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All You Really Need To Know is What Jacqueline Woodson Said at Bookcon

From CBC Diversity: Two thousand years from now an archaeologist might reasonably assume that in the early nineties there was... Read more »

Comment | June 8, 2015, 9:51 am

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SFF in Conversation: “On Diversity” Round Table

From The Book Smugglers: Today, we are proud to be hosting a round table with a great group of authors... Read more »

Comment | June 4, 2015, 6:12 am

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We Need NEW SHOES, More Than We May Know

Young Ella Mae is forced to wait for a white girl who came in the shoe store after her and... Read more »

Comment | June 3, 2015, 5:21 pm

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10 Children’s Books That Paved The Way

In Kendrick Daye and Myles E. Johnson’s Large Fears, Jeremiah Nebula may not be a bullfrog. But he is the... Read more »

Comment | May 30, 2015, 6:42 pm

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Industry Q&A with Alyssa Mito Pusey

From CBC Diversity: Interview by Yolanda Scott Thanks for agreeing to do this, Alyssa. The first diversity question today is... Read more »

Comment | May 29, 2015, 12:07 pm

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17 Wonderful Multicultural Picture Books About Food

From Pragmatic Mom: My favorite way to learn about other cultures is through food. It can be intiminating to cook... Read more »

Comment | May 26, 2015, 6:41 am

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Teen Opinion: I Want to Read About Deaf Children in Books

Kayleigh, who also happens to be profoundly deaf, on why it meant to much to help Julia Donaldson write What... Read more »

Comment | May 25, 2015, 6:01 am

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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

• We Need Diverse Books

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