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Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

Comment | July 14, 2014, 8:08 am

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All Children Deserve to See Themselves in Story: CBC Diversity, 2.5 Years In

Dear friends of CBC Diversity, The need for diversity in children’s books is incontrovertible and CBC Diversity is one of... Read more »

Comment | July 13, 2014, 12:00 pm

• We Need Diverse Books

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Comment | July 11, 2014, 10:49 am

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Diversity Movement Gains Visibility at ALA Annual

If you ran into a youth services librarian at the American Library Association (ALA) Conference in Las Vegas (June 26-July1), odds were... Read more »

Comment | July 4, 2014, 6:55 pm

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Picture Books Go 3D for Visually Impaired Children

“Goodnight room, goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon…” A children’s classic that already is a candidate for the... Read more »

Comment | June 29, 2014, 11:52 am

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The Invisible Latina

I am surrounded by Latinas—at the college where I teach and the schools that I visit. They are professors, chiropractors,... Read more »

Comment | June 22, 2014, 11:54 pm

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#WeNeedDiverseBooks, The Panel & Musings on Diversity Discussions

Have you had a chance to hear what went on at BEA? This morning I listened to a podcast of the... Read more »

Comment | June 21, 2014, 6:05 pm

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Making Our Own Market: Reading is Fundamental

The Making Our Own Market series has been about empowering children’s book creators of color with new ways to tell our stories and get... Read more »

Comment | June 20, 2014, 4:25 pm

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Talking About Race in Children’s Literature: Commentary and Resources

Read Roger’s July 7, 2013 blog post A very good question elicited over one hundred comments by authors, illustrators, readers, and activists... Read more »

Comment | June 18, 2014, 8:00 pm

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Are You Culturally Invisible?

You may be aware of the recent uproar that was caused when Book Expo America announced its panel for its... Read more »

Comment | June 16, 2014, 9:00 am

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Marketing Your Posts

Now that I’ve gone through several social media outlets, I thought I would post about how to gather all your... Read more »

Comment | June 13, 2014, 5:15 pm

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Official site of the #WeNeedDiverseBooks Campaign

We Need Diverse Books is a grassroots organization created to address the lack of diverse, non-majority narratives in children’s literature. We... Read more »

Comment | June 12, 2014, 9:47 pm

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SCBWI Executive Director Speaks Out on Diversity

I’d like to share some of my thoughts on diversity in the children’s book industry, something that has occupied my... Read more »

Comment | June 10, 2014, 6:43 pm