Children with disabilities; children of diverse cultures and languages

Please choose books that are inclusive of the following: children with disabilities; children of diverse cultures and languages; secondly, children of color;

Children with disabilitie children of diverse cultures and languages

Minimum of 500 words for each book review, 2500 words for the whole paper, five different children’s books. Please choose books that are inclusive of the following: children with disabilities; secondly, children of diverse cultures and languages; also, children of color; children’s genders; diverse levels of socioeconomic status; diverse family structures such as blended, gay and lesbian, adopted, single parent, extended families and etc.  The books you choose must be children’s literature and at least two books must be aimed at preschool aged children (2-6 years of age).

The required format for this assignment is:

Part 1:
Title:
Author:
Illustrator:
Publisher:
Copyright Date

Part 2:
Check the illustrations: (Describe the illustrations and look for stereotypes and tokenism).

Check the story line: (Describe the story line in a minimum of 100 words).

Look at the lifestyles: (Describe the lifestyles).

Weigh the relationships between people: Describe the illustrations).

Note the heroes: (Describe the heroes).

Consider the potential effects on a child’s self and also social identities: (Describe the potential effects).

Consider the author’s or illustrator’s background and also perspective: (Describe the perspectives).

Watch for loaded words: (Describe the words and also the potential impact on children).

Look at the copyright date: (Include the date and the effect you think this may have on authenticity).

Always keep in mind the power of books: (Describe the impact that the words and also imagines in this book might have on children).