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Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities have a long history in the United States, from Filipino sailors arriving as early as the 1750s to the present day, with AAPIs who have origins in more than 30 countries and number 22 million, nearly 6 percent of the U.S. population. Despite this growing presence, there remains a gap in curricula regarding AAPI communities and their experiences in our schools.
Children’s literature offers one way to close this gap. Multicultural education experts, including Emily Style and Rudine Sims Bishop, developed the idea of children’s literature serving as “windows” into others’ realities and “mirrors” for children from backgrounds that have been historically excluded to see themselves and their families reflected in texts.
Top books, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults revealed at ALA Midwinter Virtual January 25, 2021
On January 25, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz awards at its Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits taking place virtually from Chicago.
A list of all the 2021 award winners follows:
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature:
When You Trap a Tiger, written by Tae Keller, is the 2021 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House.
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Shuttered by the region’s latest coronavirus surge, area museums are continuing to come up with innovative ways to keep their doors open virtually, anyway! and engage the public. Case in point: California Museum Live!, a new series of interactive virtual tours led by California Museum docents who will introduce viewers in real time to some of the museum’s signature exhibits.
The hour-long programs, to run on the last Saturday of the month at 11 a.m., kick off Jan. 30 with a tour of “Gold Mountain: Chinese California Stories,” an exhibit launched in January 2020 that, per the downtown Sacramento museum’s website, “chronicles the history and contributions of Chinese Americans to California from the Gold Rush to the present day.”
∙ Sono Osato (dancer)
∙ Flossie Wong-Staal (scientist)
Artist Juan Calle’s 60 dynamic color illustrations bring these fascinating and relevant portraits to life.
Immigrants and their children continue to enrich our nation’s culture. Discover important chapters of American history not covered in school textbooks, and the marvelous accomplishments of these groundbreaking pioneers.
Oliver Chin wrote the popular annual children’s book series “Tales from the Chinese Zodiac,” “Julie Black Belt,” and “Welcome to Monster Isle.” He co-wrote the “Asian Hall of Fame” series with Phil Amara. He lives in San Francisco.
Amara was an editor at Dark Horse Comics, and wrote “The Nevermen,” “The Treehouse Heroes,” and “So, You Wanna Be a Comic Book Artist?” He is an elementary school teacher in Boston.