Ethnic literary traditions in American children's literature

Esteemed contributors expand the range of possibilities for reading, understanding, and teaching children's literature as ethnic literature rather than children's literature in this ambitious collection.

• Acknowledgments p. ix
• 1 Do Dick and Jane Still Live Here? Reading Children'sLiterature as Ethnic Literature p. 1 Yvonne Atkinson and Michelle Pagni Stewart
• Section I American Indian Literature p. 9
• 2 Listening to the Loon: On Finding the Ideas for My Books p. 11 Joseph Bruchac
• 3 Survival through Stories: An Introduction to Indian Literatures p. 17 P. Jane Hafen
• 4 Oral Narrative and Ojibwa Story Cycles in Louise Erdrich's: Birchbark House and Game of Silence p. 29 Elizabeth Gargano
• 5 Alive and Well and Reclaiming Their Cultural Voice: Third Generation Native American Children's Literature p. 45 Michelle Pagni Stewart
• Section II African American Literature p. 63
• 6 The Cadence of Language: An Interview with Julius Lester p. 65 Yvonne Atkinson
• 7 "Way Down in the Jungle Deep, the Lion Stepped on the Monkey's Feet": An Introduction to African American Literature p. 71 Yvonne Atkinson
• 8 Trauma and National Identity in Haitian-American Young Adult Literature p. 83 Katharine Capshaw Smith
• 9 For All My Children, or Approaching African American Children's Picture Books p. 99 Neal A. Lester
• Section III Asian American Literature p. 115
• 10 On Finding a Home p. 117 Cynthia Kadohata
• 11 Foreigners Within: An Introduction to Asian American Literature p. 123 Traise Yamamoto
• 12 Acts of "Desicreation": Urban Space and South Asian American Identity in Tanuja Desai Hidier's Born Confused p. 135 Melinda L. de Jesús
• 13 Examining History: Representing War in Asian American Autobiographies for Children p. 147 Rorío G. Davis
• Section IV Latinalo Literature p. 163
• 14 Writing on Violence and Healing for Young Audiences: An Interview with Rigoberto González p. 165 Tiffany Ana López
• 15 Art, Activism and Community: An Introduction to Latina/o Literature p. 171 Tanya González
• 16 Conflicting Inclinations: Luis J. Rodríguez's Picture Books for Children p. 191 Phillip Serrato
• 17 Reading Trauma and Violence in U.S. Latina/o Children's Literature p. 205 Tiffany Ana López
• Sources for Further Study p. 227
• Notes on Contributors p. 241
• Index p. 245