Books as Partners: Diverse Literature in the Early Childhood Classroom. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Books as Partners: Diverse Literature in the Early Childhood Classroom

How can diverse literature be woven throughout the early childhood curriculum? What kind of learning opportunities do high quality diverse books offer young children? Diverse books in the early childhood classroom can facilitate dialogue and understanding about differences, diversity, and respect. Books as Partners incorporates research from literacy, early childhood education, and multicultural education to support educators in their daily work with K-3 students. This professional resource provides research-based evidence for incorporating diverse literature in the early childhood classroom and features annotated bibliographies with a critical analysis based on knowledge of child development and best practices in literacy education.With the increased instructional demands within the early childhood setting, teachers can incorporate diverse text sets to meet national standards, ensure that selections are authentic and developmentally appropriate, and provide engaging literature responses across the curriculum. Teachers will be able to transform their classroom practices based on suggestions from the supporting research, classroom vignettes, multimodal text sets, and author/illustrator spotlights embedded throughout the book.

Lesley Colabucci is an associate professor of early, middle, and exceptional education at Millersville University of Pennsylvania where she teaches courses in children's literature at the graduate and undergraduate level.

Mary Napoli is an associate professor of reading at Penn State Harrisburg where she teaches literacy education and children's literature courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.