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Free within Ourselves
The Development of African American Children's Literature
 Rudine Sims Bishop

0-313-34093-5/978-0-313-34093-2

Description
Provides a narrative history of African American children's literature in relation to its social contexts.

Reviews:
-Bishop traces the evolution of fiction written for black children and by black authors and illustrators within the context of African-American social and literary history....Her writing is precise and engaging, and it really comes alive when presenting primary-source material....She provides an extensive bibliography for further exploration. Librarians as well as teachers will be enriched by this work. —School Library Journal
-Bishop covers a range of authors, subjects and developments in African American children's literature, starting with early efforts to provide reading before the turn of the twentieth century. She covers motivational literature of the 1920s, African American poetry and picture books that explained history and community, illustration specific to the genre, realistic new literature focusing on teens and preteens, and historical fiction aimed at young readers. —Reference & Research Book News
-"In this comprehensive study, renowned expert Rudine Sims Bishop explores the emergence of a distinct literature in the 19th century 'written by African Americans, focused on African American people and their life experiences, and primarily intended for children up to age fourteen' and traces its development until the beginning of the 21st century. […] The wealth of information and the engaging writing style make this an indispensible treasury for academics as well as librarians, teachers and general readers." —Bookbird
About the Author
Rudine Sims Bishop is Professor Emerita of Education at Ohio State University, where she has taught courses on children's literature. Her previous books include Shadow and Substance: Afro-American Experience in Contemporary Children's Fiction (1982), Presenting Walter Dean Myers (1990), Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8 (1994), and Wonders: The Best Children's Poems of Effie Lee Newsome (1999). She has won several awards and has been on the selection committees for both the Caldecott and Newbery Medals.
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