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Here's where you can find or submit
great multicultural books!
The pages contained herein last updated 11.19.96
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The Multicultural Book Review Homepage is proud to announce that it was chosen as a HomeArts site of the day!! You can visit the site at
Our multicultural literature canon is full of great books! But, as always,
To submit your own book reviews, just e-mail Joe Mele! Joe's address is
given below. For more information, read on!
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The Multicultural Book Review Homepage continues its featured section entitled the "Review of the Month". Here we choose one review each month and feature its book as a particularly strong choice for educators to use in their classrooms.
The Review of the Month for November/December is  HERE
To see the top reviews from previous months click HERE
To go to our large book review page, look below.
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Please note that this page, formerly known as Joe Mele's Super
Homepage, is in no way related to the print magazine Multicultural
Book Review.
The purpose of this page is to create a qualitative
list of multicultural literature for K-12 educators. We
would like to avoid presenting just lists of books, but instead give
educators a chance to find out a little more information about
multicultural literature others have used successfully.
If you would like to send us some books you have used or that you
have read, please use to the Forms Page Link.
Please note, if you are using a browser that doesn't
like forms, or doesn't like this type of form, i.e. AOL,
please use Joe's e-mail address, which can be found below.
To submit your own books, go to the: 
FORMS
PAGE.
For Reviews and Multicultural Links:
For e-mail submissions, send them with the following information:
- please tell us the author and title, publisher, year of publication,
whether or not there are illustrations, the culture or ethnicity dealt
with in the book, whether the protagonist is male or female, and if the
book is fiction, autobiography, etc.
- please submit a short brief or anotation (no more than 50 words) that
will quickly inform readers about the content and purpose of the book
- tell us what age group the book is most suitable for: K-3, 4-6,
middle school/junior high, or high school
- finally, give a qualitative overall grade for the book, from F to
A+. An F = unacceptable / A = oustanding content/quality/subject.
Here is an example of a typical review:
Mama Day Gloria
Naylor, Vintage Books, 1988, African-American, one female and
one male, fiction.
Wonderfully rich, engrossing, and emotional tale
about a man, a woman, and the woman's great-aunt, Mama Day.It's a story
about love, history, family, death, and the continuance of life.
Wonderful.
Suitable for high school. Grade: A+
Finally, please tell a friend
about this
page. We want this to be a resource for teachers around the country.
Please e-mail Joe Mele with, comments, questions,
concerns
jmele@iosmedia.com
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