Educator+--+Authors+of+Multicultural+Literature

Surprisingly this page was difficult for me to find resources. I hope to continue to gather authors of multicultural literature for elementary school students.

Ezra Jack Keat's [|Autobiography]: " //My Dog is Lost//, Keats' first attempt at authoring a children's book, was published in 1960. The main character is a Puerto Rican boy named Juanito who has lost his dog in New York and meets children from different sections of New York such as Chinatown and Little Italy. Keats was innovative in his use of minority children as central characters."

[|Ken Mochizuki] writes from an Asian American perspective.  Dr. Seuss' //The Lorax//, is a great example of why people need to work together, the value of cultures different from our own, as well as conservation of the environment in terms that are easy for students to grasp.

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