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Ira’s Shakespeare Dream

Review: As a young African American boy, Ira Frederick Aldridge sat spellbound as Shakespeare’s Hamletwas brought to life on the... Read more »

Comment | May 21, 2015, 11:40 am

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Cerrie Burnell: Every Child Deserves to Have Their Life Represented in Books

CBeebies presenter and author Cerrie Burnell failed in her search for disabled characters in books to identify with when she... Read more »

Comment | May 15, 2015, 5:20 pm

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Five Amazing Diversity Read Aloud Books for All Ages & Kid Lit Blog Hop

From Pragmatic Mom: It was such a challenge to entertain all three of my kids with just one book when... Read more »

Comment | May 9, 2015, 6:58 am

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A Focus on the “T” in LGBTQ

When Susan Kuklin gave her acceptance speech at Bank Street College of Education for the 2015 Flora Stieglitz Straus Award... Read more »

Comment | May 5, 2015, 12:15 pm

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8 Books Featuring Home Schooled Kids

With the ever growing popularity of homeschooling, KidLit TV has gathered our favorite children's books featuring kids in homeschooling families.   Read more »

1 comment | May 5, 2015, 6:00 am

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Cybils Books with Latino Flair

From Cybils: I’m very passionate about diversity in YA and children’s literature. As a former bilingual teacher, I found a... Read more »

Comment | May 1, 2015, 11:20 am

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Author Irania Macias Patterson (‘Wings and Dreams’)

The Association for Library Service to Children and CBC Diversity co-hosted a ‘Day of Diversity: Dialogue and Action in Children’s... Read more »

Comment | April 30, 2015, 6:40 am

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There’s a Party in your Head and Everyone’s Invited

There are seven narrators in The Girl at Midnight – a fact I wasn’t very open with during the querying... Read more »

Comment | April 29, 2015, 6:24 am

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Teachers! Choose Diverse Books!

In the past couple of weeks or so, there have been a couple of articles about the importance parents, librarians,... Read more »

Comment | April 21, 2015, 11:59 am

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Progress! the “D” Word in Bologna

From CBC Diversity: First, a disclaimer. This post is only meant to be representative of my own personal experience—that of... Read more »

Comment | April 12, 2015, 5:30 am

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Top 10 Best Multicultural Easy Readers

From Pragmatic Mom: It wasn’t easy finding great multicultural easy readers! My town library has about 49 cubic feet of... Read more »

Comment | April 9, 2015, 3:12 pm

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Author, Mariana Llanos: Bilingual Struggles

Thanks Mariana for the great share! A few weeks ago, when I picked up my eleven-year-old son from school, I... Read more »

Comment | April 6, 2015, 5:49 pm

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It’s My Privilege

From CBC Diversity: “I remember the day that I became colored,” Zora Neale Hurston wrote in How it Feels to... Read more »

Comment | April 2, 2015, 1:07 pm

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Categorizing the Human Condition

From CBC Diversity: One of the most frustrating arguments I see made so often in the ongoing diversity dialogue is... Read more »

Comment | April 1, 2015, 11:27 am

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Sharon Draper (Author, ‘Stella by Starlight’)

The Association for Library Service to Children and CBC Diversity co-hosted a ‘Day of Diversity: Dialogue and Action in Children’s... Read more »

Comment | March 30, 2015, 1:44 pm

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Multicultural Board Books for Babies and Toddlers

From Pragmatic Mom: I’m kicking off my lists with my favorite multicultural board books for babies and toddlers. I’ve always... Read more »

Comment | March 30, 2015, 11:53 am

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Writers of Color: Your Voice Matters

Dr. Miranda Bailey, a black, genius general surgeon on Grey’s Anatomy speaks in a loose language that sounds like home... Read more »

Comment | March 25, 2015, 10:56 am

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Diversity on My Mind

Is diversity on your mind? It needs to be. In our increasingly global society, it’s important that children are exposed... Read more »

Comment | March 24, 2015, 10:01 am

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Black Authors and Self-Publishing

I am a Black feminist writer committed to social justice. I write stories about Black children and teens, but within... Read more »

Comment | March 23, 2015, 5:41 am

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Editor Wendy Lamb (Random House)

ALSC/CBC’s Day of Diversity: Dialogue & Action

Comment | March 22, 2015, 5:51 am