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Author:

Martin, Michelle H., 1966-

Title:

Brown gold : milestones of African-American children's picture books, 1845-2002 / by Michelle H. Martin.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xxi, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism--History and criticism
American literature--African American authors.--Bibliography.
Children's literature, American--History and criticism.
Children's literature, American.--Bibliography.
Picture books for children--United States.--Bibliography.
Picture books for children--United States.
African Americans in literature
African Americans in art.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-221) and index.

Contents:

"Hey, Who's the Kid with the Green Umbrella?": a Reevaluation of Little Black Sambo and the Black-a-moor -- From Ten Little Niggers to Afro-Bets: Images of Blackness in Picture Books for Young Readers, 1870s to 2000s -- The Influence of the Black Arts Movement on African- American Children's Picture Books -- Pushing the Boundaries: The Coretta Scott King Award Picture Books -- From Margin to Center: African-American Artistic Legacies Shaping the Genre -- Historical America through the Eyes of the Black Child -- "Just Build Me a Cabin the Corner of Glory Land": Depictions of Heaven in African-American Children's Picture Books -- "Ain't I Fine?": Black Modes of Discourse in Contemporary African-American Children's Picture Books -- "Why Are We Reading This Stuff?": A Pedagogy of Teaching African-American Children's Picture Books.

Series:

Children's literature and culture [32]

ISBN:

9780415938570 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415938570 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52895254

LCCN:

2003017568

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)