A first grade teacher provides picture books about different cultures in the classroom library. Children are free to access them as they wish or request that the teacher read a particular book to the class. Another teacher advises, "If you don't have any children from that culture in your class this year, you should put them away because they won't be relevant to your current students." What
should the first grade teacher do?
a. Leave the books in the classroom library for student use; one purpose of literature is to expand readers' perspectives beyond what they know and have experienced.
b. Remove the books from the classroom library and wait to use them with a more diverse classroom.
c. Dismantle the classroom library.
d. Tell the children to check out books of their choice at the public library.
A
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