Multicultural Books Essay

At a young age children believe almost everything that they hear. Parents and teachers need to be very careful and selective with what they talk about around children. One challenge that teachers and parents face is choosing the appropriate books to read for their young ones. One book genre that has caused a good amount of chaos and controversy are multicultural books. Adults are afraid of exposing their children to these kinds of books because they do not want them to be influenced by the negative stereotypes that many of these books contain. However multicultural books can help children to empathize with others and learn about different cultures, the right books just need to be selected. Parents and teachers need to find books that

It is also important to focus more on the similarities versus the differences because at the end of the day we are all human and should not be judged on where we are from, but on our character. Focusing on the differences will only make children think of others as different or make them think of themselves as “better”. It is important for children to know that everyone should be treated equally, regardless of their social class or the color of their

Dancing TeePees by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve was a great book that I came across. This was probably the most interesting multicultural book that I have read. This book was about the Native American culture, it was filled with songs, lullabies, and poems. These poems along with the illustrations are very accurate and realistic. It is simply a small glimpse into the beautiful culture of Native Americans, it does not discriminate or talk about stereotypes. The second book, All for the Better by Nicholasa Mohr is a multicultural Puerto Rican American book. The main character Evelina, moves from Puerto Rico to New York. This book tells her story about how she helped her family get what they deserve among many other accomplishments. The part about this book that I liked most was the fact that it was nonfiction and the back of the book contained notes of the life accomplishments that were not mentioned in the book. This book is fun to read for most children and shows them the struggles people go through just to get what they deserve. It helps them to empathize with others and appreciate the hard work of