When researching for professional resources about one of my books, I found very little academic writing on Arab-American Children's literature. I found one article titled, Imagining Peace and Social Justice: The Jane Addams Children's Book Award, by Susan C. Griffith and Donna Barkman. The article mostly focuses on the Jane Addams Book Award, an award which recognizes children's books that, "invite(s) young readers to think deeply about peace, social justice, gender equity, and world community." Deborah Ellis' work with The Breadwinner is recognized in a side excerpt of the article with a "Special Commendation, only the fourth in the history of the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards." Ellis was awarded this honor for her book trilogy that, "are terrifying indictments of what war can bring to children and powerful testaments to the ingenuity and strength of young people in times of war." The article does not specifically mention its focus on multicultural literature, but it does list the different books, which have won the award, many of which are multicultural. Deborah Ellis' Breadwinner Trilogy is a multicultural book which was not recognized for its diverse content but for its stories of unbelievable obstacles overcome by the young characters. While it was disappointing that I did not find an article praising the multicultural dimension of The Breadwinner specifically, it was nice to find an article with another way to award great children's books.
Source: Imagining Peace and Social Justice
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