Cultural Journeys

Pamela S. Gates is professor of English and the Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences at Central Michigan University.Dianne L. Hall Mark is professor of education and dean of the William L. Spadoni College of Education at Coastal Carolina University.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 1. Why Do We Study Multicultural Literature?Chapter 4 2. Defining Literary StandardsChapter 5 3. Picture BooksChapter 6 4. Folktales, Fairy Tales, and Tall TalesChapter 7 5. Historical FictionChapter 8 6. Nonfiction: Biography, Informational Texts, and AutobiographyChapter 9 7. Realistic FictionChapter 10 8. PoetryChapter 11 9. Creating the Climate for SuccessChapter 12 Appendix: Additional Cultural Resources and Unit PlansChapter 13 BibliographyChapter 14 IndexChapter 15 About the Authors

In Cultural Journeys, Pamela S. Gates and Dianne L. Hall Mark offer an accessible, thorough, and imminently current overview of both multicultural texts written for children and young adults and the issues and scholarship that surround such texts. In orienting their overview through structuralist terms and the genres of children's and young adult literature, Gates and Mark's representation of the field effectively captures and engages students' attention in the college classroom.