The Jane Addams Children's Book Award [electronic resource] : honoring children's literature for peace and social justice since 1953 / Susan C. Griffith.
2013
PN1009.5.S623 G75 2013eb
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The Jane Addams Children's Book Award [electronic resource] : honoring children's literature for peace and social justice since 1953 / Susan C. Griffith.
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9780810892033 electronic book
9780810892026 hardcover : cover
9780810892026 hardcover : cover
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Lanham : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013.
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English
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1 online resource (xx, 161 p.) : port.
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PN1009.5.S623 G75 2013eb
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809/.89282079
Summary
This volume looks at the life of activist Jane Addams and examines the books that have received an award bestowed in her name. An advocate for reforms in child labor, sanitation, and other issues, Addams and her accomplishments serve as a focal point of this study, which looks at how social justice has been represented in children's literature over the last seven decades.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Table of Contents
Passionate connection, purposeful reflection : Jane Addams, stories and imagination
Bringing what is hidden to light : lessons from The cay
The life of Jane Addams in biographies for young readers
Honoring stories for peace and social justice across the decades
JACBA winners and honor books : annotated bibliography.
Bringing what is hidden to light : lessons from The cay
The life of Jane Addams in biographies for young readers
Honoring stories for peace and social justice across the decades
JACBA winners and honor books : annotated bibliography.