I did a little reflection on the past ten years in children’s book publishing last Sunday. It is depressing to look at the numbers and see how little the numbers of IPOC authored books has actually changed when compared to the overall number of books published. What about the content in the books? Is representation… Read More SundayMorningReads

This is going to be a review post, not just of 2019 but of the 2010s. If you’re on Twitter, please add your favorite IPOC YA book to the list What's one of your favorite IPOC authored YA books published in the 2010s? pic.twitter.com/xZLxBP6tJF — CrazyQuiltEdi (@CrazyQuilts) December 22, 2019 There are a lot of… Read More SundayMorningReads

What an exciting list of books by IPOC debut authors!! What excites me even more is knowing there are even more that I need to add! So, add to the comments or send me a Tweet! Let’s make it easy for everyone to support these new voices. 1 Jan Mary and the Trail of Tears:… Read More 2020 Debut Authors

I’m really behind with posts this month. I do plan to get December new releases up as soon as possible. If you know of books that you know need to be mentioned, please mention them in the comments. In the meantime, I have a few readings for those who are interested on monkey representations in… Read More Related Readings

I did a search for ‘monkey’ using the search tool for copyright free images on WordPress and these image came up amidst hundreds of monkey images.     Yesterday I had an article about blacks, monkeys, history and implicit bias in School Library journal. I am continuing to research on this topic. There are so… Read More Simianizations