Diversity books for kids including authors and characters of color and diversity themes.
Please welcome teacher and author Garrett Carter who is my guest blogger today. He writes about the need for more diversity in chidren’s books. Planting the Seed Now: A Call for Diverse Children’s Literature from a Teacher and Author Along with spring and summer flowers, numerous articles concerning the lack of diversity in children’s literature…
PickyKidPix went to Italy this summer to play soccer with her indoor team and we were able to watch her play during the last few weeks of the World Cup. What a great time to be in Europe with soccer fans! Because of our great love for Lionel Messi, we root for Argentina and that…
I wanted to highlight some great picture books and chapter books with diverse themes that have come my way. What multicultural books are you and your kids enjoying? Please share! Multicultural Books for Kids King for a Day by Rukhsana Khan I love this book for covering so much territory with just one story. Malik is…
I’m part of the Read Around The World Summer Series hosted by Multicultural Kid Blogs. Today, I wanted to introduce you to a Young Adult (YA) find that had me riveted! Jet Black and the Ninja Wind by Shogo Oketani and Leza Lowitz Husband and wife team joined forces to write this action adventure YA novel that…
Have you been following the brouhaha on Twitter: #WeNeedDiverseBooks ? This is what went down: “Last week, BookCon announced their event’s lineup of blockbuster kid lit panelists. Jeff Kinney, James Patterson, Rick Riordan, and Lemony Snicket, four white men, will be starring as luminaries in the field for this event. Even the invited panelists have…
March is Women’s History Month and one great way to celebrate is to go to my friend, Margo Tannebaum’s joint blog, KidLit Celebrates Women’s History Month. For the month of March, Margo of The Fourth Musketeer and her partner in this endeavor, Shelf Employed, have lined up guest bloggers to celebrate children’s books featuring women…
I wanted to share some of the great multicultural books from the last Kid Lit Blog Hop. Multicultural Books for Kids from the Kid Lit Blog Hop Sam and the Lucky Money from Randomly Reading Sam and the Lucky Money is a wonderful read-aloud for kids. It is not so much about teaching young readers…