{"pk":36324,"title":"Searching for Culturally Responsive Books to Share With K-8 Students: A Teacher’s Guide","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The American educational curriculum has historically lacked images of diversity and differing worldviews. Although progress has been slow in changing this fact, multicultural books for K-8 students are more widely available than in the past several decades. Authors, illustrators, publishers, and educators are more committed to providing a large collection of culturally responsive resources. Nevertheless, teachers are responsible for choosing high-quality books to share with their students. This process requires carefully evaluating each work. Just because a book is approved by the district, a gift from a publisher, or the result of funding from a large corporation, it isn’t necessarily an appropriate choice for students. In this article two teachers model the process of choosing high-quality culturally responsive books for students, using a comprehensive list of guidelines to critically examine both text and illustrations.","language":"eng","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"CATESOL Exchanges","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3kt7648v","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Valerie","middle_name":"","last_name":"Amber","name_suffix":"","institution":"National University, Costa Mesa","department":""},{"first_name":"Tom","middle_name":"","last_name":"Gibbons","name_suffix":"","institution":"National University, Costa Mesa","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2007-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/catesoljournal/article/36324/galley/27176/download/"}]}