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Characters & Creators: Latinx/Hispanic Representation Shines in Graphic Novels

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Anne Sibley O’Brien is a children’s book creator and a co-founder of the Diverse BookFinder. It’s Hispanic Heritage Month! To commemorate, we’re looking at Latinx/Hispanic representation in recent books for children and youth. (Twenty Spanish-speaking nations, including Spain, are defined as Hispanic. The DBF Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American tag encompasses characters whose national origins are from nineteen of […]

For The Love of The Game: BIPOC Sports Stories

Lisely Laboy is the project manager at Diverse BookFinder. Lisely holds a master’s degree in Information and Library Sciences from Florida State University and undergraduate degrees from the University of Florida in Sociology and Women’s Studies. She has 10 years of public library experience, including time as a programming librarian for children and teens. Every […]

Welcome to the New & Improved DBF!

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We’ve crossed this finish line! With the aid of a large award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) we are excited and proud to launch the rebranded and expanded Diverse BookFinder! We have now added early readers, chapter books, graphic novels, middle grade, and young adult novels published since 2022 to our […]

The Diverse BookFinder Thanks ALA 2024!

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The Diverse BookFinder (DBF) would like to thank all the great visitors who made our time at the ALA Annual conference so wonderful! We had hundreds of librarians and library workers visit us at the Diverse BookFinder booth and we able to share so much great information about: Check out all our fun experiences in […]

Searching for Picture Books about Segregation and Civil Rights Struggles – Outside the South!

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Alice Levine has been an educator for more than 40 years, primarily working with adult learners and families. Ms. Levine has also been active in social justice causes, especially immigration justice, for many years. Starting during her decades of work with parents, guardians, and families in the Boston Public Schools, she developed a particular interest […]

Summer Reading 2024: BIPOC Girls on Adventure

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“I wanted Indigenous children, Kids with long, Curly hair & cat lovers to feel represented…” – An Author Interview with Michael Redhead Champagne

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Michael Redhead Champagne, a Time Magazine Next Generation Leader (2015) is an Ininew public speaker, writer, award-winning community advocate, and on-screen personality. We Need Everyone is Michael’s first children’s book. You can find Michael on Instagram, Facebook, & X (Twitter). At Diverse BookFinder, we’re all about the importance of diverse, representative literature for children. What […]

Breaking News – DBF Wins EMIERT Multicultural Award!

We are thrilled to announce that an article based on DBF data, entitled, “Room for Improvement: Picture Books Featuring BIPOC Characters, 2015-2020”, has been awarded the 2024 American Library Association (ALA) Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT) David Cohen/EMIERT Multicultural Award (ALA/EMIERT Press Release). The Ethnic and Multicultural Information and Exchange Round Table […]

“Where once people of color were merely talked about, we finally get to do the talking.” – An Illustrator Interview with Minnie Phan

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Minnie Phan (she/her) is a queer Vietnamese American cartoonist, illustrator and writer based in Oakland, CA. Her work has been featured by Google, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the San Francisco Public Library, for which she illustrated a citywide reading campaign in 2022. She is the illustrator of the picture book The […]

“Their ability to see themselves in literature is empowering…” – An Author Interview with David A. Robertson

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David A. Robertson (he/him/his) is an award-winning author of more than 25 books including Governor General’s Literary Award winners On the Trapline and When We Were Alone, as well as the popular middle-grade series The Misewa Saga. David’s latest title, The Kodiaks: Home Ice Advantage released on April 9, 2024. He is also the writer and host of […]

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