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ERIC Number: EJ1092067
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Mar
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0045-6713
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Imaginary Indians: Representations of Native Americans in Scholastic Reading Club
Chaudhri, Amina; Schau, Nicole
Children's Literature in Education, v47 n1 p18-35 Mar 2016
Scholastic Reading Clubs are a popular and inexpensive way for teachers to build classroom libraries and for parents to purchase books for their children. The books made accessible to children through the order forms are assumed to be suitable for young readers in terms of their content, popularity, currency, and curricular relevance. Multicultural books occupy a small fraction of the selections, and books about Native Americans are essentially absent. This study examines Scholastic Reading Club order forms available over the course of a year. The quantitative and qualitative findings show that stereotypical misrepresentations of Native Americans persist and literature by Native authors and illustrators is completely lacking.
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Language: English
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