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McNair, Jonda C. – Reading Teacher, 2010
The purpose of this article is to assert that there are classic African American children's books and to identify a sampling of them. The author presents multiple definitions of the term classic based on the responses of children's literature experts and relevant scholarship. Next, the manner in which data were collected and analyzed in regard to…
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), Childrens Literature, African American Children, African American Culture