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ISLAM

Literature for Young People:  Islamic Traditions and Muslim Cultures
    Kay E. Vandergrift

The World of Arab and Muslim Children in Children’s Books
   list created by Dr. Judith Lechner/Auburn University (as of 2004)

Arab Children's Literature
   Booklinks/January 2006
Islamic Fiction Books.com
Books for Youth About Ramadan and Islam
 
Illinois University Library
War and Peace in Children's Literature
    Cynthia Leitich Smith (children's author)
Ramadan:  A Muslim Holy Day
Themed reviews
Children's Literature reviewers read and critically review more than 4,000 books annually. Our mission is to help teachers, librarians, childcare providers and parents make appropriate literary choices for children. Founded in 1993 by Marilyn Courtot, a trained librarian, the review staff has grown to more than 125.

LIST generated from titles submitted from CHILDLIT listserv members (March 2010)
as well as titles of books in my own collection that might be of interest

Please go back to main multicultural page
and look at a variety of publishers who also focus on diversity.

 

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Diversity Matters: Growing Markets in Children's Publishing
by Laura Atkins
Children's Literature in a Time of National Tragedy
ERIC Identifier: ED457525
PubChildren's Literature in a Time of National Tragedy. ERIC Digest. lication Date: 2001-12-00
Author: Lu, Mei-Yu
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading English and Communication Bloomington IN.

Children's Literature in Turkey
Fatih Erdogan, Library Science Department,
IstanbulUniversity, Galatasaray,
Istanbul, Turkey/1995

Muslims in Children's Books
An author looks back and at the ongoing publishing challenges
by Rukshana Khan
School Library Journal