Teaching Tough Topics

Key Selling Points

Teaching Tough Topics is a timely approach to a better understanding of diversity, equity and social justice with clear instructions on how to implement a range of instructional strategies at different grade levels. This book offers a valuable overview of tough topics including bullying, poverty, homophobia, gender, racism, death, Indigenous culture, physical and mental challenges, and religious intolerance. Includes a comprehensive, up-to-date book list including picture books, novels, poetry and nonfiction titles that can be used to explore each topic. Larry Swartz has extensive experience with children’s literature as a classroom teacher, university professor and judge for major children’s book awards. His best-selling books, including Dramathemes and Take Me to Your Readers, show teachers how to use the best children’s books to make the curriculum more interesting and relevant to students.