Many Peoples, One Land: A Guide to New Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults

by Agnes Regan Perkins and Alethea K. Helbig

Celebrating the wealth of quality multicultural literature recently published for children and young adults, this valuable resource examines the fiction, oral tradition, and poetry from four major ethnic groups in the United States. Each of these genres is considered in turn for the literature dealing with African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native-American Indians. Taking up where their earlier volume This Land is Our...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313309671
• ISBN13: 9780313309670
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A fine library reference

This guide to the new multicultural literature available for children and young adults is divided both by age group and ethnic group; from Hispanic American fiction and Native American oral traditions to African American fiction. Bibliographic listings include plot overviews, age group references, and insights on the ethnic literary traditions explored in each title. A fine library reference or a key to building a multicultural collection.