appendix C Children’s Literature Bibliographies Developed in consultation with more than a dozen experts, this bibliography is struc- tured to help you find and enjoy quality literature, and to help you spend more time read- ing children’s books than a textbook. It is also structured to help meet the needs of elementary teachers. The criteria used for selection are • Because it is underused, an emphasis on multicultural and international literature • Because they are underrepresented, an emphasis on the work of “cultural insiders” and authors and illustrators of color • High literary quality and high visual quality for picture books • Appeal to a dual audience of adults and children • A blend of the old and the new • Curricular usefulness to practicing teachers • Suitable choices for permanent classroom libraries Many of the books are award winners. To help you find books for ELLs, I have placed a plus sign (+) if the book is writ- ten in both English and another language. To help you find multicultural authors and il- lustrators, I have placed an asterick (*) to indicate that the author and/or illustrator is a member of underrepresented groups. They are also often cultural insiders. I identify the ethnicity of the authors only if they are is clearly identified in the book. Appendix D in Encountering Children’s Literature: An Arts Approach by Jane Gangi (2004) has a com- plete list of international and multicultural authors who correspond with the astericks. Some writers and illustrators of color want to be known as good writers and good illustrators, not as good “Latino” or “Japanese American” writers and/or illustrators. An African American, an illustrator, and a writer, Brian Pinkney says, “I want to be known as a Black artist because there’s a need out there.”1 Hopefully, in time, the imbalance that currently exists will decrease and I can eliminate the asterisks because we will have a generation of teachers attuned to multicultural and global literature, and people of color who live in the United States—Americans all—will no longer be underrepresented in the schools. 1 Qtd. in Julie Cummins, Children’s Book Illustration and Design (New York: Library of Applied Design, PBC International, Inc., 1992), p. 148. 1 2 appendix c • Children’s Literature Bibliographies I have included out-of-print books because they are often easily located through in- terlibrary loan. If you’ve never tried using interlibrary loan, try it—it’s one of the great- est inventions of the twentieth century. I could not have written this book with out Sachi Spohn and Lorna Rhyins, two wonderful interlibrary loan librarians. Books came to me from all over my state and, sometimes, the nation. Although the organization of this appendix is basically by genre, and categories within the genres (excepting Chapters 9 and 13), you can cluster your readings in other organizational patterns, making your own connections—thematic, geographical, and so on. The Notes throughout will help you make these connections. Some of the books have mature themes and may not be appropriate for young elementary children. Cross- references to other chapters usually mean in this bibliography. If you find an author you like, you can usually find more books by that author not listed here. Again, for tribal af- filiations, please refer to Appendix D, which appears in Jane Gangi’s Encountering Chil- dren’s Literature: An Arts Approach (2004, Allyn and Bacon). The consultants for each bibliography are introduced at the beginning of each sec- tion; each section corresponds to Chapters 4 through 13 in the book. Gabriella Kaye, chil- dren’s librarian at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, made suggestions for many chapters. Bibliography for Chapter 4 The Picture Book: Linking Word and Image The structure for this bibliography: classics, biography and autobiography, contempo- rary realism, fantasy, historical fiction, historical realism, wordless, concept books, and reprints of old/rare stories. Classics is first on the list to help you gain an awareness of books that have delighted children for more than forty years, and to help you prepare for national exit exams that sometimes refer to these books. Beginning at 1960 is arbi- trary as a dividing line, but seems to make sense in light of the explosion of children’s books that has occurred since. Connie Rockman, chair of the 2001 Caldecott Award and editor of the Eighth and Ninth Books of Junior Authors and Illustrators, and Julie Cummins, author of books in the field, including Children’s Book Illustration and Design, Volumes 1 and 2, were the consultants for this bibliography. Classics: Picture Storybooks That Have Daugherty, James. 1938. Andy and the Lion. New Lasted (before 1960) York: Viking. Bemelmans, Ludwig. 1939. Madeline. New York: Viking. Gág, Wanda. 1928. Millions of Cats. New York: Coward. Brown, Margaret Wise. 1947. Goodnight Moon. Illus- Johnson, Crockett. 1955. Harold and the Purple trated by Clement Hurd. New York: Harper. Crayon. New York: HarperCollins. ———. 1942. The Runaway Bunny. Illustrated by Kraus, Ruth. 1945. The Carrot Seed. Illustrated by Clement Hurd. New York: Harper. Crockett Johnson. New York: Harper. Burton, Virginia Lee. 1942. The Little House. Boston: Leaf, Munro. 