One of my recent blog posts ending with Over the next few weeks, I hope to introduce you to few players who are recreating the game for the sake of our children. That’s what we have to remember, this is for our children. I do have a couple of these posts, but I soon realized… Read More CAKE Literary: We’re On A Diversity Mission – Here’s Why!
I recently joined a webinar for the purpose of learning about upcoming multicultural titles in children’s literature. Lee and Low, Groundwood, James Lorimer and Co (distributed by Orca) and Tuttle Books all shared information about new or upcoming titles. I have to admit I was quite interested in the picture books although I rarely take… Read More New Upcoming and Off Topic
#WeNeedDiverseBooks formed in direct response to the all white male panel selected to be the voice of kidlit at BookCon. The movement happened because so many people are so tired of the lack of books that feature characters of diverse ethnicity, sexual preference or religion. This issue is simply the tip of the iceberg and… Read More SundayMorningReads
Passion to a cause exhibits itself in dedicated performance. I think what I like most about blogging is that it allows me to talk with others while I’m talking to myself. I need to keep getting involved in various capacities to continue to dialog regarding the lack of presence of authors of color in young… Read More Diversity in Action
If you’ve read Junot Diaz’s recent article in the NYTimes, you know that increasing the presence of authors of color in YA Lit and beyond that, into the literary canon, will take more that trending for a few days on Twitter. Here’s an opportunity to fund and share research with a scholarly audience who may… Read More DIVERSITY RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
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