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Alexander  \nAbstract  \nThe author discusses the content included in an online course on “Multicultural Materials for Young Adults and Children.” This graduate course (LIS 5937) for Library and information Science students at the University of South Florida, is a very popular offering for those who plan to work with youth in libraries. The class teaches students how to respond to the reading needs of our diverse patron base by understanding aspects of their values and customs as well as their ways of interacting.  \nThe American Library Association’s “Diversity Action and Inclusion Plan” expresses the vision of the organization as “…a richly, diverse workforce providing a high level of service to the membership inan environment where respect, appreciation, equity, and inclusion are core values.” Since we live in a very diverse culture, it is important to spell out some of the characteristics in which we differ. The document further explains that “...in addition to race, creed, color, religion, gender, disability, and national origin, differences include: language origin, regional and geographic background, economic class, education, learning and communication styles, and sexual orientation and personal lifestyle” (ALA) . Learning about varied cultures within our society can be partially accomplished by including multicultural literature in our library services and programs. Librarians must be cognizant and up-to-date on how to respond to the reading needs of people of diverse cultures. This focus of this article is on multicultural reading for youth, including teens, tweens, and children. This author developed a graduate Library and Information Science course at the University of South Florida in Tampa during 2003-2004 to educate graduate library students on how to respond to the reading needs of our diverse patron base by understanding aspects of their values and customs as well as to their ways of interacting.  \nTomlinson and Lynch-Brown (2001) cite five reasons multicultural literature has value for all children:  \n• Children of varied cultures who see positively represented characters in multicultural literature derive self-esteem and pride in their heritage.  \n• Children, parents, teachers, and librarians learn about and become aware of other peoples and their cultures.  \n• Multi-cultural literature shows children that other groups are worthy, and that they have something to teach others.  \n• Emotional involvement and vicarious experience with multi-cultural characters through literature reduce students’ prejudices toward the micro-culture.  \n• Reading about issues and problems peculiar to children of a specific micro-culture from the perspective of story characters who themselves are members of the group can help children of that micro-culture to cope with the same problems themselves (190-191) .  \nThe Course  \nCreating a course in multicultural materials for librarians seemed to be a mandate as a response to the diversity mission and vision expressed by ALA. During the 2003-2004 academic year, the author began work toward creating an elective online course in Multicultural Materials for Young Adults and Children for graduate students in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Florida. Extensive research went into determining the knowledge and skills needed by librarians for responding to diverse patrons and developing course materials. These included textbook selections, websites, journal articles, and book titles for the various cultures included. The elective course was first offered during the Fall, 2004, semester, with the target audience of graduate students and librarians working with youth in public or school libraries. 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