finleysmaid Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 HI Guys i need to increase our range of books that cover other cultures....anyone got any good reads? Afro Caribbean not really appropriate but most of the rest of the world represented in our group ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) Hi, we have some books by Rebecca Rissman (I think it is) one is festivals around the world and one is money around the world and I can’t remember the others but will have a look Monday. edit - this is another one Edited March 23, 2018 by Mouseketeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 Thanks Mousketeer i'll go and have a look at those....i would really like to just find some books which have 'ordinary children in them who belong to different cultures. It's really tricky to find books which discuss different languages, beliefs and cultures without them showing a stereotyped world. few of my children actually 'come' from a different country but they are immersed in that culture in England . I want them to be able to see 'themselves' in a positive light in a story. Beginning to think i might have to develop some myself! I went to some global world training many years ago and it struck me that often we present a very weird view of the world to our little ones.....Africa is not covered in wild animals and people in Iceland don't live in igloos. Humm reading this through perhaps i don't know what i want !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouseketeer Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Ok, so fiction books more ? We have a few but struggling to remember titles (will check) ...but then I can be half way through a book myself and still not have a clue what the title is :-/ I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 yes i think that's probably more what i'm looking for. Just very aware that i have children representing 12 countries but very few books with children in that they can relate to Maybe i'm over thinking?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildflowers Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 'Children Just Like Me' https://www.dk.com/uk/9780241207352-children-just-like-me/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 32 minutes ago, Wildflowers said: 'Children Just Like Me' https://www.dk.com/uk/9780241207352-children-just-like-me/ thanks ..yes have that one...and the other in the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildflowers Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 (edited) A search for fiction got me here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3721.Best_Multicultural_Books_for_Children Ignore! Edited March 25, 2018 by Wildflowers Discovered it was for older children. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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