Welcome to Freedom Reads: Anti-Bias Book Talk from Teaching for Change. In this video series, we introduce children’s books using an anti-bias, anti-racist lens as a strategy to talk about issues around race and the world with children. (View other episodes on the series home page and our YouTube playlist.) The book featured in the video below is […]
We Are Kid Lit Collective 2020 Summer Reading List
(Download 2020 Summer Reading List PDF) Are you looking for a curated summer reading list that celebrates diversity, inclusivity and intersecting identities? The We Are Kid Lit Collective selects books by and about IPOC (Indigenous and People of Color), people with disabilities, and people from the LGBTQIA+ communities. Chosen books are thoroughly selected, discussed, and […]
Diversity in Children’s Books Graphic Distribution
The 2018 Diversity in Children’s Literature graphic (produced by Sarah Park Dahlen and David Huyck) is available as a two-sided, full color 5 x 7 postcard. Request copies below to disseminate at workshops, conferences, and other public events. To meet the demand, we offer them in the quantity/price options below. This covers the core costs […]
Donate to 2018 Diversity in Children’s Books Graphic Distribution
Donate for the reproduction and distribution of the 2018 Diversity in Children’s Literature graphic. The donations will cover the costs of printing the graphic image as a 2-sided, full color 5 x 7 postcard and shipping. It will be made available to people to disseminate at workshops, conferences, and other public events. Request postcards. Fill out […]
The Smoking Mirror
Reviewed by Cris Rhodes Review Source: Latinx in Kid Lit Book Author: DESCRIPTION FROM THE BOOK JACKET: Carol and Johnny Garza are 12-year-old twins whose lives in a small Texas town are forever changed by their mother’s unexplained disappearance. Shipped off to relatives in Mexico by their grieving father, the twins learn that their mother is a nagual, […]
Ghost Boys
Reviewed by: Zetta Elliot Review source: Zetta Elliot Book author: Lately I’ve been reflecting on the debt I owe so many Black women scholars. I stepped away from academia several years ago and have no regrets, but your training doesn’t leave you and it’s been energizing to find current scholarship that aligns with my kid […]