Tag Archives: #WeNeedDiverseBooks
A Field Trip to the New-York Historical Society, by Virginia Law Manning
On July 17, I traveled with a group of five Eastern PA SCBWI members to New York City to see Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children’s Books at the New-York Historical Society. The exhibition was curated … Continue reading
A Cafe Chat with Rachel Skrlac Lo Ph.D, by Lindsay Bandy
This year at Fall Philly, we’re broadening our horizons by featuring an academic perspective on kidlit! Rachel Skrlac Lo is a professor of education at Villanova and an advocate for accurate and diverse representation in children’s literature. I asked her … Continue reading
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Tagged #ownvoices, #WeNeedDiverseBooks, Accurate representation, chains, cultural research, cultural sensitivity, diversity, diversity of storytellers, Educational Philosophy, Inclusiveness, laurie halse anderson, Lindsay Bandy, misconceptions about diversity, Rachel Skrlac Lo, representing other cultures, research, sensitivity readers, Villanova, white authors, white illustrators, writing about other cultures
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Why Do #WeNeedDiverseBooks? by Lindsay Bandy
There are lots of easy answers to this to this question, but let’s start with ourselves. Why do WE need diverse books? As writers, we have lofty and lovely goals of battling prejudice and making the world a nicer, more fair … Continue reading
Diversity Book Club: Novels by Diverse Authors – Part One, by Lori Ann Palma
If you’re a writer, then you know diversity is one of the biggest topics in the publishing world right now. Not only are agents and editors seeking titles that feature diverse characters, writers are also stretching beyond their backgrounds … Continue reading
Posted in diversity, Uncategorized
Tagged #WeNeedDiverseBooks, Diverse authors, Diversity in YA, lori ann palma, ya fiction
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Unsung Allies in the School Market, by Kristen C. Strocchia
With today’s push for Common Core, it’s important to consider that while there is still a place for all of the traditional genres of children’s literature in the school and library market, marketing tactics may need to change. Fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Getting Down to Business
Tagged #WeNeedDiverseBooks, 5C's: Communication, 90 Miles to Havana, ACTFL, American Association of Teachers of French, American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages, Children's Literature, common core, Communities, Comparisons, Connections, Cultures, Deborah Ellisk, Diverse literature, Dora the Explorer, Enrique Flores-Galbi, KidLit, Kristen C. Strocchia, Margarita Engle, marketing, Pam Munos Ryan, Pura Belpre Award, Rosita, Sacred Leaf, school and library market, Sesame Street, Shabanu, Sonia Levitin, Suzanne Fisher Staples, The Return, The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom, world languages, young adult fiction
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