educators, 1976.
de Grummond PN1009 .A1 H75 1976
Davis,
M. W. "Black Images in Children's Literature: Revised Editions
Needed." Library Journal 97 (15 January 1972):261-63
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Cook Library Z671 .L7 Vol. 97 and Cook Libray Z675
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Dixon,
B. Catching Them Young: Sex, Race and Class in Children's
Fiction. London: Pluto Press, 1978.
de Grummond PN1009 .A1 D57
Duff
O. "Treatment of Blacks in Selected Literature Anthologies
for Grades Nine through Twelve Published Since 1968." Ph.D.
dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 1974, pp. 155, DA
35:2219A.
Editors.
"Racist Nursery Rhyme Has Long Life," Interracial
Books for Children Bulletin 10:7 (1979): 14
de Grummond Z1037 .A1 I795 Vol. 7-10
Fisher,
W. M. "Images of Black American Children in Contemporary Realistic
Fiction for Children." Ed.D. dissertation, Columbia University,
1971, 174 pp., DA 32:2302A.
Frank,
Z. "The Portrayal of Black Americans in Pictures and Content
in the Caldecott Award Books and Honor Books from 1938-1978."
Ed.D. dissertation, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1979,
193 pp., DA 40:4398A.
Gant,
L. "That One's Me." Redbook, August 1972.
Goddard,
R. K. "Humanizing the Black Hero in Fiction for Children."
California Librarian 34 (October 1973):50-54.
Goncalves,
W. K. "Little Black Sambo and the Legacy of Image in African
American Literature for Children." Paper presented at the
Annual Conference and Exhibit of the Association for Supervision
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Graham,
B. "Multi-Ethnic Literature: Where Are We Now?" Bulletin
of the Children's Literature Assembly 6, no. 2 (Spring-Summer
1981).
Hamilton,
V. "High John Is Risen Again." Horn Book 51 (April
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Haskins,
J. "Racism and Sexism in Children's Nonfiction." Children's
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1976.
de Grummond PN1009 .A1 C514 Vol. 5
Horning,
K. T. "The Contributions of Alternative Press Publishers to
Multicultural Literature for Children." Library Trends
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Cook Library Z671 .L6173 Vol. 41
Jones,
J. P. "Negro Stereotypes in Children's Literature: The Case
of Nancy Drew." Journal of Negro Education 4 (Spring
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Khorana,
M. Critical Perspectives on Postcolonial African Children's
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de Grummond Z3508 .C5 K48 1994
Kiah,
R. B. "The Black Teenager in Young Adult Novels By Award-Winning
Authors." Paper presented at the Southeast National Council
of Teachers of English Affiliate Conference (Atlanta, Georgia,
25-27 September, 1980). ERIC Educational Document Reproduction
Service, 1980, 14 pp., ED 193 636.
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"Content Analysis of Children's Contemporary Realistic Fiction
About Black People in the United States to Determine If and
How a Sample of These Stories Portray Selected Salient Experiences
of Black People." Ph.D. dissertation, Michigan State University,
1976, 274 pp., DA 37:3781A.
Kohl,
H., Should We Burn Babar?: Essays on Children's Literature
and the Power of Stories. New York: New Press, 1995.
Cook Library PS153 .M56 K65 1995
Kraus,
K. "From Steppin Stebbins to Soul Brothers: Racial Strife
in Adolescent Fiction." Arizona English Bulletin 18,
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Y68 1978
Lanes,
S. "Black Is Bountiful." In Down the Rabbit Hole; Atheneum,
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Cox Library and de Grummond PN1009 .A1 L3 1971
Latimer,
B. I. "Children's Books and Racism." Black Scholar
4 (May-June 1973):21-27.
Cook Library E185.5 .B575 Vol. 4
Lester,
J. and Woods, G. "Black and White: An Exchange." New York
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MacCann, Black American (1972), pp. 28-35 and (1985),
pp.66-72).
Logan,
Mawuena Kossi. Narrating Africa: George Henty and the Fiction
of Empire. New York: Garland, 1999. de Grummond on
order
MacCann,
D. et al, Apartheid and Racism in South African Children's
Literature, 1985-1995. New York: Routledge, 2001. de
Grummond on order
MacCann,
D. and Woodard, G., The Black American in Books for Children:
Readings in Racism. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1972.
Cook Library Stacks and Reference PN1009 .A1 M23 1972
----.
The Black American in Books for Children: Readings in Racism,
2nd edition. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1985.
de Grummond PN1009 .A1 M23 1985
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Cultural Conformity in Books for Children: Further Readings
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MacCann,
D. and Richard, O. "Picture Books for Children." Wilson
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MacCann,
D. The Child's First Books: A Critical Study of Pictures
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Cook Library, Cox Library and de Grummond Z1023 .M25 1973
----.
White Supremacy in Children's Literature: Characterizations
of African Americans, 1830-1900. New York: Garland, 1998.
Cook Library PS173 .N4 M33 1998
Maddy,
Y. A. and MacCann, D., African Images in Juvenile Literature:
Commentaries on Neocolonialist Fiction. Jefferson, NC:
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de Grummond PN1009.5 .A47 M33 1996
Madison,
J. "School Integration in Children's Literature." Integrated
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A. "The Minority Image in Books for Youth: Evolution and Evaluation."
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N. "Censorship and The Black Child: Can the Real Story Ever
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de Grummond Vertical File: African American Children's
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D. "Through a Glass Darkly: Representation of the Negro in
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Myers,
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de Grummond Z1037 .A1 I795 Vol. 7-10
Otey,
R. W. "An Inquiry into the Themes of Isolation in Adolescent
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C. A. "Good-bye Black Sambo." Ebony, November 1972,
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R. A. "Adventures in Blackland with Keats and Steptoe." Interracial
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-----.
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"Making Books Available: The Role of Early Libraries, Librarians
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L. B. "Black Traditions in Children's Literature: A Content
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"What Matters the Color of the Tiger's Stripes?: The Significance
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Stanford,
B. and Amin, K. Black Literature for High School Students.
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(1944-1989) created by Augusta Baker, librarian at the New
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