Building Character Through Multicultural Literature—A Guide for Middle School Readers

Two experienced school library media specialists follow their previous guide--Building Character through Literature: A Guide for Middle School Readers, designed to help teachers, librarians, and parents use literature to teach children about positive personal values--with a new book using a similar format but emphasizing multicultural understanding and acceptance. The text features 50 novels of varied cultures and nations, each containing individuals with strong, positive character traits. Each entry includes the book title, a brief author biography, publication date, list of awards won, lists of characters and character traits, setting, plot synopsis, discussion questions, project ideas, and key vocabulary. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rosann Jweid is a retired school library media specialist. She is the Volunteer Consultant to the Northeast Parent and Child Society.
Margaret Rizzo is a school library media specialist at O'Rourke Middle School and an adjunct instructor in English composition and literature at Schenectady County Community College.