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Widening the Circle 2016

Hmong & Native American Materials in Classrooms & Libraries

Widening theCircle 2016Hmong & Native American Materials in Classrooms &Libraries

Why Are These Materials Needed?

ALSC Whitepaper
ACT 31
Why We Need Diverse Lit (includes Danger of a Single Story & Surviving Disappearance)
We Need Diverse Books Video
Grace Lin Video

Evaluation Tools

How to Tell the Difference (Oyate publication)
Examining Multicultural Picture Books
Evaluation Criteria

Where Can We Find Quality Materials with Native Content?

For Purchase:
Birchbark Books (Minneapolis & Online)
Fond du Lac Head Start
Native Voices Books
Oyate

For Reviews & Recommendations

American Indian Library Association (Youth Literature Awards)
American Indians in Children's Literature (Debbie Reese)
Oyate
Supporting Wisconsin Act 31 in Your Classroom or Library

Where Can We Find Quality Materials with Hmong Content?

Hmong ABC
The Door in the Mountain: A Hmong Folktale Project
Project Hmong
Minnesota Reading Together Project
D.C. Everest High School
Book - Forbidden Treasure/Lub Qhov Tsua Nyiaj Qhov Tsua Kub

Other Resources

Appleton Public Library (search Hmong in the catalog)
Diversity Resources
Ho-Chunk Language Division
National Museum of the American Indian
The Ways
Wisconsin Librarians and Teachers Supporting Act 31 (Facebook Group)
Wisconsin Specific Native Resources via DPI

Yee Lee Vue

Yee is a librarian at the Appleton Public Library. She has been the Hmong Outreach Specialist there. Here is a video that describes some of her work.

Email: yvue@apl.org

Crystal Brunelle

Crystal is a teacher/librarian at Northern Hills Elementary School in Onalaska. She blogs at Reading Through Life and contributes to the blog Rich in Color.

Email: brucr@onalaskaschools.com
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/onalaskaschools.com/nh-lmc/home
Twitter: @librarygrl2

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