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Finding Authentic Asian Children's Literature (from Asia)

Posted on December 31, 2018

Can Xue, a Chinese author translated in English.

So you want to assign (or recommend) a book to your students about Asia—written by an Asian? Let me guess: You are having a hard time finding one, right?

On the Global Learning blog at EdWeek, David Jacobson, a board member of the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative, suggests a number of high-quality children's books written in Asia, translated into English, and readily available in the States. His recommendations include:

A Muslim Christmas: Transforming Pain into Empathy

Posted on December 24, 2018

Merrick & Bellmore Christmas lights 2018 — Christmas lights on a Long Island house, 2018. By Terry Ballard.

Growing up Muslim on the North Shore of Long Island, Yaseen Eldik and his family faced ostracism and bullying, especially during the Christmas season. In his memoir of that time, published in today's New York Times, he describes seeing the neighbors' Christmas lights while scrubbing broken eggs from his own family's windows.

For the Holidays: Global Children's Books

Posted on December 14, 2018

This week, in WWB's Dispatches blog, author Rivka Galchen posts a guide to children's books from around the world. Her top picks include Mexican journalist Juan Villoro's YA favorite The Wild Book and a series of tyrannosaurus stories from Japan: read more in A Holiday Gift Guide for Children’s Literature in Translation.

Just Published: Whose Man?

Posted on December 01, 2018

FLIV A poesia nacional de hoje com Ricardo Aleixo 27-04-11 (10)

Ricardo Aleixo performing at a national poetry festival in Brazil in 2011. By André Luiz D. Takahashi.

I am whatever you think a black man is. You almost never think about black men.

Ricardo Aleixo's prose poem "My Man" appears in this month's issue of the magazine Words Without Borders, dedicated to Afro-Brazilian writing. At once confrontational and deeply vulnerable, the poem can be an excellent starting point for a classroom conversation of race and identity.

Fulbright Fellowships for Globally-Minded Educators

Posted on November 27, 2018

"The Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program (Fulbright TGC) is a year-long professional development opportunity for U.S. elementary, middle, and high school teachers to develop skills for preparing students for a competitive global economy. Fulbright TGC equips teachers to bring an international perspective to their schools through targeted training, experience abroad, and global collaboration."