Chinese Canadian Children's Literature In Relation to Diakiw's Canadian Commonplaces

Bibliography of conference paper given by Carolyn Sin

at "The Fun of Reading: International Forum on
Canadian Children's Literature"

June 28, 2003

© Carolyn Kim. Reproduced with the permission of Carolyn Kim.

Table of Contents

Section 1: History of the Chinese People in Canada Represented in Canadian Children's Literature

Builders of the CPR

Immigration Stories

Racial Prejudice

Section 2: China's History Represented in Canadian Children's Literature

Foot-binding Practices

Communist China

Intergenerational Community

Section 3: China's Folk and Fairy Tales

Section 4: References

Section 1: History of Chinese People in Canada Represented in Canadian Children's Literature

Builders of the CPR

Hodge, Deborah. The Kids Book of Canada's Railway: And How the CPR Was Built. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2000.

Yee, Paul. Illustrated by Harvey Chan. Ghost Train. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1996.

 -- . Illustrated by Simon Ng. Tales from Gold Mountain. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1989.

Immigration Stories

Lim, Sing. Westcoast Chinese Boy. Montreal: Tundra, 1979.

Ye, Ting-Xing. Illustrated by Suzane Langlois. Share the Sky. Ontario: Annick Press, 1999.

Yee, Paul. Illustrated by Gu Xiong. The Boy in the Attic. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1998.

 -- . Illustrated by Harvey Chan. Roses Sing on New Snow: A Delicious Tale. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1991.

Zhang, Song Nan. Written and Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang. A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night: An Autobiography in Art. Toronto: Tundra Books, 1993.

Stories of Racial Prejudice

Ellis, Sarah. Next-Door Neighbours. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1989.

Lawson, Julie. White Jade Tiger. Victoria, B.C.: Beach Holme Pub., 1993.

Yee, Paul. Breakaway. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1994.

Section 2: Chinese History Represented in Canadian Children's Literature

Foot-binding Practices

Lim, Sing. Westcoast Chinese Boy. Montreal: Tundra, 1979.

Ye, Ting-Xing. White Lily. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2000.

Communist China

Bell, William. Forbidden City. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1999.

Zhang, Song Nan. Written and Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang. A Little Tiger in the Chinese Night: An Autobiography in Art. Toronto: Tundra Books, 1993.

Intergenerational Community

Yee, Paul. Illustrated by Grace Lin. The Jade Necklace. Vancouver: Tradewind, 2002.

Section 3: China's Folk and Fairy Tales

Lawson, Julie. Retold by Julie Lawson. Illustrated by Paul Morin. The Dragon's Pearl. Ontario: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Ye, Ting-Xing. Illustrated by Harvey Chan. Three Monks, No Water. Ontario: Annick Press, 1997.

Yee, Paul. Illustrated by Simon Ng. Tales from Gold Mountain. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1989.

Section 4: References

Diakiw, Jerry. "Children's Literature and Canadian National Identity: A Revisionist Perspective". Canadian Children's Literature, no. 87, vol. 23:3, Fall, 1997.

Memories of Chinese Canadian History Web site: www.ccnc.ca/toronto/history/timeline.html

Saltman, Judith. "An Appreciation of Sarah Ellis". Canadian Children's Literature, no. 67, 6-18, 1992.

Swainson, Donal. "Multiculturalism and Canada History". Canadian Children's Literature, 35/36, 93-95, 1984.