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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Bishop, Rudine Sims.     Subjects     American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.     Children's literature, American -- History and criticism.     African Americans in literature.     African American children.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bishop, Rudine Sims.       by title:      Free within ourselve...         MARC Display

Free within ourselves : the development of African American children's literature / Rudine Sims Bishop. by Bishop, Rudine Sims. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007. Subjects American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.   Children's literature, American -- History and criticism.   African Americans in literature.   African American children. ISBN:  9780325071350 (alk. paper) 0325071357 (alk. paper) 9780313340932 (alk. paper) 0313340935 (alk. paper) Description:  xvi, 295 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 27 cm. Contents:  Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Before 1900 : sowing the seeds of African American children's literature -- 2. For the children of the sun : African American children's literature begins to bloom -- 3. Breaking new ground : Arna Bontemps and some of his contemporaries -- 4. "Give them back their own souls" : change and the need for change -- 5. African American poetry for children : soft Black songs -- 6. African American picture books take shape : authenticating the worlds of Black children -- 7. African American picture books expand : celebrating the past, reflecting the present -- 8. African American illustrators of children's books : nine pacesetters -- 9. Newer African American illustrators : expanding possibilities, maintaining traditions -- 10. African American children's fiction : illuminating the life of the people -- 11. African American contemporary realistic fiction : focus on teens and preteens -- 12. African American historical fiction : telling a people's story -- some concluding thoughts -- References -- Index.   Copy/Holding information Call No. Collection Status Location   PS153.N5 B526 2007 Circulating Books Checked In St. Clair County Community College Library Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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