Final Post

I cannot believe the semester is over. It flew by so fast, it feels like just yesterday we were ordering our books! I have gained so much from taking this course. The first is clearly being introduced to many children's literature texts that I would not have otherwise read. Even though there were a few books I did not enjoy as much as the others. I still learned quite a bit and I enjoyed our weekly discussions about each book. It was really interesting to hear what everyone else had to say about the books and weekly readings and bring up different point of views I had not thought of before. From taking this course, I now know that I want to expand my personal children's literature library and eventually take a multicultural library into my own classroom one day.

After rereading my papers, I realized how important it is to to consider all the different issues in a text, including the ones that may not be as obvious as others. I also glanced back at some of the readings in the course-pack and there are two topics that still stand out to me. They are the insider/outsider readings and the reading that discussed stereotypes and generalizations. I feel that for every book we read and discussed these two readings come in to play. However, they were not the only valuable ones. I liked searching for my professional resource for the final project and I think that in the futures I will continue to seek professional resources for my own learning. Now that this course is over, I want to go and see what other diverse children's literature texts are available (well, as soon as I have a solid income!!!)