Pact's Booksource [Paperback]

Pact an Adoption Alliance (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Pact Pr (December 1997)
• ISBN-10: 0966319001
• ISBN-13: 978-0966319002
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,685,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An extraordinary guide to books addressing these issues., May 25, 1998

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Pact's BookSource is an outstanding reference guide to fiction and non-fiction books addressing and reflecting the issues of race, race relations, family diversity and cultural diversity. The books are wide-ranging, including items of interest to all who live in late-20th century America. This guide to over 1000 books for children and adults offers synopses, reviews, publication information and ratings. The BookSource is divided into developmental stages, from the youngest among us through school-agers, teen-agers, and adults; within each section, selections are arranged by broad topic: race/culture, adoption and family life, enabling readers to browse through each section and locate a broad range of wonderful books that may either explicitly or implicitly address or reflect these important elements of our lives. There are also three indices at the back, allowing readers to locate books by title, author or theme. Thus, using my own family as an example: to consider some of the social and racial conditions America's facing, I can find provocative and intriguing books on race relations written by some of our foremose public intellectuals; for my younger son, who is Black and is growing up with white parents, I can find board books reflecting children of all hues, interacting with adults who may or may not share the same skin tones. For my older son, who is white, I can find autobiographical accounts written by middle-school children who have grown up in multiracial families. For myself, I can find specialized accounts, written by well-regarded experts, regarding the psychological and cultural challenges encountered by children adopted transracially. And as a mother who wants to fill my house with the most beautiful and diverse books possible, I can browse through the reviews to find marvelous small-press titles I might not find in chain bookstores.