It’s a great week for thinking about books for all kids.
On Tuesday, I’ll finally be at the Library of Congress to celebrate DIA, the American Library Association’s celebration of multicultural books for young readers. (If you’re unfamiliar with that event, go here and get on board: Dia fact sheet_0)
But it’s also a week where I’ll get to hear from you – I hope.
A few weeks ago, I pointed you to CBC Diversity as a place to stay informed about advocating for representative children’s books.
Today, I offer you another way to help make diverse books more available in classroom and community libraries – and to help get more authors of color at literary conferences. All you need is a smart phone and a magic marker.
Why do you think we need diverse books for kids?
Please answer the question, take a quick photo of your written response, and send it to weneeddiversebooks@yahoo.com before Thursday, May 1. All the images will be hosted on the event’s Tumblr page. Check out the details of the campaign on Facebook, if you prefer, and if you’re a twitter person, please join the chat.
Here’s mine, with just a few of the titles I grabbed off my bookshelf in a hurry. Nothing fancy. See some of your favorites?
Meg’s next appearance: Young Readers Center at The Library of Congress, April 30 for Dia celebration, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Dia at the Library of Congress — how wonderful!
I LOVE Lib of Congress! I spent a week there doing research last summer. Hoping to go again this summer. Envy headed your way! I’ve written bios of Leona Lewis, Selena Gomez and done 2 ethnic cookbooks — Indonesia and Cuba. I work in mid school library and always evenly distribute books w/ authors/characters of color on display.
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