Diversity
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Over the past few weeks there's been a great deal of discussion among librarians and authors about the lack of diversity in books published for children and teens. When it comes to our profession, have we closely examined the imbalances that exist? Marc Aronson weighs in.
Everyone loves a good list but finding lists that reflect the intelligence of experts in a given field can sometimes be tricky. Consider, if you will, books about American Indians for the kiddos. I can’t tell you how many summer reading lists I see every year that have The Indian in the Cupboard, The Matchlock [...]
Author Susan Kuklin offers some insight and backstory about meeting her teen subjects and helping to shape their compelling narratives.
This May, SLJ will dedicate an entire issue of the magazine to the topic of diversity in various forms.
With a society that's growing increasingly diverse, librarians should proactively integrate cultural aspects of “diverse linguistic, cultural, and socioeconomic groups” into programs and services.
Grants are available to fund library programming around American Indian and Asian American literature and culture. But hurry, the deadline for applications is February 15.
In a lively ALA Midwinter panel moderated by Scholastic editor Cheryl Klein, three children’s book editors, one librarian and the Children’s Book Council’s Diversity Group discussed ways to promote diversity in the content of books for young people.
A friend of mine turned new mom had an interesting request the other day. She’d been talking with her friends and they decided that what they’d really like would be a list of children’s books in which diversity is just a part of everyday life. To illustrate her point she called this “casual diversity”, a [...]
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