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- About the authors
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Storytime audiences grow ever more diverse, and it's important that the materials used in programs reflect that richness of experience. Multiculturalism need not be an occasional initiative attached to particular holidays. In this book best-selling authors MacMillan and Kirker offer a new paradigm for multicultural programs, one in which diversity is woven into any and every storytime, no matter what the topic. Arranged thematically around dozens of popular storytime themes, the authors
- Present original and traditional resources from all over the world that will enrich storytimes for ages 2 through 5
- Offer concrete book recommendations, fingerplays, and other activities that can be integrated into existing storytimes
- Include download links for flannelboard and stick puppet patterns, and illustrations of American Sign Language signs
With numerous activities and programming suggestions, this book will seamlessly integrate and enhance cultural awareness for children all year round.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 ABC Time
Chapter 2 Bath Time
Chapter 3 Bedtime
Chapter 4 Big and Little
Chapter 5 Birds
Chapter 6 Books and Libraries
Chapter 7 Brothers and Sisters
Chapter 8 Bugs and Insects
Chapter 9 Cats and Dogs
Chapter 10 Clothes
Chapter 11 Community Helpers
Chapter 12 Counting
Chapter 13 Fairy Tales
Chapter 14 Fall
Chapter 15 Family
Chapter 16 Farm Fun
Chapter 17 Fast and Slow
Chapter 18 Feelings
Chapter 19 Food
Chapter 20 Forest Animals
Chapter 21 Friends
Chapter 22 Frogs
Chapter 23 Gardens and Growing
Chapter 24 Hair
Chapter 25 Hands
Chapter 26 Hats
Chapter 27 Holidays and Celebrations
Chapter 28 Houses and Homes
Chapter 29 Jungle Animals
Chapter 30 Music and Dance
Chapter 31 My Body
Chapter 32 My Neighborhood
Chapter 33 Nature
Chapter 34 Parents
Chapter 35 Playtime
Chapter 36 School Days
Chapter 37 Shoes
Chapter 38 Shopping
Chapter 39 Spring
Chapter 40 Summer
Chapter 41 Transportation
Chapter 42 Under the Sea
Chapter 43 Weather
Chapter 44 Winter
Appendix A Culture Notes and Index of Entries by Culture
Appendix B Storytime Materials Celebrating Diversity
Appendix C Further Resources for Storytime Planning
Index by Title and First Line
"The content, organization, and resources included in Multicultural Storytime Magic make it a useful tool for youth services librarians in public libraries or school librarians who serve preschoolers and kindergarteners. It will help librarians incorporate multicultural touches into their regular storytimes or put together an entire storytime dedicated to a specific culture or country. Highly recommended."
--The Idaho Librarian
"Both beginning storytellers and seasoned librarians can benefit from these fresh ideas."
--School Library Journal
"It can be difficult for busy librarians to source stories and songs from other cultures and in other languages and then to judge whether they are age appropriate for their client groups. Multicultural Storytime Magic does provide a very good range of themes with an excellent selection of age appropriate stories, songs and crafts with a multicultural flavor. The book really does offer 44 storytime themes which weave diversity into every topic. It would be a useful addition to the storytelling toolkits of school and public librarians. "
--Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services