Blog post: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in children’s literature
Natural disasters around the world can be very devastating and life-changing for many people of all ages. These events can be portrayed through various nonfiction books that describe all the detailed statistics and news stories, however, some of these events…
Blog Post: A Study on Gender Stereotypes in Children’s Literature in Germany
Gender stereotyping in children’s literature is just as much of an issue in Germany as it is in the United States. In the article, “German Study: Gender Stereotypes Stick in Children’s Literature,” Irene Caselli discusses a study on over 50,000…
Book Review: Hating Alison Ashley
Book Title: Hating Alison Ashley Author: Robin Klein Genre: Fiction Age: 9-11 Hating Alison Ashley, written by Australian author, Robin Klein, could not be a more entertaining novel for young readers, or any age for that matter. It’s not difficult…
Book Review- Me in the Middle by Ana Maria Machado
Me in the Middle is written by Ana Maria Machado. Ana is a Brazilian writer of children’s books. She is a very renown writer for her children’s novels and winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award. This award is “the…
Blog post: Lesson Plan
For my blog post, I have created a lesson plan incorporating international children literature into the classroom. I chose to find a children’s picture book that was published in Australia as well as the setting taking place there too. The…
Blog Post: A Lesson Plan For Indian Cultural Diversity in The Blue Umbrella
Being a future educator, I am always looking for ideas and literature I can use in my own classroom one day. After reading The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond, I wanted to create a lesson plan for elementary school children,…
Book Review: Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono
Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono is a novel that originally became popular in Japan but then became popular in North America through a TV show. This novel is about a young witch who goes off on her own for…
Blog Post #2
For my second post, I would like to address the importance of using children’s literature as a gateway to helping children understand trauma and adverse events. Ursula Dubosarsky uses her brilliant novel, “The Golden Day”, to help children and adults…
Book Review: Umbrella or Olive Branch?
The Blue Umbrella by Ruskin Bond is a children’s fiction book that explores the importance of being kind, even when it is inconvenient to oneself. The Blue Umbrella is set in India in a small village in the mountains. The…
Blog Post – Books for Africa, Books from Africa
For my blog post I decided to focus on a project called Books for Africa, Books from Africa by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) which is an exhibition of children’s books that are published by African…