TY - JOUR
T1 - Jessie, a Girl with Two Moms
AU - Davis, Danné E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 by the National Association for Multicultural Education.
PY - 2016/7/2
Y1 - 2016/7/2
N2 - The Jessie Books are a seven-book series complete with a dedicated website. Each book features a 5-year-old girl named Jessie who happens to live in a city with her two moms. Each book features Jessie as an ordinary young girl engaging in familiar, life-enriching activities. Across The Jessie Books, the community of caregivers, extended relatives, and intergenerational friends convey the notion of a caring and loving family. This concept of family is relevant to elementary education in light of the expanding diversity in and around schoolchildren. Increasing numbers of school-age children have lesbian mothers and caregivers, or live in dual mom-headed households. For adults who deem The Jessie Books' narrative beyond the scope of young readers, links are made between the storylines and the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards. Ideally, upon discovery of these texts, their content and integration will be called for and embraced in the elementary curriculum.
AB - The Jessie Books are a seven-book series complete with a dedicated website. Each book features a 5-year-old girl named Jessie who happens to live in a city with her two moms. Each book features Jessie as an ordinary young girl engaging in familiar, life-enriching activities. Across The Jessie Books, the community of caregivers, extended relatives, and intergenerational friends convey the notion of a caring and loving family. This concept of family is relevant to elementary education in light of the expanding diversity in and around schoolchildren. Increasing numbers of school-age children have lesbian mothers and caregivers, or live in dual mom-headed households. For adults who deem The Jessie Books' narrative beyond the scope of young readers, links are made between the storylines and the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards. Ideally, upon discovery of these texts, their content and integration will be called for and embraced in the elementary curriculum.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84981747044&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15210960.2016.1191281
DO - 10.1080/15210960.2016.1191281
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84981747044
SN - 1521-0960
VL - 18
SP - 159
EP - 166
JO - Multicultural Perspectives
JF - Multicultural Perspectives
IS - 3
ER -