Interview Conducted by Kimber Van Heukelom Valerie Kaiyang Wood is a museum curator and children’s author. As the assistant curator of aviation and space at Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, she works with the museum’s collection to develop exhibitions and undertake research that centers the experiences of diverse peoples. Valerie explores similar […]
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In Our Own Voices: Adoption Books By BIPOC Authors
By Kimber Van Heukelom Kimber Van Heukelom is a graduate student in the University of Iowa’s School of Library Information Science where she became interested in BIPOC collection development while working on a research paper about Asian American representation in youth literature. As a Korean American adoptee, she is particularly interested in how adoption is […]
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DBF Presents: Book Convos, Buddy Reads With a Twist
By Brittany K. Hunt Brittany loves books and has a continuously expanding to-be-read (TBR) List. As a parent and literacy advocate, she views reading as a life skill. Her unofficial love language is good food! She lives in an Atlanta suburb with her husband, two daughters, and fur baby. Reading and Learning Together As parents […]
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Library Lovers’ Month: Celebrating the Librarians Who Inspire Us
Kimber Van Heukelom Kimber Van Heukelom is a graduate student in the University of Iowa’s School of Library Information Science where she became interested in BIPOC collection development while working on a research paper about Asian American representation in youth literature. As a Korean American adoptee, she is particularly interested in how adoption is portrayed […]
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Characters & Creators: Latinx/Hispanic Representation Shines in Graphic Novels
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 […]
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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 […]
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Searching for Picture Books about Segregation and Civil Rights Struggles – Outside the South!
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
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. Here […]
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“Where once people of color were merely talked about, we finally get to do the talking.” – An Illustrator Interview with Minnie Phan
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 […]
Diverse Books – Celebrate Ramadan & Eid al-Fitr
Lisely Laboy (she/ella) 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. […]
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