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Every Day Books for Every Child

“Any Child: Books featuring BIPOC in which race, ethnicity, tribal affiliation, culture, im/migration, and/or religious, sacred, or origin stories are not central to the story. These elements may be present, but they are not essential to the plot and could be changed without altering the storyline.” Over the next few months, we’ll be featuring a list […]

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How to Gain Support for & Navigate Challenges to Diversifying Your Library’s Collection

Colorful books stacked on top of each other.

Photo Credit: Kimberly Farmer on Unsplash In October, we launched our free, online Collection Analysis Tool (CAT) — funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services — to help librarians across the nation diversify their bookshelves. A recent survey done by School Library Journal indicates that the majority of librarians feel it is “very […]

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Beautiful Life vs. Race/Culture Concepts: What’s the difference anyway?

Since the launch of our free, online Collection Analysis Tool (CAT) in October – which can tell you which racial/cultural groups are represented and how they’re represented on your bookshelves or in your collection – we’ve received lots of great questions from users about our nine unique book categories. The CAT draws on those categories […]

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