Welcome to #DiverseKidLit ! Please join us in sharing your diverse children’s book links and resources, as well as visiting other links to find great suggestions and recommendations. 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…
We are so thrilled to announce the line up for #ReadYourWorld Book Jam 2019, Multicultural Children’s Book Day collaboration with Children’s Book Council! Thank you to the authors and publishers participating. This year, we have ten outstanding authors who will be creating book lists and hosting giveaways of their books! Please welcome: Yuyi Morales (Neal…
Our 6th Multicultural Children’s Book Day online and offline celebration is less than two months away! If you want to be an author or medallion sponsor, don’t miss the deadline! Multicultural Children’s Book Day Sponsorship Deadline is 12/15/18 Sponsorship for Multicultural Children’s Book Day is not only a great way to support this event,…
My Book List of Lists by Category Each book list below is a list of lists. There are 300+ book lists for kids and teens that I’ve made, cross-categorized. Click on the blue text to see the list. Please let me know if you are having trouble finding a book or topic. I will either email…
Is it just me or did the #MeToo movement in children’s book publishing started by Anne Ursu seem to get squashed out by the greater powers that be? School Library Journal, for instance, has taken down the post about Sexual Harassment in Children’s Publishing a number of times. It’s back up now but the comments with…
The DC subway system (metro) from the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is accessible and easy to use! I took the metro from DCA to Friendship Heights in Washington, DC which is one stop past American University for the first time. From the airport terminal, Terminals B/C are directly connected to the Metro station….
I didn’t take an official American University tour for prospective students, but I did get a tour from the American University New President Inauguration. It gave me a feel for the campus and student body which I would describe as vibrant, active, and diverse. Frankly, knowing that my college roommate, Sylvia Burwell, is in charge…
I presented along with on Family Community Literacy Night Presentation at Plymouth Community Intermediate School. This is the intermediate school that my co-author of How to Coach Girls, Alison Foley, attended. My presentation was on Multicultural Children’s Book Day and all the different ways readers can get free diversity books from our programs. They asked if the presentation…
Abrams Books sent me a copy to check out and is partnering with me for a giveaway! Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters The Questioneers Book #1, by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts You already know Rosie Revere, Ada Twist, and Iggy Peck. Now join them for brand-new adventures in their debut chapter book…
