What Is #DiverseKidLit? Diverse Children’s Books is a book-sharing meme designed to promote the reading and writing of children’s books that feature diverse characters. This community embraces all kinds of diversity including (and certainly not limited to) diverse, inclusive, multicultural, and global books for children of all backgrounds. We encourage everyone who shares to support this…
Category: Diverse Books for Kids
Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
Dr. Seuss Museum Invite then Crickets
I wanted to share some of the correspondence that I’ve had with Dr. Seuss Museum’s Director of Public Relations and Marketing, Karen Fisk. It started after this AP article was published and I was included in the AP video. Oh the Places You’ll Go! Dr. Seuss museum opens its doors Associated Press “The first national museum…
#DiverseKidLit Socioeconomic Diversity
Our theme for this #DiverseKidLit is socioeconomic diversity. Kids from all economic brackets should be able to find themselves in books – as well as to learn about the lives of others in different economic situations. (As always, the theme is only a suggestion. Diverse posts on alternate topics are always welcome.) What Is #DiverseKidLit? Diverse Children’s…
Children’s Books with Characters in Wheelchairs
Read these children’s books with characters in wheelchairs! A fantastic selection of characters with physical disabilities and special needs. My 15-year-old daughter, PickyKidPix, has been working for a year to get our dog to pass the therapy dog test through Pets and People. Her goal is to do library dog volunteer work with him. She…
What would you do If You Ran the Dr. Seuss Museum?
If you are the new Dr. Seuss Museum, do you acknowledge Dr. Seuss’ racist past or not? What’s the argument for either side? Don’t Include Dr. Seuss’ racist political cartoons or racist books: The museum is about the author and not the person. Except … that the website specifically addresses Ted Geisel: The Amazing World of…
#DiverseKidLit: Books in a Series
Our theme for this #DiverseKidLit is books in a series. Series books are great for hooking readers because there’s another book after you finish the first one! Share your favorite book series featuring diverse characters. (As always, the theme is only a suggestion. Diverse posts on alternate topics are always welcome.) I have a few recommendations! Grace Lin…
6 Chapter Book Series Starring Diverse Girl Characters
Please welcome my guest author today, Debbi Michiko Florence. I met her at Andrea Wang’s The Nian Monster author event at Newtonville Books last January. I had already heard of her new Japanese American early chapter book series, Jasmine Toguchi, and made a point of telling her how excited I am for it. There aren’t…