Sunday, May 29, 2016

Multicultural books...

So I was already on a journey to find more French immersion First Nations content for our school library when I heard this moving presentation about how everyone benefits when they can find themselves represented in stories.  Here is Chimananda Adichie talking about the danger of a single story

This video encouraged me to look for stories of other cultures (in today's times) that students in French immersion would read.  For primary books the images are important to show students, that people of their heritage are in books too.  For intermediate stories I wanted to find both immigration stories but also stories of children and teens in current situations that students in my school can relate to.
Well I found this quest really challenging.  So if you have any more suggestions I would really appreciate them!

Here is the few that I have found so far:

Primary:

  • AMÉ by  Massicotte, Sylvie (3 books in this series) (African) ISBN 9782896512096 
  •  Emma by Nelson, Sandra  (2 books in this series) isbn 9782081253896
  • Comme elle ressemble à mon papa par Pili Mandelbaum (an adopted daughter from another country) ISBN 978221101091

  • Another title is Tutti frutti in the " À pas de souris" series .
  • There are some titles in the Scholastic  "Je veux lire" series like Le nouveau bébé.  And more titles in the new series "toujours parfait".
  •  Huit Jours: un enfant À HAÏTI  by Danticat, Edwidge.  ISBN 9781443106740 (Amerique du Sud)
  • Le kimono du Suki  ISBN ) 0439975077 (Japanese)

Amé un bonbon sur le coeur  


Intermediate: (still looking hard for books)

  • Ping  by Poulin, ANDRÉE (2 titles - an adopted Chinese child in a regular family in Quebec.  Well written). 
  • Qu'est-ce qui fait courir Mamadi? par  Étienne Poirier (African child in a refugee campt) ISBN 9782924279045

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