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Category: Highlighted Books & Trends

Are you looking for books on a specific topic? Though Our Collection is comprehensive, we highlight quality books related to popular topics annually — see BOOK LISTS to the left — and we regularly highlight meaningful trends, as they become apparent, in our blog posts below. Check them out!

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Celia C. Pérez is the daughter of a Mexican mother and a Cuban father. She is originally from Miami and is a graduate of the University of Florida and the University of South Florida. Currently, Celia lives with her family in Chicago where she works as a college librarian. Celia's debut book for young readers, The ...continue reading "“The Latine/x experience is no single thing…” – An Author Interview with Celia C. Pérez"

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Katiana Bagué (she/her/ella) is the Exhibits Associate for the University of Florida (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries. She has worked at the UF Libraries since 2016. She started as a student assistant at the Latin American and Caribbean Collection and has held other titles within the libraries, such as Bilingual Outreach Assistant for The U.S. ...continue reading "Pura Belpré, Bringing Boricua Stories to the Bookshelf: An Exhibit on a Puerto Rican Icon’s Writing, Librarianship, & Activism"

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Krystal Marquis happily spends most of her time in libraries and used bookstores. She studied biology at Boston College and University of Connecticut and now works as an environmental, health, and safety manager for an online retailer. A lifelong reader, Krystal began researching and writing on a dare to complete the NaNoWriMo Challenge, resulting in the ...continue reading "“The Davenports is the story I wanted to read.” An Author Interview with Krystal Marquis"

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Every year the American Library Association and various committees from its children (ALSC) and young adult (YALSA) divisions present awards to the very best of youth literature at the Youth Media Awards. The 2023 the awards were announced on January 30th and the Diverse BookFinder is excited to highlight some of the award-winning BIPOC books, ...continue reading "2023 Youth Media Awards – BIPOC Representation"

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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 ...continue reading "Diverse Reads for Every Season: Spooky Tales for Autumn Nights!"

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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. ** ...continue reading "Diverse Picture Books: The Puerto Rican Diaspora"

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In our latest blog series, Laura D’Elia (K-3 Library Teacher) and Wendy Garland (1-5 Library Teacher) discuss their experiences with and offer diversity, equity, and inclusion lessons that can be taught in the K-6 classroom or library. Each lesson incorporates the Learning for Justice Social Justice Standards and the AASL Standards Framework for Learning, as ...continue reading "One World Lessons: Building Community"

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Kestrel Ward (she/they) is an early-career librarian and member of the Diverse BookFinder team. They are a US white American, queer, nonbinary person. Kestrel is committed to expanding diversity and representation in literature for all ages, and have been working on diversity initiatives professionally for about two years, and privately for about a decade. They ...continue reading "Not All Representation Is Good"

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In our latest blog series, Laura D’Elia (K-3 Library Teacher) and Wendy Garland (1-5 Library Teacher) discuss their experiences with and offer diversity, equity, and inclusion lessons that can be taught in the K-6 classroom or library. Each lesson incorporates the Learning for Justice Social Justice Standards and the AASL Standards Framework for Learning, as ...continue reading "One World Lessons: Mirrors and Windows"

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Emily Weissenborn (they/she) is currently attending Fresno State University as an exchange student from Heidelberg University in Germany. They have studied English with an emphasis in literature since 2019. In Spring 2022, she took the Diverse BookFinder course at Fresno State. Previously, she attended Lycée Richelieu in Paris, France. After graduation, which will hopefully be ...continue reading "Centered and Background LGBTQIAP2S+ Identities: How are LGBTQIAP2S+ Stories Told Today?"

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