scholarly journals A de Grummond Primer: Highlights of the Children’s Literature Collection

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Hunter Ruffin
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Color Images ◽  
Illustrated Books ◽  
Full Color ◽  
African American Children's Literature

The first book-length project on the Collection, edited by Carolyn J. Brown, Ellen Hunter Ruffin, and Eric L. Tribunella, includes unique aspects of the holdings in scholarly essays written by children’s literature “notables.” Along with over ninety full-color images, the book examines the Collection’s strengths: Fairy tales, 19th Century periodicals, African American children’s literature, the Golden Age of illustrated books, early books for children, and many more.

scholarly journals What Can Danish Multicultural Children’s Literature and African American Children’s Literature Learn from Each Other?

Barnboken ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia Mansour ◽  
Michelle H. Martin
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Multicultural Education ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Multicultural Literature ◽  
The United States ◽  
Multicultural Children's Literature ◽  
African American Children's Literature ◽  
Literary Histories ◽  
Definition Of

In its pedagogical context, multicultural literature is defined as an instrument for multicultural education that seeks to include and raise the voices of historically silenced and invisible minorities in the school curriculum.The contemporary American definition of multicultural literature emphasizes #OwnVoices and elevates authentic stories from insider perspectives, while in Denmark, no clear line is drawn between the author’s background and the literary content when categorizing multicultural literature that depicts minorities’ experiences. In this article, an African American scholar and a Danish scholar will put Danish and African American children’s literary histories in dialogue with one another and ask what Danish multicultural literature can learn from existing definitions within American multicultural and African American children’s literature, formulated by Rudine Sims Bishop, Mingshui Cai, and Michelle H. Martin. They will also address what literary movements and practices might be adapted to facilitate a more welcoming space for minority stories in Danish literature. In the United States, lively conversations are occurring about insiders vs. outsiders, #OwnVoices, and stereotypes; what are the implications for Danish children’s literature? The writers will analyze recently published works from each country that depicts the lives of minoritized people such as Özlem Cekic and Dorte Karrebæk’s Ayse får en lillebror (2018) and Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James’s Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut (2017). This comparative analysis will highlight how marginalized and silenced voices bring new perspectives and fresh ideas into the cultural conversations of each country that would otherwise go unrepresented in children’s literature.  

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