1936. The Story of Ferdinand. Illustrated Houghton. by Robert Lawson. New York: Viking. ———. 1939. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. McCloskey, Robert. 1948. Blueberries for Sal. New Boston: Houghton. York: Viking. Picture Storybooks: Biography and Autobiography 3 ———. 1941. Make Way for Ducklings. New York: *Birchfield, D. L. 1995. Tecumseh: Leader. Illustrated Viking. by Murv Jacob. Morristown, NJ: Modern Curricu- Minarik, Else Homelund. 1957. Little Bear. Illustrated lum Press. by Maurice Sendak. New York: Harper. Bradby, Marie. 1995. More Than Anything Else. Illus- Potter, Beatrix. 1988 [1902]. The Tale of Peter Rabbit trated by Chris K. Soentpiet. New York: Orchard. Library. New York: Warne. (Booker T. Washington) Rey, H. A. 1941. Curious George. Boston: Houghton. *Bridges, Ruby. 1999. Through My Eyes. Scholastic. Seuss, Dr. 1960. Green Eggs and Ham. New York: Ran- Brown, Don. 2000. Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kings- dom House. ley in Africa. Boston: Houghton. ———. 1957. The Cat in the Hat. New York: Random ———. 1997. Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure. House. Boston: Houghton. ———. 1940. Horton Hatches the Egg. New York: Ran- ———. 1993. Ruth Law Thrills a Nation. Boston: dom House. Houghton. ———. 1938. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. *Bruchac, Joseph. 1994. A Boy Called Slow: The True New York: Vanguard. Story of Sitting Bull. Illustrated by Rocco Baviera. ———. 1937. And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry New York: Philomel. Street. New York: Vanguard. *———. 2000. Crazy Horse’s Vision. Illustrated by Shaw, Charles G. 1988 [1947]. It Looked Like Spilt S. D. Nelson. New York: Lee & Low. Milk. New York: Harper. Burleigh, Robert. 1998. Home Run. Illustrated by Mike Slobodkina, Esphyr. 1940. Caps for Sale. New York: Wimmer. San Diego: Harcourt. (Babe Ruth) Scholastic. Celenza, Anna Harwell. 2000. The Farewell Sym- *Yashima, Taro. 1955. Crow Boy. New York: Viking. phony. Watertown, MA: Talewinds. (Haydn) *Cha, Dia. 1996. Dia’s Story Cloth: The Hmong Peo- Picture Storybooks: Biography and ple’s Journey of Freedom. Stitched by Chue and Nhia Thao Cha. New York: Lee & Low and Den- Autobiography ver Museum of Natural History. NOTE: The following books can connect with both Christensen, Bonnie. 2001. Woodie Guthrie: Poet of the historical literature (Chapter 9) and with biographies People. New York: Knopf. grouped by career (Chapter 10). *Cline-Ransome, Lesa. 2000. Satchel Paige. Illustrated Adler, David. 2000. America’s Champion Swimmer: by James Ransome. New York: Simon and Schuster. Gertrude Ederle. Illustrated by Terry Widener. San *+Cohn, Diana. 2002. ¡Sí, se puede!/Yes, We Can!: Diego: Harcourt. Janitor Strike in L.A. Illustrated by Francisco Del- ———. 1997. Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man Alive. gado. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos. Illustrated by Terry Widener. San Diego: Har- *Coles, Robert. 1995. The Story of Ruby Bridges. Illus- court. trated by George Ford. New York: Scholastic. *Anaya, Rudolfo. 2000. Elegy on the Death of César *Cooper, Floyd. 1996. Mandela: From the Life of the Chávez. Illustrated by Gaspar Enriquez. El Paso, South African Statesman. New York: Philomel. TX: Cinco Puntos. *———. 1994. Coming Home: From the Life of Armstrong, Jennifer. 2000. Spirit of Endurance: The Langston Hughes. New York: Putnam’s. True Story of the Shackleton Expedition to the Demi. 2001. Gandhi. New York: McElderry. Antarctic. Illustrated by William Maughan. New dePaola, Tomie. 1989. The Art Lesson. New York: Put- York: Crown. nam’s. *Ashe, Camera. 1993. Daddy and Me: A Photo Story Dionetti, Michelle. 1996. Painting the Wind: A Story of of Arthur Ashe and His Daughter Camera. Pho- Vincent Van Gogh. Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. tographs and words by Jeanne Moutonous- Boston: Little, Brown. samy–Ashe. New York: Knopf. *Everett, Gwen. 1993. John Brown: One Man Against Atkins, Jeannine. 1999. Mary Anning and the Sea Slavery. Illustrated by Jacob Lawrence. New York: Dragon. New York: Farrar. Rizzoli. Bedard, Michael. 1992. Emily. Illustrated by Barbara *———. 1991. Li’l Sis and Uncle Willie: A Story Based Cooney. New York: Doubleday. (Emily Dickinson) on the Life and Paintings of William H. Johnson. 4 appendix c • Children’s Literature Bibliographies Illustrated with photographs and reproductions of Krull, Kathleen. 2000. Vision of Beauty: The Story of paintings by William H. Johnson. Washington, Sarah Breedlove Walker. Illustrated by Nneka Ben- D.C.: Rizzoli and National Museum of American nett. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick. Art, Smithsonian Institution. *———. 1996. Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Fisher, Leonard Everett. 1999. Alexander Graham Bell. Became the World’s Fastest Woman. Illustrated by New York: Atheneum. David Diaz. San Diego: Harcourt. ———. 1994. Marie Curie. New York: Macmillan. *Lawrence, Jacob. 1993 [1968]. Harriet and the Fradin, Dennis. 1997. Louis Braille: The Blind Boy Promised Land.