Looking For Multicultural Children’s Books? Here Are 8 Helpful Resources!

A few years ago, Krista Aronson shared a picture book with a group of children and watched as a girl wearing a hijab pointed out a character that looked liked her.

“She just stood up and pointed to the little girl in the book depicted as a Somali girl wearing a hijab,” Aronson, an associate professor of psychology at Bates College, told HuffPost. “She said, ‘That’s like me.’ The kind of wonder and excitement in seeing herself in print, it was a very meaningful moment for her.”

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Kid Lit TV Commenter MIRIAM de URIARTE

I would like some more information about the themes of the Multi Culture conference on Children’s Books scheduled in March. I live in Mexico and am wondering if I might tune-in on the web, or other electronic media. I am very interested in the whole program.
Gracias,
Miriam de Uriarte, M.A. GETTY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE 2003

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Kid Lit TV Commenter Julie Gribble

Thank you for our comment! Yes, you can tune in to the Latinx conference here:https://kidlit.tv/LATINX2019
LatinX Festival Live Stream
A Celebration of Bilingual Books and Latinx Communities at Bank Street College
LIVE from Bank Street College!

TUNE IN:
March 9, Saturday 9 am – 2 pm ET

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